1 week Ago By Field Level Media
The Minnesota Twins are the hottest team in the majors and will attempt to extend their winning streak to 13 games on Sunday when they wrap up a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox in Minneapolis. The Twins opened the series with a 5-2 victory on Friday and earned a 3-1 win on Saturday. Minnesota's 12-game run is tied for the second-longest winning streak in franchise history.
The Twins also won 12 in a row in 1980. Minnesota won 15 consecutive games during the 1991 season. Pablo Lopez struck out eight in six innings to earn the win on Saturday and keep the streak alive.
"It's a good amount of pressure in a good way," Lopez said. "It's just one of those things, you don't want to let (the winning streak) consume you. No one wants to be the guy that makes the streak stop in any way, shape or form, but I think .
.. I took advantage of the momentum -- the good thing that we have going on and I kind of let it take over me and then just let things flow, let things happen natural on the mound, just competing.
"I know the guys are playing great ball, offense, defense -- they're gonna make the plays for me. They're gonna make things happen. It was just a matter of being comfortable on the mound.
Being confident." Boston enters Sunday's matchup on a three-game losing streak. The Red Sox have been held to four runs across those three setbacks after scoring 32 in their previous four games.
"It seems like right now, it feels like their attack has been fastball-heavy. That's a team.
