Game 65: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Boxscore
Twins Record: 29-37
Ubaldo Jimenez strong, one rough inning has Twins fall to Phillies, 5-2
Ubaldo Jimenez pitched 7 innings giving up 4 ERs while striking out 5, and threw 65 of 101 pitches for strikes.
All told, he pitched well. The 4 runs all came in the 5th inning when Jimenez found himself in a bases load jam with nobody out. That inning cost the Twins the game as they couldn't get much going with the bats.
The Twins' 2 runs came in the 4th on back-to-back HRs by Josh Willingham (9) and Trevor Plouffe (4).
The Twins host the Detroit Tigers in a weekend series, starting Friday.
The Twins also agreed to terms with 2nd round draft pick MR Jeremy Gemmell ($250k) and 5th round selection, MR C.K. Irby ($220k).
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