A pair of surging power hitters meet Saturday when Matt Wallner — with his two-game homer streak in tow — and the Minnesota Twins (57-45) take on Javier Baez (home runs in two straight) and the Detroit Tigers (51-54).
Matt Wallner is a large man and when he squares up a baseball the baseball goes a long way. Evidence: Wallner's 441-foot solo homer off Aaron Nola on Wednesday.
The Minnesota Twins are in San Francisco to face the Giants tonight. It’s the first game of their final three game series, before the MLB All-Star break.
As we approach the All-Star break the Minnesota Twins find themselves within striking distance of the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central. However, overcoming a five-game deficit to the team with the best record in the American League is not going to be easy.
Matt Wallner extended the Twins’ home run streak to 27 games with a solo shot in the seventh inning, but Minnesota found little offense outside of that
Advanced metrics show that Minnesota Twins outfielder Matt Wallner smacked his team's two hardest-hit balls of the season over the past two games. "He's a large man with a good swing," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said of Wallner.
Matt Wallner's return to the Minnesota Twins after re-finding his swing at Triple-A has yielded immediate results. The former Minnesota Mr. Baseball winner
The Twins placed Austin Martin on the 10-day injured list on Sunday due to a right oblique strain. Matt Wallner was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul to take his place on the 26-man roster.
Matt Wallner was removed from the St. Paul Saints lineup Saturday night, and the Twins will be calling him up ahead of Sunday's series finale against the Houston Astros, according to The Athletic's Aaron Gleeman.
Trade season is starting to heat up as the July 30 trade deadline approaches. Seen as a buyer heading into the trade window, the Twins could use some of their minor league talent to acquire helpful pieces for a playoff race.
When the Minnesota Twins kicked off their 2024 Major League Baseball regular season, Matt Wallner was on the roster. The Minnesota native (Forest Lake) experienced a breakout rookie season, and then he hit the skids.
Could Matt Wallner be the help the Twins' offense needs? At the start of the season, the outfielder struggled, hitting for a lowly .080 batting average in the opening 13 games of the season.
He has started the season in a massive slump, striking out in 17 of his first 33 trips to the plate.
The Minnesota Twins rolled the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night 11-3, hitting yet another grand slam in the process. The slam, hit by left-handed hitter Matt Wallner, was the sixth grand slam of the year hit by Twins' rookies.
Matt Wallner hit one of the longest homers of the season and the bases just happened to be loaded for him Tuesday night. The rookie from Forest Lake,
Matt Wallner’s swing was getting sweepy when the Minnesota Twins recalled him in late May, so hitting coach David Popkins told him to focus on hitting the ball to left-center.
The 2023 season has been a roller coaster for the Minnesota Twins. They have been incredibly streaky over the past few weeks, winning a few games in a row and then immediately following that with a losing streak.
The Twins beat the Pirates 5-1 Friday night and everyone in Minnesota is breathing a sigh of relief after rookie slugger Matt Wallner left the game after being hit by a pitch. The concerning scene unfolded in the seventh inning when Wallner was hit by a pitch on his right hand while swinging the bat.
Matt Wallner hit a grand slam to highlight a five-run sixth inning and lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the opener of a two-game series on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
The Twins trailed the Tigers 2-0 and had just one hit through five innings before erupting for five runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by a mammoth
Matt Wallner had struck out 15 times in his last 25 Triple-A at-bats when the Minnesota Twins called him up on May 23. The promotion hardly felt merited.
Matt Wallner hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to rally the Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
The Twins have gotten calls on their left-handed hitting outfielders, president of baseball operations Derek Falvey told the beat Tuesday evening (relayed by Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com).
Matt Wallner has exactly one at bat for the Twins since getting called up this past weekend despite the Twins offense's struggles at the plate this season.
Has anyone seen Matt Wallner? That is the refrain you hear when the Minnesota Twins strand a couple more runners in scoring position. People exclaim it as they watch the team’s batting average sink lower and lower.
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