James Outman made a pair of nice plays in center field on Wednesday, but it was the ball that he couldn’t grab that loomed large in the Twins’ loss.
Bryce Teodosio’s long fly ball landed to the back side of a leaping Outman, going for a leadoff triple in the bottom of the eighth inning. He quickly scored the go-ahead run on a Mike Trout sacrifice fly in the Los Angeles Angels’ 4-3 win over the Twins at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
“It’s a tough play,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “The mentality that I want all of our outfielders to have is to want every ball, want every ball hit at him and want the opportunity to make a great play. We didn’t make it today, unfortunately. It’s part of the game.”
The Twins (64-82) dropped the finale of their six-game road trip after a nice start from