Twins August 13, 2023 / 7:08 PM / AP Alec Bohm conceded that, yes, the Phillies and Twins will never know how the game might have turned had a borderline called strike three been ruled ball four and loaded the bases for Bryce Harper.But Bohm thought the Phillies were in the right to find out.Bohm instead slammed his bat in anger — unlike a more joyous spike in recent Philadelphia history — got tossed from the game and his manager soon followed him into the clubhouse, ejected for arguing balls and strikes.Twins reliever Caleb Thielbar retired slugger Kyle Schwarber and fanned Bohm to escape a bases-loaded jam in the seventh that preserved a 3-0 win over the Phillies on Sunday.”He’s a fearless guy,” Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli said of his reliever. “That’s big-time stuff. Going in there, the crowd’s into the game, he goes at really good hitters and he beat them. He beat them today. I like giving him the ball.” Sonny Gray tossed two-hit ball over six shutout innings and Jordan Luplow homered.The AL Central leaders bounced back from a 13-2 loss in the series opener to win the last two games and hand the Phillies their ninth
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Gray strikes out 7, Luplow homers and the Twins beat the Phillies. Bohm is ejected for spiking bat
