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Brewers pick up Thornburg after rare hiccup
- Updated: April 19, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Tyler Thornburg’s teammates made sure he didn’t have to stew over his first poor outing of the season.
After Thornburg surrendered his first runs — and the Brewers’ lead — on a pair of eighth-inning home runs on Tuesday, Milwaukee reclaimed the advantage three batters into the ninth on Scooter Gennett’s run-scoring single. It helped send the Brewers to a 6-5 win over the Twins at Target Field.
“It makes it a lot easier to deal with,” Thornburg said. “A lot, a lot easier.”
Thornburg was due a pick-me-up. Not only had the right-hander worked five scoreless appearances to start the season, the inherited runners he stranded for Michael Blazek in the seventh inning on Tuesday were Thornburg’s second and third of the year, keeping his record in that category clean. Entering the outing, Thornburg had surrendered two hits this season, both singles.
Thornburg has become a critical late-inning option for manager Craig Counsell since left-hander Will Smith tore a ligament in his right knee and right-hander Corey Knebel strained his left oblique at the end of Spring Training. Thornburg and Blazek have handled setup …
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