Athletics at Minnesota Twins

MINNEAPOLIS – When things don’t go according to plan, people adapt. That’s what the Twins had to do when Mike Paredes sustained a left oblique strain while warming up in the ’pen ahead of his scheduled start against the Athletics on Saturday night. With their starter down, the Twins called upon fellow rookie Kendry Rojas to make the start in his place, and he did not disappoint in the Twins' 2-0 victory over the A’s at Target Field. "I was not expecting it,” Rojas said through teammate Pablo López, who interpreted on his behalf. “I was just sitting, chilling, talking, and then they told me to get the start. So I sprinted my way back there, and after that it was just doing my thing and \[helping\