Player of the gameZebby MatthewsMIN6.0ip 2h 0er 8k
On days like this, it’s very easy to see what Zebby Matthews could be. When Matthews is spotting fastballs at 97 miles per hour at the top of the strike zone, and sliders diving off the bottom outside corner, you wonder how anyone ever hits him. The right-hander was at his very best in the Twins’ 5-4, 13-inning win against the Yankees on Wednesday, striking out eight against two walks over six two-hit innings as Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak. Matthews averaged 95.8 on his four-seam fastball, threw six pitches for strikes, and got 14 whiffs against a dangerous, lefty-heavy lineup. It was a virtuoso performance, the kind you expect from front of the rotation starters. The kind that some good Major League pitchers never produce. He still doesn’t do it every time, but games like this from Matthews show the immense promise in the third-year righty. It was Matthews’ fourth start with a game score of at least 70 this year, tied with Taj Bradley for the most on the Twins despite his having made only 22 starts this season. When Matthews is good, he’s as good as just about anyone. “Yeah, you don’t go 5-0 in a month like he did in the month of August and pitch as well as he did against a good lineup \[without great ability\
