Social media had a feast with the Twins scoring nine runs in the first inning of a game against the Yankees on Thursday night.
A total of thirteen batters came to the plate in a nine-run inning which resulted in an extremely short outing for New York starter Jhony Brito. The brilliant rookie, who came into the game with a solid 0.90 ERA, failed to make it out of the first inning as his ERA rose to a chilly 6.75.
Minnesota hit back-to-back-to-back home runs by Michael A. Taylor, Edouard Julien and Carlos Correa. The three-player explosion marked the first time Twins have hit three consecutive home runs since last season—ironically also against the Yankees.
The nine-run barrage ties the record for the most first-inning runs allowed by New York in team history.
Among the tweets trolling the massive scoring output came from the Twins social media team who used a clip from the 1986 hit movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
So, yeah, we scored runs in that 1st inning. pic.twitter.com/VkJxb4hb2i
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 13, 2023
Jets star wideout Garrett Wilson couldn't resist from jumping in as well with a tweet that will make half of New York baseball fans happy, while upsetting the other half.
This why I’m a Mets fan.
— Garrett Wilson (@GarrettWilson_V) April 13, 2023
The lead ballooned to 11–0 by the end of the third inning and the tweets kept rolling in, even when Anthony Rizzo homered in the bottom of the fourth.
Joe Ryan walking to the mound after being spotted nine runs in the top of the first. #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/168JrfrGcC
— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) April 13, 2023
Everyone looking at the #MNTwins score right now: pic.twitter.com/2BwjUhetva
— 10,000 Takes (@10k_Takes) April 13, 2023
What if the Yankees kindly asked the Twins rn if we can restart the game
— gabe (@PlayoffTanaka_) April 13, 2023
Anthony Rizzo hit a homer to make it 11-1 pic.twitter.com/LxRV3PxLY5
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) April 14, 2023
Well.. I guess I’ll just turn the Yankee game off
— Joe Santagato (@JoeSantagato) April 13, 2023
Hey @Yankees, are you having fun too? pic.twitter.com/pwrtVWAoOP
— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) April 14, 2023
