MINNEAPOLIS - Trevor Bauer said what happened to him in the fourth inning Thursday afternoon usually occurs about once a season, but there was a different element involved this time.
Bauer's back foot slipped on the pitching rubber as he was about to throw a 3-1 pitch to Jason Castro with the bases loaded. Bauer stumbled through the rest of his delivery and was charged with a balk as Joe Mauer scored from third to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.
When he walked Castro to reload the bases and allowed a sacrifice fly to Jorge Polanco, the Twins held a 2-0 advantage.