MILWAUKEE -- You could see it in the way he arched his back in agony. For a moment, Jimmy Nelson had forgotten he pitched for the National League's "shiftiest" team.
Nelson was fighting hard for outs against the Twins at Miller Park on Wednesday. For a second straight inning, Minnesota put a pair of runners aboard with two outs. Up to the plate stepped Eduardo Nunez, a right-handed hitter not known for power, yet who drew an extreme infield shift. Second baseman Scooter Gennett played on the shortstop side of the bag.