The main storyline coming out of this game is that Kyle Gibson struggled on the road again. However, the defense was terrible behind him. If they just make the plays they should, Gibson probably only gives up three runs and would have probably been left in to pitch after five innings. If anything, this was a better game than most for Gibson since he struck out 4 and walked none in five innings, which is much better than his season numbers, which is almost the same number of walks as strikeouts.

Gibson also pitched much better than his counterpart, Tim Lincecum, who walked 6 batters and gave up 5 hits along with at least 2 wicked line drives for outs, both by Trevor Plouffe. However, the Twins had no luck in stringing hits and walks together (or were "unclutch" if you prefer), so Lincecum gets credited with both a "W" and a "quality start." It also didn't help when Dozier pulled a Torii in the first inning after a leadoff double. Hopefully, the Twins got all their mistakes out for this game because they will need to do better in the next two games if they want to go home with a winning record.