Minnesota Twins' Sonny Gray's Great Season Continues After Historic Start

The Twins beat the Astros on Monday, 7-5, as Sonny Gray continued to dominate on the mound. His performance on Monday follows a historic start.

The Minnesota Twins got a huge win on Monday afternoon, beating the World Champion Astros, 7-5. The win moved the Twins to 28-26 on the season while the loss dropped the 'Stros to 31-22.

The Twins got another solid start on the mound from Sonny Gray, who went six innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits. He walked three and struck out three but did not factor into the decision.

His season ERA now sits at 1.94 on the year. The quality start follows the historic run that he was on to begin the year.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

Sonny Gray is the 7th different AL starting pitcher to allow 11 ER or less in his first 11 appearances of a season (all starts) since Earned Runs became official in the AL in 1913. 

5 of the previous 6 pitchers to do it finished top-3 in Cy Young voting that season (3 winners).

Sonny Gray is the 7th different AL starting pitcher to allow 11 ER or less in his first 11 appearances of a season (all starts) since Earned Runs became official in the AL in 1913.

5 of the previous 6 pitchers to do it finished top-3 in Cy Young voting that season (3 winners). pic.twitter.com/feR8wSuJ6z

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 29, 2023

Sonny Gray game log in 2023:

Monday at Houston (2 ER)

May 23rd: 2 ER

May 17th: 2 ER

May 12th: 1 ER

May 6th: 3 ER

April 30th: 1 ER

April 24th: 0 ER

April 18th: 1 ER

April 12th: 0 ER

April 7th: 1 ER

April 1: 0 ER

Those first 11 starts are the ones that qualified him for that exclusive club.

For the season, he's 4-0. He's struck out 69 batters in 60.1 innings.

For his career, he's 98-77 with a 3.49 ERA. 

The Twins will take on the Astros again on Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. ET.