One of these guys had a good night and the other didn’t. (Photo by Matt Krohn/Getty Images) | Getty Images Joe Ryan was good enough to win, but the Twins were 0-for-everything with RISP and you don’t win too many games that way. Inning-by-inning notes:1: Joe Ryan’s Express sends the Reds down on 11 pitches. Brandon Williamson does the same with 14.Von Ryan’s Express was a late-60s Frank Sinatra movie involving Toughness and Action to prove Sinatra was still a big star.

It did make money. This was around the same time Sinatra was hanging around the set of Rosemary’s Baby to make sure his wife Mia Farrow didn’t have any sexy scenes with co-star John Cassavetes. Sinatra was a talented dude but he definitely had… issues.2: Rookie star Sal Stewart leads off with a single, but doesn’t score, leaving him Only The Lonely at 2B.Radio Guy Kris Atteberry says that “none other than Pat Reusse told me” Williamson making the majors is the biggest news to hit Sherburn, MN, since some other sports thing that happened in Sherburn.

To which my thought was “wait Pat Reusse is still around?” To be fair, when he writes Twins history he generally does a good job. Twins hitters do not do a good job.3: This game is sure zipping right along, which means the last three innings will have about 50 pitching changes and replay challenges. Byron Buxton makes a nice catch.

He is very good at The Routes.Matt Wallner gets HBP. That’s his third on the season. Backup catcher Victor Caratini has four.

Former Twins catcher A.J. Pierzynski always used to get HBP a lot, but it wasn’t because he leaned out over the plate or anything. It’s ‘cause A.J. was a mean little trash-talking pest.

On the field, that is. Maybe off the field he rescues lost puppies. And then eats them.Anyhoo Buxton smacks a two-out single to move Wallner up.

Austin Martin gets an eight-pitch walk. Bringing up Luke Keaschall, who is having a hard time getting going so far this year. He’s still having a hard time.

He takes Strike Three, challenges the call, loses the challenge. It WAS really, really close, barely nicking the corner.4: A one-out double by Snoop Dogg’s favorite Red, Elly De La Cruz. Stewart hits one right to Ryan Kreidler and he makes the throwing boo-boo; De La Cruz advances.

Stewart steals second. Eugenio Suárez whacks a hanging breaking ball for a double, and Atteberry tells us “that error really hurts the Twins,” which is helpful because otherwise we wouldn’t have known. Ryan does strand Suárez, so the Twins don’t have to give up out of futile despair just yet.

Be nice if they hit something against the bottom of the Cincinnati rotation, though. I spelled Cincinnati right on only two tries.They do not hit anything against the bottom of the Cincinnati rotation. Reds 2-05: I put too much mustard on my hot dog and slopped a big amount on my shirt.

I’m going to take this as an omen. We’ve piled too many early-season hopes on the Twins and it’s all gonna start oozing away. OR, because it’s a black shirt, the mustard won’t stain, AKA that 2-run-inning won’t stain this game.

That’s the fun with omens, you can always read ‘em any way you want to.Also, IS there such a thing as too much mustard on a hot dog?Leadoff walk to Wallner. Ryan Kreidler tries bunting for a hit but it goes foul; he ends up taking the walk, though. Then Buxton walks.

Austin Martin hits one hard into the alley and Will Benson makes a nice sliding catch to keep it just a sac fly; Wallner scores.Then still-struggling Luke Keaschall says “the mustard was a BAD omen” and grounds into the inning-ending DP. Redlegs 2-16: Atteberry and Dan Gladden are having a fascinating argument about whether a whole bat just flew into the stands or just MOST of the bat because it broke real close to the handle. I am lying about this; it is NOT a fascinating argument. 1-2-3 for Ryan.The OTHER Ryan, Jeffers, somehow pops up a pitch below the strike zone, and Josh Bell singles.

Williamson now gone; Connor Phillips comes in with a 2.38 ERA. The Reds’ pen has been good so far this year. They do have old friend Emilio Pagán on the staff, but he’s got “a tight hammy and probably will be unavailable considering the chilly conditions,” per falcolntimmy.

Alas. Bell doesn’t get any further.7: Justin “On” Topa “Spaghetti” in for the Twins. Suárez greets him with a single. Then Buxton does his Jumpman thing at the wall for a loud first out.

Jumpman was a 1983 video game I played on a Commodore 64; I copied it from a friend. On tape. Yes, you could load programs via cassette tapes in those days.

I am older than most of you. Topa starts a nice 1-4-3 DP.Graham Ashcraft (1.80 ERA) in. Gets one out, then Trevor Larnach (pinch-hitting for Kreidler) takes a walk; Tristan Gray (whoooo?) pinch-runs.

Austin Martin singles… bringing up Keaschall again. I don’t need to tell you what happens next.8: Kody FunderburK pitching. Keaschall at least makes a nice fielding play on a bunt.Tony Santillan (0.00 ERA) in.

Jeffers singles; Bell flies out. C