Twins pitcher Liam Hendriks was a bit shaky in his fifth Grapefruit League start Friday night against the Red Sox.
After allowing a run in the opening frame, Hendriks settled down until the fourth inning, where he gave up a two-run home run to Jarrod Saltalamacchia for his only damage of the night. He allowed three runs on five hits in four innings of work. Hendriks also struck out two and did not issue a walk as his ERA rose to 6.00 this spring.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire would have liked to have seen some variety in his pitch selection.
"Hendriks threw the ball good, but didn't really change his speeds much -- all fastballs tonight," Gardenhire said. "There really weren't many spinners in there, changeups, nothing. I mean, it's pretty impressive that you can throw all fastballs, but it doesn't really work. You've got to mix in your other stuff. We noticed that quite a bit."