As recently as Tuesday, the Twins were on the way to a 10-3 victory over the Athletics. That evened the record at 4-4 on the absurd journey from Tampa to Seattle to Sacramento. And yet it was a disastrous evening,

Minnesota Twins ace Pablo López will miss at least the next two months, and perhaps closer to three, after suffering a grade 2 strain of the teres major muscle in his right shoulder, the club announced Wednesday night.

It’s a tough blow for the Twins’ rotation, which has been among baseball’s best this season. López has been a big reason why, with a 2.82 earned-run average across his 11 starts. To fill his place in the rotation, the Twins called up David Festa, who started on Thursday and gave up eight runs in 3⅔ innings against the Athletics.