They have produced two or fewer runs in six games and one run four times.

Just what the Twins need, another guy that can't hit with power and doesn't produce runs.

Then came the series with the Yankees, which produced 70 runs in three games.

Behind him, the Yankees had produced 38 runs in seven games, and he needed all of them.

His form then fell away and 12 further innings that year produced only 164 more runs.

In the home half of the second, the Astros finally produced a run for him.

When the Braves did reach base, they didn't produce runs.

The hits, though, couldn't save the Yankees - although the first one did help produce a run.

The primary problem, Phillips said, has been the team's failure to produce runs.

In other words, if somebody consistently produces runs and plays well, they will play every day.