2015 Twins Game Logs

2015 Game 152: Cleveland at Minnesota

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I'd like to give this a proper opening, but we've all been phoning it in on these for so long - thanks to the on-field play of the local nine - that's it kind of hard to remember how we used to do it.

It doesn't help that my company and DirecTV have essentially severed ties unless something changes soon, so I have no ability to catch games from work, and these days I'm primarily working nights. So I have too little appreciation for what's actually happening on that field until the playoffs on FOX start.

First, let's actually earn entrance into the playoffs. The Twins, Angels and Astros are chasing the final playoff spot, which isn't something I would have predicted typing this season.

Rookie Cody Anderson goes for Cleveland. He's been successful this season despite striking out just one for every two innings pitched (he doesn't walk many, either). He faced the Twins once this year, and they pounded him in a start where he left for the disabled list.

Hopefully, Good Kyle Gibson shows up for the Twins. Kyle is of course 10-10 this season (and 25-26 for his career), earning his dual WGOM nicknames.

I still can't envision the Twins in a postseason game this year, even after all this time, but with ten games left to go I'm thrilled that there's still

27 thoughts on “2015 Game 152: Cleveland at Minnesota”

  1. '09 Twins were also 78-73 with 11 games left. However, they were 2.5 games back of the Tigers in the ALC (and out of the WC race). That team went 8-3 to force a one-game playoff with the Tigers. They were tied going into the final day, but were as much as 3 back (with 4 games to play) after losing the third game of a four-game series in Detroit. Of course, they ended up winning that epic Game 163 to win the division.

  2. If the Twins just win every series from here on out, I think they'll at least force a Game 163. Winning tonight would be a bonus, since they could split the four games in Cleveland and still go 7-4 to finish the season, which I think would be good enough. That would be 85 wins, by the way, which is how may the '87 Twins won before winning the World Series. That's a 15-win improvement from last year. It would be the biggest win improvement from the previous year since the '01 Twins improved by 16 games. The Twins record is a 22-game improvement from '64 to '65.

  4. It's not feeling a whole lot like good Gibson here tonight. Hopefully its Radke-Gibson at the very least.

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