2016 Game 122 – Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

It's Monday. I'm hungover. The Twins are still sucking hard. But, oh well. At this point, not much more to do than run out the clock.

(Hmm, well that's not very cheery. I should try to make this a little more optimistic.)

Fresh off the sucktacular game against the Tribe yesterday, the Twins head off on a 7-game road trip against the Tigers and the Mets. The Twins have lost 10 consecutive road games, good for the fifth longest streak in franchise history. The last time the Twins won a road game was almost a month ago in Atlanta.

(Damnit, that wasn't much better. Okay, there's got to be something nice to say somewhere at the bottom of the barrel here.)

Hopes aren't high for turning it around tonight either as they're 2-10 against the Tigers this year while getting absolutely shellacked in the process (the season series is currently scored at 71-43). Mauer, one of the few bright spots on the team at Comerica, isn't in the lineup tonight.

(Dude, why are you even trying anymore?)

Miggy and Victor hold spots 1 and 2 respectively for most HRs against the Twins by an active player. In addition to both of them having great seasons against the Twins, Justin Upton has been smacking them around for at a .404 clip with nine runs scored, two doubles, three HRs and eight RsBI.

(...)

Oh, sorry. Uhh... one more HR from Dozier will make him the second player in Twins history with 40+ HRs. Let's root for that, I guess. Also, Santana's pitching tonight, so it might not be as bad as usual...?

(Umm, thanks, I guess.)


Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers

(53-90)                                          (76-66)
Comerica Park
2100 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
48201
7:10 PM EDT

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Minnesota Twins Starting Lineup
1. Dozier, 2B
2. Grossman, DH
3. Sano, 3B
4. Vargas, 1B
5. Suzuki, C
6. Kepler, RF
7. Escobar, SS
8. Rosario, LF
9. Buxton, CF

Detroit Tigers Starting Lineup
1. Kinsler, 2B
2. Maybin, CF
3. Cabrera, 1B
4. Martínez, DH
5. Martinez, RF
6. Upton, LF
7. McCann, C
8. Romine, 3B
9. Iglesias, SS

Probable Starting Pitchers
Ervin Ramon Santana
7-10, 3.58
v.
Daniel David Norris
2-2, 3.94

18 thoughts on “2016 Game 122 – Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers”

  1. And a second baseman hits a leadoff home run. I think I've seen this before. Unfortunately, it wasn't Dozier. But, hey, that means the Twins are going to win right? What's really astounding about Dozier's season when it's compared to the rest of the league is that he never gets to face Twins pitching.

  2. Next goal: HR #42 to tie the MLB record by a second baseman
    don't know how many of his lead off the game, but 11 would give him a tie with Jacque Jones for team lead for a season and 3-way tie for 4th in MLB

        1. He's only had about 40% of his PAs as a leadoff batter, although he's lead off more than any other single spot in the batting order. He's hit 25 HRs as a leadoff batter, so 1/5 of his batters from that position are leadoff. Since a leadoff batter gets 4 or 5 at-bats every game (barring a perfect game), I would say that's pretty close to what you would expect, maybe a little lower than expected.

  3. Kyle Hendricks loses a no-hitter in the 9th. For fun, Joe West sticks his craw in the game and ejects Maddon.

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