Kyle Gibson vs. Joe Biagini, 12:07 p.m.
For fans, this game could carry a little more weight, at least as far as feeling good about how the Twins are doing. With the win, the Twins could return home with a .500 road trip and still in a playoff position. A loss would mean losing both series on the road trip against teams with losing records and the possibility of falling out of a playoff position. At the very least, it would be another lost opportunity to expand their lead on a very tight and congested wildcard race.
More importantly, I think, this game will signify the end of a 12 games in 10 days stretch while missing several key players for much of it. The Twins have seven wins so far in this stretch and are going for their eighth today before getting a much-deserved off day on Monday. Then, in less than a week, the Twins can call up more reserves when the rosters expand.
Looking ahead, the Twins will have 32 games over the final 34 days of the season. Only 15 of them are at home, however, only 6 of those games are against teams with currently better records than the Twins: 3 at the Yankees and 3 at the Indians. If the Twins are within 3 games of the Yankees, that could be quite the series in New York in mid-September.
An action packed 6 batters so far!
Lots of weird happenings. Could have easily had two runs. Could have easily had none.
Broadcasting crew saying Molitor's Players only jersey can only be Mollie. I say Molitor should go with "The Ignitor"
He said when he was hired that he thought it should be spelled "Moli"
Poor tag attempt.
Even poorer catch attempt by Polanco.
1. Bad move by Polanco going home.
2. Great rundown by Polanco allowing everyone to advance two bases.
Best pickle by a Twins runner in 10 years.
Of course, Buxton scores on a single to left, from second base.
Yawn. Call me when he does it from first.
runs!
Maybe Gibson can work around his walks by picking off runners instead.
Dome triple
BUXTON!
Man, whatever it is that ended up getting things straightened out, be it the step change, or confidence, or just getting the rhythm of the game down, Buxton is RAKING.
In hindsight, this comment has aged remarkably well.
That was Buxton's first non-solo HR this season.
Is Gibson just screwing with us, or can we haz hopes?
Babe Buxton.
BUXTON part deux
His first multi-homer game.
Remember those days when Buxton was compared favorably to Mike Trout? Those are starting to sound more plausible.
I remember an early projection where his ceiling was Willie Mays. I'd be okay with that.
Vargas's nickname is Little Papi. That could be painfully true.
2 Bux!
The other day, I saw someone pay for a pack of cigarettes with a stash of two dollar bills. The cashier looked confused, then called the manager. Luckily the manager knew what a two dollar bill was.
My takeaway was that people still get two dollar bills and it kind of blew my mind.
my recycling center always pays me with 2-dollar bills. It's a mystery.
Steve Wozniak buys the $2 bills in sheets, adds perfs, and then has them placed in pads like notepaper. That way he can pay for things by cutting or tearing out the right number of bills at stores and get a lot of queer looks. I don't know if he still does that.
I always preferred The Woz over Jobs.
Had a group of twelve Korean businessmen who all tipped me with $2 bills. Found out later they are considered "good luck."
FWIW, I don't think it worked.
for you, or for them?
wait, what? MAUER got a triple earlier???
He had four last year!
To be fair, it should have been a single, but the ball bounced high off the turf and over the OFers head.
Mauer has 29 career triples! More than Dan Gladden, Kirby Puckett, Roy Smalley and a lot of other players.
When you can hit to all fields, that includes the corners
Im guessing after todays game, Buxton will pass Big Erv in rWAr, and Mauer passing Sano.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Did that get more than 15 feet off the ground?
Maybe
3 Bux!
Heh. What does that say on the right? "Queer"? INteresting.
Website is "queerer than a 3 dollar bill"
So, four players in today's Twins lineup have had 3-homer games?!
W
On the Grill tonight: a 2-lb piece of pork belly!!!111one111!!!
Buxton is the second Twin to score 4 runs in a game this season. Bet you can't guess the other player!
Joe now 13th in the AL in BA, but even more important, he's 4th in OB%