Twenty Games left. Dreaded Yankees in town. Beautiful September evening. Baseball. 9/11 Tributes.
Yankees putting up Sonny Gray, who is considered a spot starter, so that the regular starters can get a bit of a breather. Makes sense. Yankees have won 9 straight against the Twins, and are pretty much ensconced into the first Wild Card Slot. Why not use a spot starter for this game?
Tyler Duffy is the Opener for the Twins with Kohl Stewart the Primary pitcher. Stewart did pretty well in this role last week so hopefully Duffy can do his part in the first and second innings.
Game time 7:10p.
A lead! Of more than a run!
Kahnle coming in to pitch; Hawkins happen to be in the booth?
Wherever he is, he just broke into a smile.
Its Smalley and Mountie
That sounds amazing. No Dick?
And a birthday slam - thanks, Joe!
Flipped it over to see Pauer.
haha, spookied the hell out of that.
JMIVGABB!
The sound of the ball coming off Mauers bat was awesome. He got all of it.
Mauer's flagging OPS with a much needed boost there.
Well, that was stupid. No give-backs!
The Twins have scored at least ten runs against the Yankees four times since 2002. They're .500 in those games.
Mike effin Trombley
16 straight games without a successful stolen base until tonight- team record is 24 in 1985.
Through this game, the Twins have hit 98 home run against the Yankees since 2002. The Yankees meanwhile have hit 163 against the Twins over the same period.
The Twins have hit two grand slams compared to seven by the Yankees. They've never led off or ended a game with a home run.