This is the time of year when scarcity sets in. You realize that in a fortnight, Twins baseball will be done for the year. Generally this inclines me to watch all the Twins baseball I can get my eyeballs on, but this year I find myself caring less and less. The front office giveth, and the front office taketh away. The Twins send Gibson to the mound, and while we hope for good Gibby today, his best efforts could easily and might well be negated by the bullpen. Jakob Junis takes the hill for the Royals. It will almost be a relief when this season is behind us and we can all focus on curling again. Play ball!
Mauer only seven times on base behind Killebrew now. With 14 games left, seems quite likely that Mauer will take the team lead by season's end.
Apparently either no one cared or, like me, you were busy all day, but the Twins won! They got a whole bunch of hits, including four homers, and while Gibson didn't pitch that well he did give them 6.2 innings. So, nice win today.