Win Probability: 58.5%
Welcome to September baseball. Here's to the Twins playing through October as well. Yesterday the Twins passed the team single season home run record. I missed it live since the wife and I were at the fair, but everywhere we went people were talking about the Twins and checking their phones to see if they broke the record. I got into several nice baseball conversations while standing in lines waiting for food, beverages, bathrooms, etc. Of course, if the Twins don't hold on and outpace the Yankees to maintain their lead in dingers then the record could belong to the Bronx Bombers, not the Minnesota Bomba Squad, by the end of the year. And that would be a crying shame. I don't have to tell anyone that the days are getting shorter and we're flat out of summer, or that games are becoming a dwindling resource.
Big Mike on the mound for the Twins today. He's been our best starter over the past several weeks and after yesterday's hurling debacle the team needs him to step up and deliver once again. The Fighting Tigers counter with Spencer Turnbull (3-13, 4.18 ERA, 112 K). Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend, and thank a union member for your day off tomorrow. Play ball!
I'll take La Tortuga
Runs. Runs
All scored on opposite field singles. Bremer is wet
Throw in a sacrifice bunt and Bert probably would’ve quipped about Bremer’s noticeable stiffy.
So is everyone at the fair today or are we just taking a Twins win for granted.
Cracker Barrel, although Gameday was playing on the phone on the table
Dazzle says we seen "a little bit of an uptick" in wild pitches by Twins pitchers.
Really, Dazzle? I hadn't noticed.
Belated call for Caveman today.
Big Mike brought his lunch box today. 9 Ks so far.
Verlander no-hits the Jays
Must have had them non-juiced balls today.
Verlander locks down the Cy.
He also moves to second place on the single season WHIP leaderboard, just behind '00 Pedro.
He had a really, really good day at the office.
Good for Verlander
Another oppo field hit that scores a run.
Maybe an idea for a sidepanel widget: The Twins are at 810 runs scored this season, 6th highest in Twins history and 14th in franchise history. The highwater mark for the Twins is 1996 (of all years) with 877 and the franchise record is 892 by the 1930 Sens
There are a lot of spots from now 810 to the '27 Yankees.
Maybe after they pass 850?
Oooh. Already implemented. Very nicely done, Sean.
Cleveland loses again. Rays pass them in the Wild Card with Cleveland tied for second for now. Oakland leads New York in the ninth so they'll soon break the tie.
Yankees walk office A's with two solo homers. Twins homer lead down to 12.
Not fair that they only had to face the office squad.
I'll be honest, I would dearly love Cleveland not making the playoffs at all.
I'm okay if they knock the Yanks out
Buxton in center? Buxton in center!
A called strike three to your first batter. Hard to start any better than that!
Detroit booth is spending time focusing on a set of little brothers annoying each other. I'm happy to have a competitive team.
Gatorade with his first K and his first hit allowed. Welcome to the bigs.
+ 1 wild pitch.
A pitch to the backstop. Graterol fits right in!
w00t!
Why didn’t someone tell me a game was happening? Why didn’t someone point out it was Sunday? WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED
*keeps completely quiet about tomorrow's game*
That’s probably best given my luck.
Twins scored 8 runs on a slash line of 308/378/333 today (one double and 11 singles).
The 8 runs were a season high for the Twins in a game in which they didn't hit a home run. They improved to 10-14 in games in which they didn't hit a home run, which is better than I would have expected.