The first of some 19 games against the hated White Sox begins tonight in Chicago with the Whities looking down upon the Twins from their first place perch. After a slow start, the White Sox have been maybe a little better than what everyone thought they would be with a pace toward 96 wins.
Kenta Maeda on the mound for the Twins after coming off a nice outing last week. Dylan Caese for Chicago and he had an excellent 6 inning, 1 hit, 11 strikeout performance against the Reds.
Would be nice for the Twins to start righting the ship against a division rival so should be a fun series. Also, I know it gets ripped a bunch but "The Rate" is a fun little ballpark to watch a game and they've definitely made it more fan friendly over the years. I know HJ and DG have been there a few times but I would strongly suggest checking it out if you ever make it to Chicago. I am hoping for a trip there myself in July.
First Pitch at 7:10p.
Twins Line up
LF Arraez
3B Donaldson
DH Cruz
CF Kepler
2B Polanco
RF Larnach
1B Astudillo
SS Simmons
C Rortvedt
That lineup does not inspire a great deal of confidence, either on offense or on defense. But it's baseball, so maybe it'll work. Youneverknow!
Not a fan of the ballpark; I've said before, it's like watching a game in an unfinished basement. Plus, you know, White Sox fans
Definitely a different fan vibe than Target Field or even Wrigley The people watching may only be second to the State Fair.
might have been a little more favorable if we hadn't lost the game 1-0
Bomba!
Can we somehow at least get one run in out of this?
That wasn't what I had in mind, but I'll take it! Now, since it's still the same situation, can we get at least one more?
Yes, barely. Good hustle, A-Stud.
One of those rare plays where the batter gets the RBI on the DP.
TWINS BASEBALL!!
Maeda is not going to last 5 innings at this pace.
Bring back the juiced baseball. Maeda pitched way better using those.
That didn't take long.
We're going to have to redefine what TWINS BASEBALL!!!! means.
at least the Wolves look good
YDNROLA!
Nelson Cruz with a "moon shot"
Gameday is messed up again; it says Willians struck out.
Maeda found his splitty
Smalley not only just used the word "tertiary" in a sentence, but he also correctly defined it while explaining why it was the correct word.
Better yank Maeda. He's almost to 90 pitches!
What's that definition of insanity?
Simmons improves his runners in scoring position batting average but no run scored.
Sorry. I guess I showed up at the wrong time.
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Interesting. So a team can bring in multiple relievers in a game and it doesn't go to heck in a handbasket -- who knew?
Oooh. C'mon, La Tortuga.
Ahh, crap. Uno'd.
Dazz: LaRussa will start managing now.
Apparently he was napping up to this point. Who knew that a manager could "take over" a game.
Also, Hamilton is still fast.
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I really dislike watching this squad.
We're now up to 20 of 33 games in which the Twins have scored three or fewer runs.