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2021 Twins Game Logs

2021 Game 126: Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox

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Bailey Ober
vs
Nick Pivetta

This is, after I did the math twice, game 126 for the Twins. Any player needs to have a minimum of 390.6 PAs after tonight's game to qualify for all of the batting categories. Arraez is now at 352 PAs so he needs 38.6 more to not have outs added to his totals to qualify. Added to the rest of the season and he needs to average 4.05 PAs per team game. His current batting average would place him third, 0.00025 points behind Brantley.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–August 25

Dick Rudolph (1887)
Darrell Johnson (1928)
Choo Choo Coleman (1937)
Dooley Womack (1939)
Rollie Fingers (1946)
Dave Heaverlo (1950)
Stan Perzanowski (1950)
Pete Redfern (1954)
Oddibe McDowell (1962)
Albert Belle (1966)
Doug Glanville (1970)
Gary Matthews (1974)
Logan Morrison (1987)
Justin Upton (1987)
Chandler Shepherd (1992)

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Happy Birthday–August 26

Chick Fraser (1873)
Jesse Barnes (1892)
Sparky Adams (1894)
Gene Moore (1909)
Alex Kellner (1924)
Alex Trevino (1957)
Jeff Parrett (1961)
Angel Hernandez (1961)
Chad Kreuter (1964)
Ricky Bottalico (1969)
Brendan Harris (1980)
Kyle Kendrick (1984)
Eric Fryer (1985)
Darin Mastroianni (1985)
David Price (1985)
Elvis Andrus (1988)
Mario Hollands (1988)
Brusdar Graterol (1988)
Tyler Wells (1994)

It is reported that Angel Hernandez has been a major league umpire since 1993.  We continue to search for evidence of this.

Mario Hollands was drafted by Minnesota in the 24th round in 2009 but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s sister and to Can of Corn's Kernel.

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2021 Twins Game Logs

2021 Game Log 125 – Twins at Red Sox

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The last place Twins, 16 games under .500, play the Red Sox who happen to be 16 games over .500 in their annual trip to Fenway. After a good start of the season for the Red Sox, they've cooled down but still in line to play a Wild Card game, perhaps against the Yankees. I wonder if it will be televised?

A match-up between two rookies as Tanner Houck on the mound for the Sox and although 0-3 on the year, has pitched well and could be a decent back of the rotation guy for a while. Giffin Jax for the Twins. Primarily a fastball guy, it will be good for the Twins to see what they have in Jax over the next 6 weeks of the season.

Game time 6:10. Since it's against the Red Sox I think it's on ESPN+ if you subscribe.

Twins Line up
RF - Kepler
LF - Rooker
SS - Polanco
DH - Donaldson
3B - Arraez
C - Garver
2B - Gordon
1B - Sano
RF - Cave

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Standings and Stats: Through August 22

STANDINGS

The St. Paul Saints are 53-43, in second place in the AAA East/Midwest, a half game behind Toledo.  They are 7-3 in their last ten games and lost their most recent game.  They have a run differential of +45.

The Wichita Wind Surge is 57-39, in first place in the AA Central/North, five games ahead of Tulsa.  They are 6-4 in their last ten games and have won five consecutive games.  They have a run differential of +60.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 53-43, in second place in the High-A Central/West, eleven games behind Quad Cities.  They are 7-3 in their last ten games and have lost two consecutive games.  They have a run differential of +44.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 47-44, in third place in the Low-A Southeast/West, sixteen games behind Tampa.  They are 4-6 in their last ten games and won their most recent game.  They have a run differential of +3.

For those interested in minor league pennant races, the Saints play their next six games against Toledo in Toledo and the Wind Surge plays its next six games against Tulsa in Wichita.

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