Woo boy! We have one of those future hall of fame pitchers vs. a young up and coming ace head-to-head tonight at Target Field. Reminds me of back in 2006 when Francisco Liarano faced Roger Clemens. Verlander v. Ryan tonight and check out these stats:
| x | Ryan | Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 25 | 39 |
| Starts | 10 | 459 |
2022
| Stat | Ryan | Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| ERA | 1.63 | 1.93 |
| FIP | 3.08 | 3.23 |
| AVG | .167 | .168 |
| OPS | .516 | .493 |
| WHIP | 0.83 | 0.70 |
| K-BB% | 19.8% | 22.9% |
| W-L | 3-1 | 3-1 |
Should be a humdinger and Byron Buxton should be back in the line up. First pitch at 6:40p and looks like a gorgeous night for baseball.
Twins Line up
RF - Kepler
1B - Miranda
DH - Sanchez
2B - Polanco
3B - Urshela
SS - Lewis
LF - Kirilloff
C - Jeffers
CF - Celestino
And no Buxton tonight? Not good.
Box score for the Liriano game Remember some dudes
Ahh, who doesn't get nostalgic for the Terry Tiffee years?
Or the Adam Neverhit months?
Oof, I blocked that out.
relevant tweet!
So many questions.
Only seven strikeouts.
Not feeling great about this one.
no hitter watch in effect
I said this after the fourth inning
Morneau faced Verlander more than any other pitcher in his career. 227/328/424. 2 homers. 2 intentional walks.
Just got off the plane in Omerha and OMG PERFECT GAME WATCH
Joe Mauer basically played his whole career and retired and may go to the HoF in the span of Justin Verlanders career.
Could use Mauer to break up this no-hitter.
I think that 2nd inning run is all they needed
Oh good lord. I hope the team gets a bulk discount from Twins medical provider
a hit!
GONO
the Twins better not DFA Cotton after this game like they did last time he soaked up some innings