Twins continue to beat up on the bad and ok teams, which is what a team needs to do in order be eligible for the playoffs. Hopefully the trend continues as the Twins head to game two against the 15-23 Oakland A's.
Dylan Bundy on the mound and he's fallen back to earth after winning his first three starts of the season (albeit with lots of run support). Last start was atrocious with Bundy giving up 9 earned runs in 3.2 innings to the Orioles. Yuck! James Kaprielian up for the A's and although he was on the losing side of a 1-0 game against the Twins ten days ago, he has not pitched well at The Coliseum.
Twins will have to do it without Byron Buxton again as we has another designated rest day.
First Pitch at 8:40p local time.
Twins Lineup
1B - Arraez
2B - Polance
DH - Sanches
RF - Kepler
LF - Gordon
CF - Celestino
SS - Lewis
3B - Miranda
C - Jeffers
Good seats still available in Oakland.
Bundy shoes Laureano.
Gameday not working, radio is.
GameDay is working for me.
Cy Kaprielian is mowing 'em down.
A lot of below Mendoza BAs in Oakland's lineup.
Bundy got squeezed a bit there, but why are you nibbling that much on a guy hitting .186?
Another shoe for Bundy.
Leadoff doubles are sexy.
Would be nice to see Miranda getting Rights.
Nope. Looking pretty overwhelmed.
Yeah, his stint in the majors has not been good.
Guessing this game goes over 3 hours
Bundy is pretty deliberate, and the A's are hitting a lot of foul balls. Good thing Bundy is avoiding the heart of the plate, because he's topping out around 91.
Another shoe to end the threat.
One of these times, Sanchez is going to kill a catcher with that long back-swing.
Either that or he is gonna get a fastball in his ear.
Max with a little knock the other way. How about a one-out rally?
Not exactly a pitchers' duel, but there's no offense.
Way to go.
I have skillz.
Whoopsiedoodle
There goes the shutout.
Royce!
Golf shot.
Winder improving the A's OB%
Not a real compelling outing for him.
It is possible that every fan at the game tonight might get a foul ball.
Sanchez has been eating his Wheaties.
Well, Winder probably deserved to give up that two run bloop single.
Thielbar should have been up a couple of batters earlier.
That pitching change was about 6 batters too late.
Break out the rally caps.
Blech.