The Twins keep rolling as they lay waste to the dregs of the AL Central. Good on them, beating the bad teams leads to Division titles my grandpappy used to say. More importantly, this Twins teams is fun! They win in dramatic fashion, they are fundamentally sound, they have great characters. Byron Buxton over the weekend and Max Kepler last night both mentioned how much better the locker room is this year compared to last -- which most are taking as a jab at Donaldson (and probably Simmons). I wasn't in the locker room this year or last so I'll take their word for it.
Beau Briske for the Tigers and he has a stat line you would expect for a team playing at a .333 level. His last outing included 6 runs in 5.1 innings so not great. Sonny Gray for the Twins and he's been a good veteran presence for this team. After a slow start, he's really pitched well lately, although lots of run support (14 and 12 runs his last two games) will do wonders for your performance.
Game time at 6:40. Looks like a nice night for baseball.
Twins Lineup
CF - Buxton
2B - Arraez
SS - Correa
DH - Sanchez
RF - Kepler
LF - Celestino
3B - Urshela
1B - Miranda
C - Jeffers
The Twins seem to have a lot of kids groups sing the National Anthem.
They do the best job.
To clarify, it was just an observation, not a criticism.
Oh, I know, just making my own observation as well.
I think they get heavy rotation early in the season until school lets out for the summer.
I wonder if having so many newer Twins on the team doesn't also make for a better/tighter atmosphere? Although truthfully missing those two players has to be a major contributor.
Being 26-16 instead of 17-29 through May 23 definitely helps.
More possible correlation/causation.
Don't think I'd ever guess Max would have as many BB at this point as Arraez or Grossman do.
Aggressive baserunning is fun when it works.
Provus Gordo'd that one.
Totally.
Correa! Correa!
Can't wait to see the video on Buxton's catch.
Potentially not long before Bux is looking up a Jeffers' BA
He's hitless against Detroit this year, which is just weird.
ydnrosgott.
.357
He's still due.
Two points behind Martinez for the batting lead now. Well ahead of Trout in OBP.
My BSN feed is the Spanish one for some reason.
I'm so glad that kind of inning isn't the norm anymore.
This is not C.B. Bucknor's finest day behind the plate.
a loooong day of golf work and then election judging nice to come home and see the Twins in the lead
nice outing by gray.
Hmmmm...StL-based ad between innings. Better than checking in on the Harris family, I guess.
Have you heard that Footloose at the Chanhassen is a celebration of pure joy?
I'll check that out after browsing Shady Rays
Rare Luis K
Duffey’s been good lately, but his early rough outings still make me wary about high leverage situations.
Jhoan has been watching Emelio work
Shih tzus and squibs!
This team is fun to watch.
I see the Hosers scored one in the 5th and are now down just 16-3, so it’s good we kept the pedal down.