It seems reasonable to assume that the Twins will not allow any runs for the entire season. The sample size is getting larger every day! Joe Ryan takes the hill this afternoon with an 18 inning shutout streak to extend. Like all Twins pitchers, Ryan has not allowed a run all season.
Twins pitchers have walked 10 Royals in 2 games, which seems a little high. 4 double plays have limited the damage. and the shutout streak has been held intact by the Royals just not getting any hits.
Jax, Thielbar, and Jorge Lopez have pitched in both games this series out of the bullpen, but with a day off in between games, maybe they'd still be available today.
Byron Buxton is almost the entirety of the Twins offense so far. He has all of the Twins extra base hits and has scored 3 of the 4 runs. He continues to be just ... so good. Buxton and Vazquez each have 4 hits (.500/.500/.688), and the rest of the Twins roster has 7 hits total (.135/.220/.135).
The Twins face Brad Keller today. I swear this is the 30th time they've faced him in the last few years. Keller has allowed 24 runs in 6 starts against Minnesota in the last two years, a rate of 7.9 Runs/9 with a WHIP of 1.90. More like that, please!
Max Kepler is 7 for 19 with 2 HR against Keller in his career (.368/.500/.737).
Dick briefly mentioned yesterday on the broadcast that the Royals are working on getting a new stadium in the near future. I was surprised how much nostalgia I immediately felt for Kauffman Stadium. When we lived in Kansas for 3 or 4 years, we had a lot of great baseball experiences there, tickets were always available, the stadium is really nice, and I met a fair number of WGOM citizens there. We have talked about going back there with little G, as he has only been to that stadium in utero. Now all of a sudden that seems like it might jump up on the priority list.
Looks like more streaming Twins ballgame in the car on our last hour of our drive home. Nice
putting dark red numbers and letters on dark blue jerseys, probably really cool in person but for watching the game on tv its horrible
Trevor "Wheels" Larnach
Ugh, bloody contact play.
Lol, Justin's "dies a hero" about Jeffers broken bat was great.
Glad Jeffers used one of his rare hits against a RHP judiciously and productively.
Twice, in fact! Maybe the removal of the leg kick is the key.
There's the first of today's two runs
GOSO
No hitter alert in the free game of day.
wiggle wiggle
JeffeRBIs
we need to stop loading the bases
GALLO!!!!
Called it!
I should put my home run prediction challenge win on the Achievements page...
See, bases empty, run scores.
He hit that one somewhat hard.
I'm pretty over these frickin crankyape.com ads. very annoying,
Feed your grass. Feed it!!1!
JOEY GALLO!!!!!
I like runs
Gallo! Gallo!
Joey Gallo home runs no longer annoy me.
He was on my list of guys who became no fun the instant they put on Yankee pinstripes. See also: Ichiro, Andrew McCutchen, Russell Martin, DJ LeMahieu…
Oh man, I blocked out any memory of Ichiro even playing for the Yankees.
It's a natural wonder how the brain can block out painful memories.
eh. not like he had much of a choice and he seemed to hate every minute of it.
I like a guy who can hit ‘em as far as Sanó and can play all three outfield spots and first with good defense.
cheaptoy, I don’t know if you’re getting these Middleton Farmers’ Co-op ads, but three games into the year and I mentally give the narrator the finger every time I hear them.
I'm watching through Bally Sports using my mom's DirecTV login, so I get Minnesota ads.
Ah — these are on the radio feed.
Completed supper prep during the middle innings. Beef shanks are now braising in the oven and the kitchen smells delicious.
A four run lead is a good time to remind ourselves how terrible Pagan is.
to be fair, he is running into the offensive buzzsaw that is the royals.
Emelio "Can't Get an Out" Pagan
That’ll do. Can the Wolves make it a two-fer?
Refs blew a call in this one too! Challenged and they doubled down on the eff-up.
What on earth was that last play though.
I didn't watch, because this only ends one way. Lets just say I'm very glad baseball is back.
My brother and I laughed out loud
Forget it, Jake, its Timberwolves.
One of two undefeated teams. The Rangers can make it three with a win against the Phillies.
I dunno. Is it too early in the season to engage in Gallo's humor?
Do we say "How YOU doin'?" each time he launches one?
Or do we just shout "Bartles and Jaymes for the House!" every time he hits a dinger?
Ever since he was a prospect, I've always immediately thought of Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny whenever I hear his name.
Same.
Ryan McKenna - oof.
Sad to see Twins pitchers give up runs, but if they can keep their team ERA at 1.33 all year, I think they'll be all right. We're still on track for 162-0!