2023 Game Log 17 – Twins at Bosox

It's a rare local one team night as the Twins take on the Red Sox in Boston while the Wolves and Wild get a day off from the playoffs.

Boston seems to be scuffling again this year with a 8-9 record and I'm not really sure what their plan is. It seems like the ownership group has taken their eye off the ball so to speak and are more interested in their other teams they own (Liverpool, FC, Pittsburgh Penguins). Chris Sale on the mound for the Red Sox and it looks like he may be cooked. He's 1-1 for the year but has not looked good as his 11.25 ERA and 2.08 WHIP indicates.

Sonny Gray on the mound for the Twins after coming off a nice weekend split with the Yankees. Gray has been lights out this year and I'd like to see him go deeper into games now that he is apparently over his flu-like illness. Concerns about the bats as Max Kepler seems to be done as a MLB hitter and Byron Buxton has been dreadful since his 2nd base collision last week.

Looks like a pleasant night for a game in Boston and given the 6:10 game start, we can get to bed early to prep for the upcoming late night baseketball and hockey playoffs.

45 thoughts on “2023 Game Log 17 – Twins at Bosox”

  1. The Red Sox still have 1 year at $27 mi and a vesting year at $20 mil on Sale's contract.
    I am kind of relieved the Twins FO avoid super long term deals with pitchers

  2. It took from the 2nd inning on last Thursday's game until the 10th tonight to score as many runs as they scored in the one inning that started that Thursday game.

  3. Since scoring 9 runs in the first inning Thursday, the have scored 12 in the next 45 innings

      1. Honest question because I have an idea about this, how would you quantify streakiness?

  4. Anyone have some good video on that last play that landed fair? The best I can find on MLB is an 11 second clip that doesn't show it very well. I'd assume replays would've had better angles, but I couldn't find anything online.

    Not that I doubt the umps, I just want to see how close it really was

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