Was waiting for a live spot of something off this record from last year to show up too
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While it's not the most robust of opponents, the Twins come into Florida after sweeping the Royals in Kansas City (162-0!). Cueto is actually 5-1 against the Twins with a 2.62 ERA, so hopefully Gallo will smack a couple of dongers for us.
We'll also see our old friend Arraez, who is off to a great start this year. Definitely going to miss him, but hopefully Lopez will soften the blow. Gotta imagine that Luis prefers Florida climes to Minnesota's though. Good on him.
The Twins are so far undefeated on my game log post days (0-0), and I hope that trend continues today. Win, Twins!
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
SAINTS 6, MUD HENS 1 IN TOLEDO
Chris Williams and Tony Wolters each homered in the second to give St. Paul a 3-0 lead.
Kyle Garlick was 2-for-4. Williams was 2-for-5 with two runs. Ryan LeMarre and Matt Wallner also homered.
Starter Aaron Sanchez struck out four in 3.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks. Dereck Rodriguez struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two walks. Trevor Megill struck out five in two scoreless innings, giving up a walk. Brock Stewart struck out three in a perfect inning.
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
SAINTS 4, MUD HENS 3 IN TOLEDO
Mark Contreras singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth.
Contreras was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Wallner was 2-for-4 with two runs. Elliot Soto was 2-for-4.
Starter Randy Dobnak struck out five in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and five walks. Austin Schulfer pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit. Connor Sadzeck pitche two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Ahhh, that's the good stuff.
This loss hits a lot of circles. Truly a legend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSrRGDCy430
(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... Guy Hecker (1856)
Henry McHenry (1910)
Larry Shepard (1919)
Alex Grammas (1926)
Art Ditmar (1929)
Wally Moon (1930)
Jerry Dale (1933)
Hawk Taylor (1939)
Larry Littleton (1954)
Darrell Jackson (1956)
Gary Pettis (1958)
Doug Baker (1961)
Chris Bosio (1963)
Mark Shapiro (1967)
Mike Lansing (1968)
Ryan Doumit (1981)
Kyle Phillips (1984)
Jay Bruce (1987)
Jason Kipnis (1987)
Guy Hecker is one of three pitchers to have won over fifty games in a season. He is also the only pitcher to have won a batting title.
Larry Shepard managed Pittsburgh in 1968-1969. Coincidentally, he was replaced by Alex Grammas.
Jerry Dale was a National League umpire from 1971-85. He pitched in the minors for the Washington (now Minnesota) franchise from 1951-52.
Mark Shapiro was the general manager of the Cleveland Indians from 2001-10 and was president of that club from 2011-2015, when he became president of the Toronto Blue Jays.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Papa Pirate.
Hey, baseball's back! Here's hoping you don't go 0-6 in Wordle.
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.
Great job, MSP metro area! This is now the third snowiest winter in recorded history! I think if you really buckle down, you've got a chance at the silver.
Tommy Bond (1856)
Hughie Jennings (1869)
Bill Yancey (1904)
Luke Appling (1907)
Al Barlick (1915)
Vedie Himsl (1917)
Bobby Avila (1924)
Billy Pierce (1927)
Gordon Jones (1930)
Dick Radatz (1937)
Al Weis (1938)
Mike Kekich (1945)
Reggie Smith (1945)
Don Sutton (1945)
Daniel Okrent (1948)
Tom Johnson (1951)
Billy Sample (1955)
Hank Steinbrenner (1957)
Pete Incaviglia (1964)
Curtis Leskanic (1968)
Denny Hocking (1970)
Jon Lieber (1970)
Shortstop Bill Yancey played in the Negro Leagues for fourteen years, later becoming a manager, coach, and scout.
Al Barlick was a National League umpire from 1940-1970.
Vedie Himsl was a longtime coach and scout, primarily in the Cubs organization. While pitching for St. John's (Minnesota) University, he struck out twenty batters in a game.
Daniel Okrent was one of the creators of the first fantasy baseball league.
Hank Steinbrenner is one of the owners of the New York Yankees, inheriting the team from his father in 2010.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Lucy.
