Kenta Maeda
vs
Corbin Burnes
I'm convinced the Twins cannot be more than six games above .500. If they win a bunch, then they will need to lose a bunch to never be too far above .500. They're back to +4 games so a win is again safe.
The extremely short "road" trip ends today. Texas is next on the schedule so they can bank some losses before the Guardians visit.
Free TV, Citizens
That's why their power was out.
Another toasty game today. Gameday reports 97 and sunny.
Oh, hai! I didn't see this here. Thanks, Sean.
ROYCE!!
Royce!
I spookied that.
MICHAEL AWESOME TAYLOR
His availability and defensive ability has been crucial, but Taylor is only 2 shy of his career best year in HRs (19 in 2017) in 92 fewer ABs, and is 55 points better than his career SLG and nearly 30 points higher than his career OPS.
ok, I spookied that one too. Strange things are afoot.
Per Gameday, Segal’s strike zone seems … generous.
Indeed. Dick has taken to saying "not a strike, but called one." I have heard that multiple times the last week.
And there Julien saw only one strike and didn’t offer at it.
(pretty) good Kenta today, weather permitting
FRAMER!*
*it's what I call him
Farmer in the dell.
SOWING RUNS!
Give-back runs are a thing today, I see.
Twins with enough cushion to survive a bad Pagán appearance. I think they're going to need to rebuild that cushion.
You were saying.
Damn. Can't bunt much better than that.
Eddie is getting screwed by Blue.
He's been consistent. Consistently bad. Particularly on balls below the zone.
and outside!
Jeepers creepers. Bernie is getting a workout.
holy smokes, blue
"gifted runner", "Manfred man" -- glad Dick isn't falling prey to the common misnomer
oh blue...come on
TWINS BASEBALL!!!
Way to gut it out Jeffers!!
Dick mentions the dream where you can't run to first base because your feet are in quicksand. I've had that dream many times. Or I can't catch simple fly balls. Or throw more than 10 feet. Or hit the broad side of a barn. I am completely incompetent at baseball at night
Michael E. Taylor
Not sure it would have mattered at home, but the batter advanced to 2nd.
And scored the eventual game winning run instead of possibly being doubled up on the Wiemer ground out to Correa.
Yup. Turned out to be critical.
That sucked ass.
man, even I was getting cramps by the end of this one. crappy ending for a long, hot ballgame
On the bright side, our roofer finished today (except for coming back to help install the new skylights when they show up in another month or so). And the framers finished framing for the new windows yesterday.
