After the improbable win against the Rangers yesterday, the Cleveland Guardians of the Galaxy come to town for a three game series to close out the month. The Twins currently have a 6.0 game lead in the division, so hopefully they use this opportunity to pull away. Curry is on the mound for the Guards (I think I know, but I'll let you try to pronounce his first game). He's only made a few starts this year, but has been decent enough. Most likely should be plenty to put away this lineup.
We hit the road after this (to play the Rangers... and the Guardians?) so let's get some wins!
Royce gonna have to hit two grand slams today the way this is going
HE GOT ONE!!!!!!! 😆
RBI BALK! That some Twingo stuff right there!
TWINS BASEBALL!!
Last run scored on a walk and now this one with a balk.
Ah, another spotless WTF game from AL Central stalwarts
Grand slam master!
Grand slam? That’s how Royce rolls.
D@MN
I highly enjoy Royce
Maybe Ober won't be in AAA too long.
Cement Bones's Junioresque follow-through on his no doubters is beautiful
jiminy christmas Matt Wallner is going to hit that RCF scoreboard one of these games
JORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Polanco doesn't have much power from the right side...
Just need the
doubletwo-run homer for the cycle.Funderburk cannot be a real name
Oh, yes it can. Americanized version of German von der Burg (from the castle) and my new favorite baseball name.
The majors have seen two Funderburks, they’ve both played solely for the Twins thus far, and they are not even the same race
Mark was a real thumper in the minors. I remember being pleased when he finally got his cup of coffee (a couple times)
His cup in 1985 was quite good. I wonder why it stopped there.
he OPS'd .510 at AAA in 1986, got demoted permanently, and washed out after 1987
I do not wonder anymore
Career .256/.322/.458 in the minors in 4574 PAs. He did great in Orlando in '85 (.283/.343/.520) but then only .210/.285/.378 the next year in Orlando. Another good year in Orlando wasn't enough.
Probably best not to think too much about how a black person in America got a Germanic (or English) family name....
If there’s a god up in heaven…
He’s got a silver Funderburk
Oh good Lord, Wallner added another HBP tonight? He's had a painful couple weeks
Concrete bones.
Cleveland batters are Funderstruck.
I’m trying to imagine how Gardy or TK would have reacted some of these base-running … choices by our local 9 the past few games.
Jeesh. Two called third strikes that have not been strikes all night.
Maybe I’m a heel for cheering for a Guardians garbage time homer so Smalley’s 10-7 prediction is precise, but I can’t help it.
Three-inning save! Also nice night and win for Funderburk.
I’ve known for a while that Sour Cream is singing the anthem at the game on September 28th. I thought it might be a really good game to attend, but it’s sure looking like a meaningless garbage time game against a terrible Oakland team.
On a night Royce hits his 7th GS of the season
Bring da Royce, bring da Fund