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2023 Twins Game Logs

2023 Game Log 139 – Twins at Guardians

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After yesterday's shellacking of the Guardians, the Twins are once again at the dreaded 6 games over .500 level. We've seen losing streaks of 4, 2, and 1 games after reaching these lofty heights -- as if the Twins are afraid of flying too close to the sun. Will they have more runs in them after scoring 3 touchdowns yesterday? Will the Guardians feel like they need to respond?

Sonny Gray on the mound for the Twins and I feel like he's in bulldog mode. Someone named Tanner Bibee for the Guardians. Never heard of the guy but apparently he's one of Cleveland's best pitchers. His strikeout per inning rate is a concern for the free swinging Twins so I don't think we will see double digit runs scored tonight.

It feels like if the Twins can win one more game against Cleveland, that will be the dagger for the season. Let's just get it done tonight and not have to worry about the Guardians thinking they have any chance of catching the Twins.

First pitch at 5:10.

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Where They Stand

The St. Paul Saints are 32-25, in first place in the International League West, two games ahead of Toledo.*

The Wichita Wind Surge is 32-25, in first place in the Texas League North, three games ahead of Springfield.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels are 40-20, in first place in the Midwest League West, five games ahead of Peoria.  The Kernels qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half.

The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels are 31-28, in fourth place in the Florida State League West, 7.5 games behind Lakeland, one game behind third-place Clearwater.

* If I'm reading it right, first place in your division does you no good whatsoever in AAA.  You have to have the best record in the entire league, either in the first half or the second half, to go to the playoffs.  In the overall league standings, St. Pau is tied for sixth with Jacksonville, three games behind Durham and Lehigh Valley.  I don't know what the point is of having divisions if they don't mean anything, but as so often happens in many areas of life, the powers that be forgot to ask my opinion when they made this decision.

TODAY'S TILTS

6:35  St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-5, 8.65) at Louisville
6:00  Bradenton at Fort Myers (TBD)
6:35  Wichita (Jaylin Nowlin, 3-1, 3.29) at Corpus Christi
6:40  Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris, 5-1, 2.81) at Wisconsin

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–September 5

Al Orth (1872)
Nap Lajoie (1874)
Lefty Leifield (1883)
Bingo DeMoss (1889)
Max Bishop (1899)
Merv Shea (1900)
Gene Bearden (1920)
Bill Mazeroski (1936)
Karl Kuehl (1937)
Tom Hallion (1956)
Candy Maldonado (1960)
Jeff Brantley (1963)
Jimmy Haynes (1972)
Rod Barajas (1975)
Randy Choate (1975)
Jason Hart (1977)
Chris Young (1983)

Karl Kuehl was a coach for the Twins from 1977-1982.  He was a minor league manager for several seasons and also managed the Montreal Expos in 1976.  His minor league managing career started in 1959, when he managed the Salem Senators in the Northwest League at age 21.

Tom Hallion was a major league umpire from 1986-1999 and 2005-2022.

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Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–September 4

Tillie Walker (1887)
Eddie Waitkus (1919)
Hawk Harrelson (1941)
Paul Jata (1949)
Doyle Alexander (1950)
Frank White (1950)
Mike Piazza (1968)
Luis Lopez (1970)
Aaron Fultz (1973)
Pat Neshek (1980)
Jordan Schafer (1986)
Adam Duvall (1988)
Cody Martin (1989)
Andrelton Simmons (1989)
Aaron Slegers (1992)

Cody Martin was drafted by Minnesota in the 20th round in 2010, but did not sign.

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