Game 154: Twins vs Hangovers

Congrats to the 2023 Twins. We all believed in you the whole time! Definitely there were none of us despairing and thinking that the team should be sellers after a horrible series in Baltimore. No, sir.

Erm.

Back in the day, this would've been the last game of the regular season. We've still got a few left to go, though. With no reasonable shot at the second seed, I'm mostly rooting for the Mariners to make the playoffs and for some of the fun individual milestones around the league (holy cow, Acuña).

Today, everybody on the hometown team just needs to take an aspirin, chug their electrolyte of choice, and see if they can finish the season on this hot streak that they've been on.

Minor Details: Game of September 22

SAINTS 10, MUD HENS 6 IN ST. PAUL

Toledo scored three in the top of the second, but St. Paul came back with seven in the bottom half.  Anthony Prato hit a two-run homer in the inning and Michael Helman hit a grand slam.

Helman was 2-for-3 with a grand slam (his sixth homer), a walk, and two runs.
Anthony Prato was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his ninth and tenth) a walk, and three RBIs.
Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer, his eleventh.

Blayne Enlow pitched three innings, allowing three runs on two hits and striking out four.
Brock Stewart struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning.
Jorge Alcala struck out four in two perfect innings.
Austin Schulfer struck out two in two perfect innings.

TODAY'S TILT

6:37 Toledo at St. Paul (Patrick Murphy, 6-3, 3.54)

Happy Birthday–September 23

Heinie Wagner (1880)
Lefty Stewart (1900)
Jim Rooker (1942)
Woody Woodward (1942)
Dennis Lamp (1952)
Jim Morrison (1952)
Tony Fossas (1957)
Jim Winn (1959)
Pete Harnisch (1966)
Jeff Cirillo (1969)
Brent Abernathy (1977)
Mike Gosling (1980)
Matt Kemp (1984)
Joba Chamberlain (1985)
Trevor May (1989)

Left-hander Tony Fossas was drafted by the Twins in the ninth round in 1978, but did not sign.

Continue reading Happy Birthday–September 23

Minor Details: Game of September 21

SAINTS 4, MUD HENS 2 IN ST. PAUL

St. Paul scored all of their runs in the seventh, overcoming a 2-0 deficit.

Hernan Perez was 2-for-4 with a double.
Michael Helman was 2-for-4.

Randy Dobnak struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on three hits and four walks.
Curtis Taylor pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Ronny Henriquez struck out two and walked two in a scoreless inning.

TODAY'S TILT

6:37  Toledo at St. Paul (Blayne Enlow, 2-5, 7.87)