Chris Paddack
vs
Joe Ross
Paddack gets his first start after his second Tommy John and Joe Ross gets his first start since his second Tommy John. I'm wondering how often this has happened.
Announced attendance was 41,659. Pretty good for an early season, Tuesday afternoon game. MLB increased the difficulty for the getaway game: a Wednesday day game. This has long been my suspected reason why these games are scheduled for the middle of the week: guaranteed attendance boosts on hard to draw dates.
Lineup:
Julien 2B
Kiriloff LF
Buxton DH
Kepler RF
Correa SS
Santana 1B
Castro CF
Jeffers C
Farmer 3B
That OPS graphic they showed was pretty grim.
*looks at lineup to see who's due*
That's what I thought -- everyone.
I feel like this start is in danger of turning pretty grim, as well.
Finally, the first game I can actually watch as it happens. Let’s see the OPS regress to the mean.
Balls of steel, Margot.
I think it gets overturned. What a play from third
Hmm. I thought it would be and yet I’m still mad that it was.
Well that sucks.
Well that sucks.
givin' 'em back, givin' 'em back, ...
Man oh man, I cannot stand scraping a single run together from a long arduous inning just to give up a shot that heads to the moon two minutes later.
Fun to see Chourio’s first ever, I guess.
Extra bases are allowed?
a rally!
wasn't sure you could score a run on something besides a ground out
pirhanas.jpg
This is the best kind of long arduous inning
Well, the best kind is when we secure a lead, but we'll see...
yup, you were right!
We’re on greekhouse watch, people.
That work?
That’ll get you off the Schneid.
Only the second home run the Twins have hit this season.
Spookied it after the pickoff attempt!
I Spookied it after Provus channeled Dick and went on and on about Jeffers occasionally bunting.
And I’m out here not getting the spooky feeling at all. Enjoy it while the magic lasts!
Jeffers!
Wheelsilloff
That's a pretty sweet box line for him today.
Nice to see him healthy and raking.