Game two of a critical 3-game series against the pesky Royals, a team that made some moves at the trading deadline thinking that they had a shot of at least a wild card berth. Monday's Twins win put a little distance between the two teams so hopefully tonight with another win, the Twins can continue to hold the Royals at bay.
Seth Lugo on for the Royals and he's probably their best pitcher. Not huge strike out guy but he does well. Nothing that the Twins bats can't handle. No announced starter for the Twins yet this morning (I typically write these up before 8:00a). I may get back to fill in, or maybe not. Regardless it's probably someone from St. Paul. UPDATE!!!! Apparently it's Zebby Matthews making his Major League debut. A quick, 7 second look at Baseball Reference tells me this is the first Major Leaguer with the first name Zebby. So go ahead and have a blast Zebby and make all the other Zebbys all around the USA proud of your accomplishment, all four of them have been waiting ages for this day.
Should be a gorgeous night for baseball. First pitch at 6:40.
TWINS BASEBALL!!! cue circus music!
His first name is Daniel but his middle name is Zebulon. So while his first name isn't Zebulon or Zebby, he is the first Zebulon since WW2.
Pretty sure free meant "...this is the first Major Leaguer with the nickname Zebby." Yeah, that's the ticket
Go back to your mom’s basement stat nerd.
Hey hey, don't bad mouth the Ministry of Information Retrieval
Matthews got his five innings so he's in line for the win. I wonder if the Twins try to get more outs or leave it to the bullpen.
Looks like that's it. Nice break-in start for the Zebster
Ayyup. First K against a guy on the early HOF track. Nice start.
Station-to-station baseball with the bases loaded is okay by me.
Can we get 'em loaded for Lewis?
Nice to see Miranda off the schneid too
Nice move to improve our runs ratio and at the same time mess with KC's
Best mascot race ever!
https://x.com/TheAdamWells/status/1823521813554504191
People only watch baseball for the mascot race crashes.