Last week of the season and the Twins should clinch the Central Division in the next day or so. Twins at the woebegone Tigers who have already lost 109 games. Hopefully the Twins get down to business and take at least two. Spencer Turnbull for the Tigers and has a 3-15 record, which is expected from a 109 loss team. Turnbull hasn’t had a Win since later May so here’s hoping he’s not due. Odorizzi on the mound and he’s been Twins most consistent pitcher and in 11 career starts, he's 5-1 with a 3.25 ERA against Detroit.
Game time at 5:40p and Cleveland at White Sox at 7:00p, so they will definitely be scoreboard watching in Chicago. C’mon Twins, let’s put this lousy team down so we can start chilling the Champagne.
Twins Lineup:
2B Arraez
SS Polanco
DH Cruz
LF Rosario
1B Gonzalex
3B Sano
RF Cave
CF Wade Jr.
C Castro
Where is everyone tonight? I have a meeting in a little while, so I won't be around too much, either, I guess.
less singles more bombas please and thank you
Time to get the bomba squad going, boys.
Instead you'll get the double playmbas
Two walks tonight, by....wait, that can't be right.
Dazzle, the reason the Twins shut down the running game in the second half is that they haven't had Buxton for most of it.
rally inning
ok next inning
Did I say two HR bt Sano? I meant two Ks
Why Gibson?!?!!?!?!?!
Odo pulled for something.
Replay of his last warmup pitch showed him shaking out his arm after his release, then rubbing his fingers.
Tight left hammy. No arm issue.
Hamstring tightnesss is the official word.
Right, but of all the pitchers why Gibson
And he strikes out the side! Eventually.
Apparently he had been warming up earlier, but pitchers brought in as an injury substitution get as many pitches as they want. So, no idea.
Postseason bullpen practice!
I actually think you may be right about that. I think Rocco is trying to find out if Gibson will be a viable bullpen option in the playoffs.
I hope he has drawn the correct conclusion at this point.
I'm with you fellas.
Yeah, probably. For the most part, if the Twins get the lead after 5 or 6, it will be bullpen time, probably sooner when neither Berrios or Odo starts, so that will mean using a lot of guys for 1 or 2 innings. If the Twins fall behind in games, they will probably go to long relievers to eat up innings, so that would be time for possibly Gibson, Perez, Dobnak, Smeltzer or Thorpe, depending on who makes the postseason roster and isn't starting. Tonight might have been an audition for Gibson as much as anything. He was good from an FIP standpoint tonight, 4 Ks in 2 IP with 0 walks and 0 HRs allowed. 4 ground balls, 0 fly balls. 32 of his 43 pitches for strikes. Of course, the big issue is throwing 43 pitches in 2 innings, but it wasn't because of wildness. Gibson has an OPS against of .698 the first time through the order, so they may be looking at that as well. Of course, it would make more sense for Perez, considering he has a .650 OPS against the first time and .907 the second time.
Jesus Cleveland, give it up already.
So much this.
Last 40 games, the Indians are on a 93-win pace.
The Twins have been on a 105-win pace over that same period.
Meh, if they want to go off into the sunset kicking and screaming, whatever
Tostadas are almost done, with some chicken, black beans, and avocado green chili slaw.
And the twins win. Solid
i found a vague but interesting smothered veggie recipe on the tweeters. improved it and it turned out all right. i also learned what the cooking term "smothered" means, though mostly after the fact (i kind of accidentally did it anyway). besides that, we cooked some saba in our "new" fish grill with some white rice on the side (need to pick up some more brown rice).
(to be very sure, that was definitely supposed to be "improv"ed and not "improved". i'm... uhh, not that good.)
You don't have to be good to be cocky.
well, i'm neither in any case.
winnah
Yanks with a HR tonight and 2 innings left
Both Rays and Yanks basically go with bullpen game and it goes 12 innings. Rays win 2-1 on Ji-Man Choi's walk-off homer, the only batter faced by Cory Gearrin.
Twins tie the 1969 team in wins. By wins, I've never experienced a better season.
Yep. Not in my lifetime have the Twins won this many games.
I know it's just the Tigers, but I get the feeling that Odo is back into good form.
Back? Did I miss something?
Oh, I dunno. The month of July, maybe?
Twins clinch winning record in September to give them a winning record in each month this season. Only other Twins teams to do it were 2002 (the last team to win a postseason series) and 1965 (AL champs).