West Coast day game!
Simeon Woods Richardson
vs
Matt Waldron
Twins finally get a day off tomorrow but they need one more day of the the bats and arms performing to avoid the sweep. Royals also lost yesterday to keep the tie for second wild card but Guardians won to put the division lead a tiny bit farther away.
Cole Ragans
vs
Louie Varland
Final home game against the Royals. They play one more series in three weeks in Kansas City. Last night's win was their seventh against the Royals and guaranteed an overall season win. I recommend the Twins not lose the remaining four games however.
Varland is back with the Twins officially. He was the 27th man on the roster for the doubleheader, was "sent" back to St. Paul where he made zero appearances, and now pitches again for the Twins.
Saturday game, in progress
Gavin Williams
vs
Simeon Woods Richardson
Sunday
Tanner Bibee
vs
David Festa
Split doubleheader day!
Day game:
Joey Cantillo
vs
Bailey Ober
Night game on Apple TV+:
Alex Cobb
vs
Louie Varland
Joe Ryan
vs
Javier Assad
Finally a day game at Wrigley.
The Twins scored three on Monday and won with some excellent pitching. They scored three runs again yesterday but were let down with poor pitching. Please score more than three so the pitchers don't have to be great again.
Final tuneup game before taking on the other AL Central contenders. There's a weekend series with the division leaders followed by three games against the team right behind the Twins in the wildcard standings.
David Festa
vs
Kyle Hendricks
Game in progress!
The Twins continue their quest to beat all of Chicago by taking it to Chicago and playing an actual MLB team. Neither starter has been good this year; both have an ERA very close to 7. Festa at least has the shine of a prospect that he could halve his ERA while Hendricks, does not.
Pablo López
vs
Luis Severino
Another Wednesday day game.
After a forgettable opener, a lackluster deadline, followed by a lackluster performance by the bats again last night, I'm instead thankful for the blackout rules preventing me from watching any New York games.
Joe Ryan
v.
Tarik Skubal
Game in progress.
Day game alert!
Aaron Nola
vs
Steven "David Festa" Okert
Welcome back David Festa. Hope you learned a few things in your brief time across the river. Phillies counter with their other ace, Nola. No big deal. Also the Royals have caught up and are effectively tied with the Twins with one more win and loss to their record.
Keider Montero
vs
David Festa
Montero and Festa both making their second career starts tonight. Montero's first start was in the second game of a double header in May. He made another appearance, seemingly in a bulk appearance, a week ago at home. Neither appearance was good, 4.1 innings each time and giving up four and five runs respectively. I expect another 4.1 inning start but this time six runs over that time.
Festa also gave up five runs last time but clearly it was from one bad inning so I expect a quality start tonight.
