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Category Archives: 2024 Twins Game Logs
2024 Game 133: Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins
Chris Sale
vs
David Festa
On the plus side, the last week plus of games have all been winnable. The down side is not many of them have actually been won. 30 games left to decide whether the team actually makes the postseason.
2024 Game Log 132 – Barves at Twins
Yikes, Twins scuffling right when things getting dicey in the AL Central. The good news? Twins only 2.5 games behind the Guardians. The bad news? The Royals are only a game behind the Guards. Funny how that happens when a team (Royals) makes strategic moves at the trading deadline. Sure would be nice if the Twins picked themselves up and took the next two against Atlanta.
Simeon Woods Richardson vs. Spencer Schwellenbach which not only is a pitching match up with a lot of letters in their names, but a match up between two rookies who have pitched decently this year and could be on the cusp of decent MLB careers. SWR has been particularly good for the Twins and may have saved their season with how well he has done from the bottom of the rotation. Keep it up Simeon, Twins need a victory tonight!
First pitch at 6:40 and looks like the weather should hold off.
2024 Game Log 131: Atlanta Braves vs. Minnesota Twins
All right, team, let's go! (Sorry, no time so I'm going to go with this.)
2024 Game 128: Cardinals at Twins
The Cardinals seem like a less irritating team when they're hovering around .500. Not that they're ever Yankees or Dodgers irritating, just... irritating because you respect them.
Anyway, they're not as irritating this year.
Andre Pallante goes against David Festa, who I'm surprised to see already has 4 decisions this year.
2024 Game 127: Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres
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.
2024 Game Log 126 – Twins at Padres
Twins in the second game against a pretty decent Padres team that seems to have found its way after a slow start. Look for another gorgeous day in San Diego in probably one of the nicest MLB parks. With the Royals also surging, they've caught up with the Twins, so it would really be nice to notch a victory tonight. Regardless, should be a fun fall of meaningful baseball.
Bailey Ober on the mound and I don't think there is any doubt at this point that he's the Twins best pitcher and probably a game one starter in the playoffs. Former Twin Martin Perez on for the Padres. He's on his 4th team after departing from the Twins after the 2019 season and a recent pick-up by San Diego. It appears he still has some gas in the tank, but definitely in the twilight of has career.
Not a lot of news on when any injured Twins coming back but hopefully soon with just six weeks left in the season.
Game time 8:40
2024 Game 121: Rangers vs. Twins
After sweeping the White Sux to start the month, the Twins have only managed to play .500 ball in their last ten games, the same record as Cleveland which is riding a five-game winning streak. So we're not getting much help from other teams in our quest to top the division, but we're not helping ourselves enough, either. Still, at less than five games back if we can gain a game a week on the Guardians we'll catch them by mid-September. At any rate, we have ourselves a pennant race. The pitching staff is depleted and we're missing a franchise player, but the young guns have stepped up in key spots to help keep this race close. So while the rest of the Twins' season may not be brilliant, it's not likely to be dull, either.
Bailey Q.S. Ober will ascend the mound tonight for the Twins. He's been as solid as a sequoia and just as tall. With 22 games under his belt this year he's notched 12 wins and 5 losses, pitching to a 3.52 ERA, a .97 WHIP and a .201 OBA. He's struck out 137 batters and walked only 31. The Rangers counter with lefthander Cody Bradford in his 14th major league start since his debut last year. He's pitched well this season, an ERA of 3.60, WHIP of .93 and a .209 OBA. The closeness of those numbers is kind of striking and I have no idea what it might mean if anything.
Play ball!
2024 Game 120: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
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.
2024 Game Log 119 – Royals at Twins
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.