The Twins make their first trip out west tonight in the first of three versus the A's, and you know what that means: the good ol' 9pm start time. I'll be looking out for my fellow night owls in the game log.
Category Archives: Gamelog Archive
Archive for game logs from previous seasons.
Game 34: clevelanders @ twins
20% of the baseball season is over. That's kind of surprising.
Even more surprising? The Twins are in first place.
2022 Game 33: Groots at Twins
Oh hey. It's Friday. That means I need to put up a gamelog. I almost forgot.
Twins are starting a good stretch for getting ahead in the division. Or behind, depending on how they play. Hopefully they turn it around and start taking a few games again. That's more fun.
2022 Game 32: Rastros at Twins
It appears that the Twins replacement players are not quite up to snuff when facing a team that's appeared in three of the last five World Series. Here's a log for the game that wasn't postponed last night...already in progress.
Play ball!
2022 Game 31: Houston Astros as Minnesota Twins
José Urquidy
vs
Chris Archer
Came too close to comfort to two no-hitters last night. Urquidy was good, not great, in 2021. This year he's stepped back some and has been quite hittable. He doesn't walk many so the Twins should be expecting strikes and getting some hits.
2022 Game Log 30: Astros at Twins
Woo boy! We have one of those future hall of fame pitchers vs. a young up and coming ace head-to-head tonight at Target Field. Reminds me of back in 2006 when Francisco Liarano faced Roger Clemens. Verlander v. Ryan tonight and check out these stats:
| x | Ryan | Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 25 | 39 |
| Starts | 10 | 459 |
2022
| Stat | Ryan | Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| ERA | 1.63 | 1.93 |
| FIP | 3.08 | 3.23 |
| AVG | .167 | .168 |
| OPS | .516 | .493 |
| WHIP | 0.83 | 0.70 |
| K-BB% | 19.8% | 22.9% |
| W-L | 3-1 | 3-1 |
Should be a humdinger and Byron Buxton should be back in the line up. First pitch at 6:40p and looks like a gorgeous night for baseball.
Twins Line up
RF - Kepler
1B - Miranda
DH - Sanchez
2B - Polanco
3B - Urshela
SS - Lewis
LF - Kirilloff
C - Jeffers
CF - Celestino
2022 Game Log 29: Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Twins
In progress. Paddack just came out with an injury, so that's fun.
2022 Game 28: East Bays vs. Sonny Days
Sonny Gray returns from the IL to face his original team.
2022 Game 27: The Future is Here
In progress: Royce Lewis makes his major league debut.
2022 Game 26: Twins at Orioles
I recall several years ago when the Twins were good and we would go on these fairly long winning streaks, but we also managed to limit our losing streaks to no more than a few games. That trend seems to be repeating so far this year, with the team's longest winning streak hitting seven games, and their longest losing streak ending after two mere defeats. We had four of those two-game losing streaks in the first two weeks of the season, and none since. The pitching staff has been outstanding, the offense is scoring more than four runs a game, and the defense has been solid. One has to wonder, just based on historical precedent, when the feces will eventually impact the rotary oscillator. We're already starting to see some injuries whittling into the roster, and I guess if that's what it takes to get a guy batting .090 out of the lineup I'll take it. But despite my natural inclinations I'm trying cockeyed optimism on for size. Maybe this will be the year after all.
Chris Archer on the mound tonight for the Twins, he's in his tenth major league season. He has no decisions in four starts, a respectable 2.93 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, and 14 strikeouts. He needs to limit the walks, he's given 9 free passes so far, but otherwise the status quo is just fine by me.
Baltimore sends Spenser Watkins out to sling for the final matchup of this four-game series. He also has no decisions in four starts, a 2.55 ERA and 1.25 WHIP with 8 strikeouts. The only Twins hitter to ever face Watkins is Gio Urshela, who faced off with him once and did not record a hit.
Play ball!