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2020 Game Log 44 and 45 – Twins at Cardinals
Two games today against the Cardinals. So this is a game log for both. Also I am pretty sure these are 7 inning games. These are the only two games against St. Louis and then the Twins don't play until Friday again. I know this has been a crazy schedule due to the truncated season, but not sure how this week's schedule came about.
Berrios pitching game 1, Dobnak in game two.
First game line up:
2b Arraez
3B Donaldson
SS Polanco
DH Cruz
LF Rosario
1B Sano
RF Cave
CF Buxton
C Astudillo
Game 1 at 1:15p; Game 2 at 4:15p.
2020 Game Log 43: The Fightin’ Gardies at Minnesota Twins
Sorry, gang, Labor Dayin' it up over here so I don't have a lot of time for this. Obviously, I want the Twins to win today, but Plouffe(!) with a Dobnak beard would be pretty sweet.
If the Twins win less than 4 of 5 from the Tigers I will shave the @Dobnak_ into my facial hair.
If the Twins win 4 or more from the Tigers, @TalkinJake will shave the @EddieRosario09 lines into both of his eyebrows.
— Coach Trev (@trevorplouffe) September 4, 2020
Hope you all are keeping it low and lazy!
2020 GAME 42: Tigers (+168) at Twins (-183) – Total 9.0
Before I get into the Twins - I have to tell everyone - 42 minutes. Front door to front door round trip to Costco for the bi-weekly shopping trip to feed 4 children (3 teenagers) took only 42 minutes.
Odds last Sunday:
- 35.3 win pace
- +700 AL Pennant (4th behind NYY, TB, OAK)
- +1400 World Series (5th LAD, NYY, TB, OAK)
Odds Today:
- 36.6 win pace
- +1000 AL Pennant (7th behind NYY, TB, OAK, CHW, HOU, CLE)
- +1800 World Series (11th - behind AL teams above plus LAD, SD, ATL, CHC)
Even after a 5-2 week and a 5 game winning streak - the Twins see their postseason odds at a nadir. I think the odds are bit lagging but it is concerning to see for the first time the Twins with longer odds than both Chicago and Cleveland.
Today - Rich Hill vs Casey Mize. For the second straight Sunday the Tigers put Mize on the Mound against the Twins who gave up 2 runs over 3 innings last Sunday as the Tigers completed a sweep of the Twins.
The Twins have gone under the total on every game this winning streak and have only gone over 3 out of 20 home games this season.
Take the Twins to win - and for the game to stay under.
2020 Game 39: Tigers at Twins
Two wins in a row! Injuries to Kepler and Arraez! Can we have good things?
By tonight, the Twins will be two-thirds of the way through their schedule, as one of the teams still on track to play all sixty games. They’re still in third, but can erase that with a perfect day here.
After finally coming back home to WGOM, in August I went through the most stressful month of my entire life. Without getting into specifics, suffice it to say that it’s over, and it’s nice to be back to worrying about nothing but silly stuff like baseball again. Let’s win two, gang.
2020 Game 38: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
Reynaldo López
vs
José Berríos
A much needed win last night. FanGraphs still has them at 94.9% chance to make the postseason but now as a wildcard instead of the division winner. There are a lot more needed wins over Chicago and Cleveland if they want to win the division.
Josh Donaldson should be activated for tonight's game too. Time for him to start hitting.
2020 Game 37 – White Sox at Twins
Hey Big Mike, good to have you back. You see the Twins have really been scuffing along lately. Poor pitching, even poorer hitting, some sloppy fielding to just to add to the misery. So I know you haven't been around lately but it sure would be nice if you made up for your absence (ahem) and blow away a bunch of White Sox batters. Just sayin'...
Dallas Keuchel on the mound for the Sox and he's probably what the Chicago was looking for in a veteran pitcher. Let's hope the Twins can get some timely hits of the crafty lefty.
Oh and Byron Buxton's back too!!!
Fun line up tonight for Twins, let's see if that snaps them out of their zombie like state.
Line Up
1b Sano
SS Polanco
DH Cruz
LF Rosario
RF Gonzalez
3B Adrianza
CF Buxton
2B Vargas
C Jeffers
ChiSox at Twins. In progress
Need a win tonight.
2020 GAME 35: Twins (-204) at Tigers (+187) – Total 8.5
Odds last Week:
- 38.6 win pace
- +600 AL Pennant (3rd behind NYY, TB, tied with HOU)
- +1200 World Series (3rd behind LAD, NYY, tied with TB and HOU)
Odds today:
- 35.3 win pace
- +700 AL Pennant (4th behind NYY, TB, OAK)
- +1400 World Series (5th LAD, NYY, TB, OAK)
Change in odds reflects the 1-4 (4 game losing streak) week the Twins have had. Vegas still sees Twins as the favorites to win the AL Central.
Maeda vs Mizer - The Twins best pitcher vs a rookie making his 3rd start. Twins are slightly more than 2:1 favorites and Vegas has finally started to adjust the total line with an 8.5 on today's game. Twins are 11-21 (2-13 at home!) to the total.
I like the Twins to win - covering the 1.5 run line. If the Twins figure out Mizer they could put up 8 or more runs by themselves so not touching the OVER/UNDER today.
Lets get things back on track boys.
games 33 & 34: let’s (finally) play two!
Dobnak starts game 1, not sure yet who starts game 2 (probably a bullpen game).
This all sort of sneaked up on me, so I don't have anything extra. Cleveland and Chicago have caught up, so it's time to put some distance between us and them again.
Get it done, Übermensch.