Guthrie v. Pelfrey
Twins:
1. Danny Santana (S) SS
2. Torii Hunter (R) RF
3. Joe Mauer (L) 1B
4. Brian Dozier (R) 2B
5. Kennys Vargas (S) DH
6. Trevor Plouffe (R) 3B
7. Oswaldo Arcia (L) LF
8. Kurt Suzuki (R) C
9. Jordan Schafer (L) CF
Royals:
1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS
2. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
5. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
6. Alex Gordon (L) LF
7. Salvador Perez (R) C
8. Paulo Orlando (R) RF
9. Christian Colon (R) 2B
Go Twins!
This is a game log.
Guthrie v. Milone
Tommy's looking for his first win in a Twins uniform against a Jeremy*
Lineups:
| 1. | N. Aoki, RF | D. Santana, SS |
| 2. | O. Infante, 2B | B. Dozier, 2B |
| 3. | S. Perez, C | J. Mauer, 1B |
| 4. | B. Butler, 1B | K. Vargas, DH |
| 5. | A. Gordon, LF | O. Arcia, RF |
| 6. | J. Willingham, DH | K. Suzuki, C |
| 7. | M. Moustakas, 3B | C. Parmelee, LF |
| 8. | A. Escobar, SS | E. Escobar, 3B |
| 9. | J. Dyson, CF | J. Schafer, CF |
*Is he the original Jeremy? I can't recall...
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Guthrie
It's nice that the Royals, despite going for it, have returned to being the Royals. B-R has their SRS just behind the Twins: -0.1 versus 0.1. That said, Jeremy Guthrie is going for the Royals.
Holy cats, a night game! (Maybe. If it isn't rained out, and based on the weather report, that's a very real possiblity.)
Mike Pelfrey vs. Jeremy Guthrie
My first ever game log and it comes against a Jeremy. Fortunately, it also comes in the second game of a series after an opening loss, so I expect a solid, 4-3 victory for the Twins tonight. Maybe. If it isn't rained out.
This will be the first start for Pelfrey since his Wichita State Shockers were removed from that thing that is named after March but not fully contained within March. Hopefully he's had enough time to get over the loss so he can throw some innings against the Royals.
More importantly, Hicks wasn't with the organization when the whole Jeremy curse began, so I fully expect him to hit two doubles and a home run tonight. More realistically, I don't. But, I've been hearing a load about sending him down to Rochester. I don't know his "make-up", but I don't see a problem with letting him hack his way through the whole season barring The Minnesota Curse injury. He can always gain confidence with the extra games against the Astros. Now, it'll be a different story when he strikes out in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 of the World Series. We'll cross that bridge when we get there, though.
Hey, it's game 19? That's the number I wore as a kid! Can we lose?! Well, I was a terrible hitter, so maybe.
Scott Baker faces a Jeremy tonight, but he's not really a Jeremy.
Jeremy Guthrie, at least, is right-handed, for all the good that does us what with Mauer and Morneau out. Guthrie consistently strikes out about five guys per nine innings and walks about two and a half. He's prone to giving up the long ball - more so than Baker - so if the wind is anything like last night, this could be a shootout (although, given the run scoring the Twins have done this year, I'm not holding my breath).
All in all, Baker generally out-FIPs and out-WARs Guthrie, but the offense will have to score some runs for that to matter.
I've gotten aggressively sick throughout the day, so I'm begging the Twins to prop me up with a win here. It would be nice to have a series that was a non-loss. Baby steps.
GO TWINS
