Watch the Live Play-by-Play of the Minnesota Twins (18-14) @ Los Angeles Angels (19-12). MLB The Show SIM. 5/2/2020 6:07pmCT

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Catch-Up
Make that 10 Bombas in the last four games for Minnesota, but the Twins also lost game one of the series yesterday at the hands of a clutch home run by Mike Trout. More baseball in the Golden State will continue tonight as the Twins look to even the series behind the arm of Homer Bailey (2.10 ERA in 5 starts).

 

Pre-game
5:45pm

 

Where to watch

Virtual Twins Baseball Network

 

AL Central Standings

1. Indians 20-15 
2. Twins 18-14 
3. Royals 17-16 
4. White Sox 14-19 
5. Tigers 10-23 

 

Starting Pitchers

• Twins: Homer Bailey** 1-1, 2.10 ERA, 34.1 IP, 29 K's
• Angels: Andrew Heaney 3-3, 4.17 ERA, 36.2 IP, 41 K's

**= Homer Bailey: 6th in AL, ERA (2.10ERA). 3rd in AL, WHIP (0.87).

 

Twins Batting Order

1. C Mitch Garver* .294 BA, 9 HR, 17 RBI
2. SS Jorge Polanco .281 BA, 4 HR, 19 RBI
3. 1B Miguel Sano .250 BA, 7 HR, 12 RBI
4. DH Nelson Cruz .246 BA, 5 HR, 16 RBI
5. RF Max Kepler .235 BA, 8 HR, 11 RBI
6. 3B Josh Donaldson .270 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI
7. LF Eddie Rosario .239 BA, 4 HR, 13 RBI
8. 2B Luis Arraez .299 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBI
9. CF Byron Buxton .228 BA, 5 HR, 11 RBI

Minnesota: 1 of 6 teams in MLB with 8 men or more at 11 RBI's a piece.
*=Mitch Garver: Leads all AL catchers in BA,HR, and RBI's.

 

Angels Batting Order

1. DH Tommy La Stella .341 BA, 6 HR, 17 RBI
2. CF Mike Trout .275 BA, 6 HR, 20 RBI
3. 3B Anthony Rendon* .331 BA, 9 HR, 27 RBI
4. 2B David Fletcher .231 BA, 3 HR, 14 RBI
5. 1B Albert Pujols .347 BA, 4 HR, 21 RBI
6. LF Justin Upton .234 BA, 3 HR, 8 RBI
7. RF Brian Goodwin .212 BA, 5 HR, 15 RBI
8. SS Andrelton Simmons** .356 BA, 6 HR, 22 RBI
9. C Jason Castro .233 BA, 6 HR, 11 RBI

*= Anthony Rendon: T-3rd in AL, RBI's (27).
**= Andrelton Simmons: 2nd in AL, Hits (47).

 

Bomba Tracker
- 2019 through 32 games: 55
- 2020: 48

 

Storylines
1. With yesterday's lose, the back and forth battle for the Central continues as the Indians now lead again by 0.5 games. With the Twins putting arguably their best starter out there for game two, the Twins will look to even the series behind some excellent pitching and the sudden arrival of the Bomba Squad, who have homered 10 times in their last 4 games.
2. For the Angels, they were awarded the win yesterday behind some excellent pitching from the bullpen as well as the Big Fish going yard with a clutch 3-Run HR. The Angels will try and win the series today with Andrew Heaney who is 2-0 at Angel Stadium this year.

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Miss the game? https://www.twitch.tv/videos/609537249

• Want to skip the pre-game? Time Stamp 22:00

Recap

The Twins went to bed with a bad taste in their mouth. A game they should've won gets taken away from them and the task at hand today is to even the score. And like we'd seen these past 4 games, the Bomba Squad is here to play.

• https://clips.twitch.tv/RelentlessLovelyTofuLeeroyJenkins

On top of hitting Bomba's in five straight games, the Twins would reach another feat in tonight's ballgame; multi-HR games 3 times in their last five.

• https://clips.twitch.tv/RoughStormyBurritoRitzMitz

The score would hold for a while but then the Twins in the 4th inning have their best chance all day, bases loaded and nobody out. Then, in the most Twins like fashion possible, Jorge Polanco would ground into a double play and score a run to make it 3-1. With the inning needing to be salvaged, it would be up to Miguel Sano.

• https://clips.twitch.tv/ShyKindBeanUnSane

We're not sure if Sano saw Upton have trouble with the ball in left or what, but regardless the big man cashes in and for the second game in a row, the Twins lead 4-1. Justin Upton would homer and make it 4-2 but that brought to the 7th in what ultimately decided the game. This highlight is rather long as it emcompasses the end of the 7th inning so I would recommend not skipping this before going forward. Crack open a beer this was gets dicey.

• https://www.twitch.tv/videos/609677186

I'll give you one more chance to reconsider if you didn't watch that video...wow! The Twins leave the bases full behind some superb pitching by Tyler Duffey and Tyler Clippard and as I mentioned during the inning, that would most assuredly decide the ballgame, and that it did.

• https://clips.twitch.tv/EnchantingHorribleJayBloodTrail

Twins (19-14) WIN 5-2 over the Angels (19-13).

 

Box Score

 

Minnesota

1. Garver, C: 2-4 HR .301BA (4th game in a row with HR).
2. Polanco, SS: 0-4 .273BA
3. Sano, 1B: 1-3, RBI 1B, 2 BB .252BA
4. Cruz, DH: 1-4, BB .245BA
5. Kepler, RF: 1-5, HR .233BA
6. Donaldson, 3B: 1-3, R, 2 BB .271BA
7. Rosario, LF: 1-4 .238BA
8. Arraez, 2B: 3-4 R .316BA (Leads Twins in BA).
9. Buxton, CF: 1-4, R, 3 K"s .228BA

Batting

HR: Garver (10), Kepler (9)

RBI: Garver (18), Sano (13), Kepler (12)

GIDP: Polanco (5), Sano (6)

 

Baserunning

CS: Polanco (1)

 

Los Angeles

1. La Stella,DH: 0-3 .329BA
2. Trout, CF: 1-4 .274BA
3. Rendon,3B: 0-3  .322BA
4. Fletcher, 2B: 0-3 Sac-Fly RBI  .225BA
5. Pujols, 1B: 1-3, 2B .346BA
6. Upton,LF: 1-4 HR .234BA
7. Goodwin, RF: 0-4 .203BA
8. Simmons, SS: 1-4  .352BA
9. Castro,C: 2-4, 2 2B .244BA

Batting

2B: Pujols (5), Castro 2 (6)

HR: Upton (4)

RBI: Fletcher (15), Upton (9)

HBP: La Stella (1)

SF: Fletcher (2)

 

Fielding

E: Rendon (1)

 

Minnesota Pitching

• Bailey (W,2-1). 6.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 2BB, K 2.23ERA
• Duffey (H,7). 0.2IP, 1H, 1BB, 2K's 3.20ERA
• Clippard (H,4). 1.0IP 1BB, 2K's 8.02ERA
• May (H,7). 0.1IP 0.64ERA
• Rogers (S,10). 1.0IP, 2K's 4.59ERA

 

Los Angeles Pitching

• Heaney (L, 3-4). 4.0IP, 8H, 4ER, 4BB, 5K's 4.64ERA
• Barria. 3.1IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 3K's 7.20ERA
• Ramirez. 0.2IP, 1BB, 1K 3.72ERA
• Anderson. 1.0IP, 1BB, 2K's 0.00ERA