Inter-League Play is Killing the Twins!

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Heading into the August 4th game at KC, the Twins have a winning record against every division in the American League but are a woeful 12-21 against National League opponents.

vs AL East 13-12, vs AL Central 18-16, vs AL West 13-8, Inter-League 12-21

At this rate, we'd expect the Twins to go 5-10 against the National League in their remaining 15 inter-league games, 3-3 vs the AL East, 10-8 vs the AL Central and 6-4 vs the AL West for a 24-25 result and an overall 80-82 finish. Only the SF Giants in the remaining Inter-league games are under .500.  The rest of the NL teams on the schedule are Atlanta (67-45), Philadelphia (60-53), Milwaukee (69-43) and the Padres (58-55). The path for the Twins to contend will be to pick up their already-winning pace in the AL. This has to start tonight against the Royals who are 21 games below .500 but who have already beaten the Twins 6 times in their 10 games.

       Twins records by NL opponent faced: ARI 2-1, CHC 1-2, CIN 0-3,  COL 2-1, LAD 0-3, MIA 2-1, MIL 1-2, NYM  1-2, PIT 0-3, STL 2-1, WSN 1-2.

       Twins remaining Inter-League games:  (15)  MIL 3, PHI 3, ATL 3, SDP 3, SFG 3.

       Twins records by AL opponent faced: ATH 2-1, BAL 1-2, BOS 5-1, CHW 3-4, CLE 6-4, DET 5-2, HOU 4-2, KCR 4-6, LAA 2-1, NYY 2-1, SEA 2-4, TBR 1-5, TEX 3-0, TOR 4-3.

       Twins remaining AL games: (34)  **EAST (6)** BAL 3, NYY 3, **CENTRAL (18)** KCR 3, CHW 6, DET 6, CLE 3, **WEST** (10) LAA 4, TEX 3, ATH 3,

           bold = losing records