Twins 9, Angels 3: Twins' Bats Bring the Rain, Get Back to Their Winning Ways

Good game today  , the Twins put the wood to the ball and only struck out 4 times in the game ...

Kepler was 0-9 coming into today's game  and had 2 hits , Jeffers hit as well , nice to see him finally showing he can hit consistently  , polanco the veteran did his part ...

The 3 mentioned players above had something in common  today , they each hit homeruns  ...

ryan gave us 6 good innings and struck out 10 while the bullpen got 6 more strikeouts  for a total of 16  , good game by the staff , would have been nice to see paddack get into the game but rain interupted his chance after he warmed up to come into the game  but the rains came and he was cooled down by the time the rains quit , hopefully against Oakland we can see paddack  get his 2023 season going ...

Would be nice for the team to win the last 6 games against Oakland and rockies  ...

5 hours ago, LastOnePicked said:

Sure, a few more wins like this are nice, but if I were the manager, I would be sooo tempted to wrap like 3/4 of this roster in bubble wrap for the next week and just put some fringe players on the field. Maybe even invite a few fans to play.

 

We were at the game today, and it was so fun! I’m glad we didn’t have “fringe players” instead of (mostly) regulars. Save that for that final series in Denver next weekend!

Joe Ryan looked sharp. His fielders let him down - Polanco snagged a sharp grounder down the line in the 3rd, but his throw to second hit the dirt ten feet or more away and we didn’t get the double play. Angels scored in the next at bat.

The “double” he gave up the next time (5th inning, I think) should have been caught by Larnach, or so it looked from row 21 in section 108, and then for some reason Trevor threw to third and let the batter reach second - leading to another “earned” run charged to Joe.

Still, Jorge otherwise looked pretty good at that unfamiliar position. I wonder if we’re getting a preview of the playoff lineup? Trevor seemed not quite up to snuff, so let’s hope he finds something.

I've been down on Ryan recently, but that was a very good game for him. I was leaning towards Maeda as the third starter in the playoffs, and that still may be my preference, but Ryan looked sharp in this game. Very encouraging. 

On the concept of "Bringing Rain".....Atlanta presently sits at 288 Home Runs - Is the Twins season record of 307 safe with a half dozen games to go and the Braves probably resting players?? Also - Will Josh Donaldson make the Brewer's playoff roster? My mind wanders....Win Twins!

2 hours ago, madtowntwin said:

On the concept of "Bringing Rain".....Atlanta presently sits at 288 Home Runs - Is the Twins season record of 307 safe with a half dozen games to go and the Braves probably resting players?? Also - Will Josh Donaldson make the Brewer's playoff roster? My mind wanders....Win Twins!

Thanks for the post.  Now I'll have something new to check on in the next week: Atlanta's home run total.  I'm hoping they'll tie the Yanks for second at 306.

As for Donaldson, I'm pulling for him.  I always liked the guy.  It'd be cool to see him tearing it up in the playoffs--even if it's for the Brewers.