Twins Notebook 9/6: Keep Climbing!

Saturday’s game recap:

MIN 4, DET 3: Fashionably Late

TODAY

Tigers @ Twins, 1:10 pm CDT

Twins Starter: Rich Hill, LHP 3.94 ERA

Rich Hill will take the mound for the Twins in what will be a very big game for him. Hill will obviously want to be a starter in the playoffs and for that to happen he consistently needs to go at least five innings.In two of his last three starts he was unable to even get out of the fourth inning and he was noticeably frustrated his last time out, dropping a few bad words and kicking everything in sight.

Hill has not faced the Tigers this season and this will be the easiest lineup he has faced all season. In four games Rich Hill has pitched against the White Sox, Indians, Cardinals, and Brewers. Not the easiest schedule. One week ago today, Matthew Trueblood of TwinsDaily wrote about how Rich Hill’s new cutter could be a game changer. Perhaps today we will see that new improvement from him on the mound.

Tigers Starter: Casey Mize, RHP 7.04 ERA

Remember Mize? He pitched against the Twins *checks notes* like a week ago. Mize will face the Twins in consecutive starts and the Twins will need to do a much better job this time around if they want the win. Last time out Mize didn’t do anything special, going just three innings and giving up two, but the Twins were shut down all game.

Mize has not been great to open his major league career as he has failed to go five innings in each of his three starts so far. The ERA is up and hitters are crushing the ball. It’s time for the Twins to join in.

Twins Lineup

News & Notes:

-https://twitter.com/Nashwalker9/status/1302436488790052867?s=20

-The AL Central division is the only one with at least two teams with a .600 win% of better. What makes it even weird is that the division has three teams over that win%.

-Last night Gerrit Cole lost his third straight start, the Yankees lost for the 12th time in their last 17 games, they have the second worst record in the American League since August 18, and they dropped to 14-18 when they don’t play the last place Red Sox.

-Speaking of teams no one likes, the Astros managed to get swept by the Angels in a double header yesterday. The Angels are not a good baseball team and the Astros certainly are. You love to see it.

AROUND THE AL CENTRAL

-Indians 4, Brewers 3

-White Sox 5, Royals 3

1. CWS 25-15 (-)

2. CLE 24-15 (0.5 GB)

3. MIN 25-16 (0.5 GB

4. DET 17-20 (6.5 GB)

5. KCR 14-26 (11.0 GB)

See Also:

Brent Rooker Makes MLB Debut

Third Time’s a Harm???

The September Jolt We Forgot We Needed

The Twins’ 5 Most Effective Pitches

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