Diesel

I know it hasn't been a pretty outing so far (despite giving up zero runs), but Dobnak has a chance to finish this game, doesn't he?

Nice double play Adrianza!

That was an extremely bad pitch by Boyd

That was an extremely bad pitch by Boyd

Brent Rooker, it is your time to show what you've got. It has always intrigued me how the Twins organization has treated having an overabundance of outfielders in the past. Jason Kubel never seemed to get enough at bats, Michael Cuddyer was thrown around the playing field, Delmon Young and Miguel Sano were allowed to even be out there, and the list goes on. Currently, us fans are extremely lucky to have Rosario, Kepler, Buxton, and Gonzalez being out there most days. However, Rooker, Kirilloff, Larnach, and even Royce Lewis are knocking at the doorstep, and they will need opportunities soon. I was looking back at some old writings of mine a couple weeks ago, and I wrote about the Twins a lot in elementary school. A constant phrase I used was "Torii Hunter deserves a LOT of money." As we know, the Twins let him go (even though he was well worth the money that he got), as other outfielders needed to be either on the team or traded. It has to be tough as a front office to decide between paying experienced guys or letting young prospects have a shot. Let's hope the kid from Mississippi State can make some of these choices extremely tough. Twins SP: Randy Dobnak (5-2, 3.12 ERA) SS Jorge Polanco (S) 3B Josh Donaldson ® DH Nelson Cruz ® 1B Miguel Sano ® RF Marwin Gonzalez (S) 2B Ehire Adrianza (S) LF Brent Rooker ® CF Jake Cave (L) C Ryan Jeffers ® Tigers SP: Matthew Boyd (1-4, 7.27 ERA) CF Victor Reyes 2B Jonathan Schoop DH Miguel Cabrera 1B Jeimer Candelario SS Willi Castro LF Christin Stewart RF Travis Demeritte C Austin Romine 3B Isaac Paredes The Twins NEED at least a split in this doubleheader. With Randy Dobnak and a bullpen game, I am fairly sure this will happen. Watch out for a tortuga sighting in the second game. Let's play ball!

Return of the Mack!

Come on, offense!

Just need a normal Pineda start—- 6 innnings, 2 R

He can catch!

Donaldson needs to come back, even if it’s just to bring some intensity back into the clubhouse

And there’s the likely winning run

and now a rally has started

Come on Kepler

Nice to see May hit 99 again

Sano had a nice hit, and the Sox made a few mistakes. I’ll take it

Before we go nuts about not doing anything at the deadline, let’s remember: 1. Our rotation currently consists (starting tomorrow) of Pineda, Berrios, Dobnak, Maeda, and Hill. All of these guys are good enough to win playoff games. 2. Adrianza and Vargas won’t be splitting playing time forever. When Donaldson comes back, and Arraez is fully healed, watch out. 3. Byron Buxton and Mitch Garver should also be back by the end of the season. 4.The bullpen is pretty much set. There’s 6 guys I trust in high leverage situations, plus Jorge Alcala. 5. The first round this year has 8 teams in a best of 3 format. More luck than usual will be needed to win it all this year. I won’t be able to watch much of the game tonight (3 hour college labs are sooo much fun), but the team needs a win badly. Let’s hope they get one against the surprisingly great team from the North Side. If Giolito pitches like he did last time...... let’s not think like that. Lineups: Minnesota Twins SP Rich Hill RF Max Kepler SS Jorge Polanco DH Nelson Cruz LF Eddie Rosario 1B Miguel Sano 2B Luis Arraez 3B Marwin Gonzalez CF Jake Cave C Ryan Jeffers White Sox SP Lucas Giolito SS Tim Anderson LF Eloy Jimenez 1B Jose Abreu DH Edwin Encarnacion C James McCann CF Luis Robert 3B Danny Mendick RF Adam Engel 2B Nick Madrigal Let’s Play Ball!

You can’t afford to have a bad week like this when you only play 60 games

that was rough

Looks like all of today will be rained out as well, which means 4 games on Saturday and Sunday. I feel bad for the pen

Not something that I’d personally do but its their decision to make, which I’ll respect.

The Brewers just cancelled their game tonight

I’m wondering if this may be the final day for baseball for a while, since the NBA has started to have teams boycott due to BLM.....

That might be the worst noncall for a strike I have ever seen

Clevinger will be back for the series finale..... gotta win 1 of 2....

3-2 with a key Sano home run? Close enough for me! Twins win!