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Because of schoolwork the full post-game won't be up until tomorrow, so for now here's the highlight of the day! https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/clip/GenerousBrightMagpieEleGiggleAlso if you want to watch today's game here is the link, start at 22:10 if you would like to skip the pre-game. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/603410329

Catch-Up After back to back pitcher's duels, we head into game three with the series on the line and another prospective pitcher's duel on our hands as former Twin Martin Perez squares off against Kenta Maeda. Congrats to the winner's of the SotaStick giveaway yesterday with TWINGO and for those who missed out TWINGO will be coming back when the Twins are back at Target Field on May 4th. Pre-game 12:45pm Where to watch https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Cleveland 17-13 2. Minnesota 15-13 3. Kansas City 14-13 4. Chicago 11-18 5. Detroit 7-21 Starting Pitchers Boston: Martin Perez 3-1, 2.12 ERA, 34.0IP, 25 K'sMinnesota: Kenta Maeda** 1-1, 2.31 ERA, 23.1IP, 41 K's**= Kenta Maeda: 8th in AL, Strikeouts (41). Boston Batting Order RF Alex Verdugo .286 BA, 0HR, 5 RBI SS Xander Bogaerts* .352 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI 3B Rafael Devers .253 BA, 5 HR, 18 RBI DH J.D. Martinez** .328 BA, 8 HR, 21 RBI LF Andrew Benintendi .183 BA, 2 HR, 5 RBI CF Jackie Bradley Jr. .145 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI 2B Jose Peraza .257 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBI 1B Mitch Moreland .149 BA, 2 HR, 10 RBI C Christian Vazquez .155 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI*= Xander Bogaerts: 1st in AL OBP, (.469). 3rd in AL, OPS (1.095) **=J.D. Martinez: T-2nd in AL, Runs Scored, (23). Twins Batting Order C Mitch Garver .273 BA, 6 HR, 13 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .276 BA, 3HR, 16 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .267 BA, 2 HR, 9 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .248 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI RF Max Kepler* .219 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .250 BA, 6 HR, 11 RBI LF Marwin Gonzalez .281 BA, 1 HR, 2 RBI 2B Ehire Adrianza .250 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI CF Byron Buxton .244 BA, 5 HR, 9 RBI*=Max Kepler: T-3rd in AL, Doubles (9). Bomba Tracker - 2019 through 28 games: 50 - 2020: 38 Storylines 1. Back to back 2-1 ballgames pit the series down to the final game. Although your broadcaster doesn't think this will end 2-1 as well, both starters enter the game with sub 2.32 ERA's and the Twins have shown this year they have been boom or bust against a Lefty on the mound. 2. After Xander Bogaerts lost his 22-Game Hitting Streak, it was prevalent that Boston thus far has leaned on his bat for success. Of the 98 combined RBI's in Boston's starting lineup today, 58.1% of the runs have come from three bats: Devers, Xander, and Martinez. For Boston to come out on top today, they'll need a more balanced distribution of runs out of the lineup card. 3. After today's game the Red Sox begin an ever-important battle with the 17-11 Blue Jays as Boston early in April are trying to claw back into the AL East picture. Meanwhile the Twins have a day off on Monday, and then on Tuesday will begin a two game series with the best team in baseball, the 23-5 Dodgers.

Preface I have a number of people who rely on the post-game wrap because they can't be there for the livestream and I appreciate all of the people who have tuned in thus far, with that being said my online classes for college have ramped up and I am behind but I will work to have them up every night going foward. Miss the game? https://www.twitch.tv/videos/602409597 Want to skip the pre-game? Time Stamp 32:20After losing game of the series 2-1 in an all out pitcher's duel, the Twins looked to come back to Target Field and even the series up behind the surprisingly strong performance of Homer Bailey. Bailey entered the game in the top 12 in the American League for ERA as well as top three in WHIP and would have to prove it today against some of the best bats in baseball with Boston. But before the game, your broadcaster donated to the #OneMN campaign and thanks to that, our Virtual Twins got a shoutout from the real broadcaster of the Minnesota Twins. https://clips.twitch.tv/GlutenFreeGoldenMacaroniKippaSo after your broadcaster freaked out for a little bit, there was still baseball to be had and boy did we have another great on tap today. After Homer Bailey would set the first two men down, the 3B Rafael Devers would make Bailey pay for a center-cut heater. https://clips.twitch.tv/SuperHelplessFlyOpieOPThroughout today's broadcast you'll hear mention of "Twingo," and this was something I wanted to do to bring Target Field-like promotions to those in the viewing audience and today we were giving away an awesome shirt from SotaStick. There will be more promotions in the future for those who missed out. But back to our ballgame the score would hold at 1-0 for a good while, but then Mitch Garver stepped in the home-half of the 4th, trying to break his cold streak. https://clips.twitch.tv/UnsightlyExquisiteWebJonCarnageOffensively the day would belong to Mitch Garver, as he would register Bomba #2 and put the Twins in front. https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/clip/CloudyTriumphantMoonAllenHuhuWe would then venture all the way to the 8th inning, where Trevor May, after a lead off walk, was in a battle with Alex Verdugo with the game on the line. The tenth pitch of the at-bat coming from May the 2-2... https://clips.twitch.tv/CovertVibrantBadgerPanicVisThe Twins tight rope out of danger as they so often do and would head on the 9th inning looking for some insurance runs. After getting the lead off man on, the Twins would ground into another double play and we headed to the top of the ninth... https://clips.twitch.tv/SwissSpoopyBeaverM4xHehRodgers would not break that chain and he would hold steady, and the Twins win game two of the series the same way we scored game one, 2-1. Twins (15-13) defeat Boston (15-14), 2-1. Box Score Boston Verdugo, RF: 1-4 .285BA Bogaerts, SS: 0-4, loses 22-Game Hitting Streak .351BA Devers, 3B: 1-4, HR .252BA Martinez, DH: 0-3, BB .327BA Benintendi, LF: 0-3 .183BA Bradley Jr., CF: 0-3 .145BA Peraza, 2B: 1-2, BB .256BA Moreland, 1B: 0-2, BB .149BA Vazquez, C: 0-3, 2K's .154BABatting HR: Devers (5) RBI: Devers (18) GIDP: Verdugo (3), Moreland (2) Minnesota Kepler, RF: 1-3, 2B,BB .219BA Polanco, SS: 0-4, 2K's .275BA Garver, C: 2-4, 2 HR .272BA Donaldson, 3B: 0-2, BB .267BA Cruz, DH: 0-3, 2K's .247BA Rosario, LF: 0-3 .250BA Gonzalez, 1B: 0-2, BB .281BA Arraez, 2B: 2-3 .310BA (Leads Twins in Batting Average). Buxton, CF: 0-2, K .244BABatting 2B: Kepler HR: Garver 2 (6) RBI: Garver 2 (13) GIDP: Garver (4) Baserunning SB: Buxton 2 (7) 1st in American League CS: Donaldson (1), on hit and run. Boston Pitching Eovaldi 4.0IP. 3H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K's, 2.85ERAHernandez 1.0IP. 1BB, 2K's, 5.25ERAHembree (L,1-1). 1.0IP, 1H, 1ER, 2K's, 2.81ERABrasier. 1.0IP, 1BB 6.90ERATaylor. 1.0IP, 1BB, 1K 7.10ERAMinnesota Pitching Bailey (W, 1-1). 7.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 2BB, 4K's, 2.09ERA May (H, 5). 1.0IP, 1BB, 3K's 0.71ERARodgers (S,7). 1.0IP, 1K 5.68ERA

Promotion I started this off yesterday and luckily for everyone who wasn't there yesterday, nobody won Twingo. I have made today's cards a bit easier in the hopes someone can win this shirt given to me by SotaStick Co. As I mentioned yesterday one of the things I have been wanting to do with these streams is bring a real feel to them and what better way to celebrate some baseball at Target Field than with a promotion. So today it's TWINGO Round #2 and on the line for the winner is this shirt from SotaStick Co. Brief Rules: Linked here will be five cards. Comment in Twitch chat which of the four cards you are playing with and then you are stuck with that card. Let's say you pick card #3 and you win but three other people pick card three and win as well, I will draw a random name of said three people.Link for TWINGO Cards: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t94Ajsn-YRACuXNu_yySn2xA161f70a0zsMslpt3uoo/edit?usp=sharingApparel being given away courtesy of SotaStick (Sizes S-4XL). https://sotastickco.com/collections/mn-baseball/products/homer-t-shirtCatch-Up With the "rain out," on Thursday the Twins held a doubleheader on Friday and split the day with a 5-2 win over Seattle, followed up by a heartbreaker, a 2-1 lose to Boston. With Cleveland continuing to slide down, it'll be up to Homer Bailey to try and help Minnesota inch ever closer to the AL Central lead. Pre-game 12:45pm (Cutoff for entry for Twingo is after the first pitch so if you want to play be there early). Where to watch https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Cleveland 17-12 2. Kansas City 14-12 3. Minnesota 14-13 4. Chicago 11-17 5. Detroit 7-20 Starting Pitchers Boston: Nathan Eovaldi 2-3, 2.93 ERA, 30.2IP, 37 K'sMinnesota: Homer Bailey** 0-1, 2.30 ERA, 27.1IP, 25 K's**= Homer Bailey: 5th in AL, WHIP (0.91). Boston Batting Order RF Alex Verdugo .287 BA, 0HR, 5 RBI SS Xander Bogaerts* .368 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI 3B Rafael Devers .253 BA, 4HR, 17 RBI DH J.D. Martinez** .336 BA, 8 HR, 21 RBI LF Andrew Benintendi .191 BA, 2 HR, 5 RBI CF Jackie Bradley Jr. .153 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI 2B Jose Peraza .250 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBI 1B Mitch Moreland .153 BA, 2 HR, 10 RBI C Christian Vazquez .160 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI*= Xander Bogaerts: 3rd in AL Batting WAR, (1.8). 22-game hitting streak. **=J.D. MArtinez: 1st in AL, Runs Scored, (23). Twins Batting Order RF Max Kepler .216 BA, 5HR, 8 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .286 BA, 3HR, 16 RBI C Mitch Garver .262 BA, 6 HR, 11 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .273 BA, 2 HR, 9 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .255 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .258 BA, 3 HR, 12 RBI 1B Marwin Gonzalez .300 BA, 1 HR, 2 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .298 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBI CF Byron Buxton .250 BA, 5 HR, 9 RBIBomba Tracker - 2019 through 27 games: 49 - 2020: 36 Storylines 1. With the Yankees off to a torrid start, 19-9, the Red Sox will lean on their hottest starter in the hopes of taking the series in Minnesota and moving to within 4 games of the AL East lead. 2. Meanwhile in somewhat unprecedented action, the Twins will lean on their hottest started in Homer Bailey to try and even the series while the offense will look to finally light the fuse and awaken the Bomba Squad. 3. Tomorrow's contest will feature former Twin, Martin Perez, going for Boston and one of the best strikeout artists in the American League in Kenta Maeda.

Promotion Night I thought one of the things missing without having Twins baseball at Target Field was the promotions they'd have at the ballpark so tonight is our first one! I have partnered up with SotaStick and are giving away this shirt tonight to the first person who wins Twingo. For Twingo comment which of the four boards you are choosing to play with on Twitch and then you are stuck with that board. If there are no winners prize will carry into Saturday's game at 1:10pmCT Twingo ONLY for Boston game at 7:00pm (Will explain rules during Seattle game at 5pm).https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t94Ajsn-YRACuXNu_yySn2xA161f70a0zsMslpt3uoo/edit?usp=sharing (Link for Twingo Cards)https://sotastickco.com/collections/mn-baseball/products/homer-t-shirt (Shirt being given away). Catch-up After a "rain-out,"(NFL Draft) yesterday the Twins will play a doubleheader today against Seattle and Boston. The Twins look to even the series with Seattle with Berrios on the mound and then for game two look to take game one behind Jake Odorizzi. Pre-game 4:40pmCT GM1, 6:50pmCT GM2 Where to watch. Stream AL Central Standings 1. Indians 17-10 2. Royals 13-11 3. Twins 13-12 4. White Sox 10-16 5. Tigers 5-20 Starting Pitchers (Game One) Seattle Taijuan Walker 0-3. 4.82 ERA, 28.0IP, 24 K'sMinnesota Jose Berrios 2-1, 6.17 ERA, 23.1IP, 27 K'sStarting Pitchers (Game Two) Boston Ryan Weber 0-0, 3.09ERA, 23.1IP, 14 K'sMinnesota Jake Odorizzi 1-3, 4.78ERA, 26.1IP, 26 K'sSeattle Batting Order 2B Dee Gordon .314 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI CF Mallek Smith .244 BA, 2 HR, 9 RBI RF Mitch Haniger .245 BA, 5 HR, 13 RBI 1B Daniel Vogelbach .254 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI C Tom Murphy .250 BA, 6 HR, 14 RBI 3B Kyle Seager .221 BA, 6 HR, 7 RBI LF Braden Bishop .247 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI SS J.P. Crawford .198 BA, 4 HR, 13 RBI DH Dylan Moore .194 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBIMinnesota Batting Order DH Max Kepler .232 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .288 BA, 3 HR, 14 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .267 BA, 6 HR, 11 RBI RF Nelson Cruz .253 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .267 BA, 3 HR, 12 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .272 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .286 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI C Alex Avila .294 BA, 1 HR, 1 RBI CF Jake Cave .250 BA, 0 HR, 3 RBI________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Batting Orders Game Two. (Boston) RF Alex Verdugo .293 BA, 0HR, 5 RBI SS Xander Bogaerts .353 BA, 6HR, 17 RBI 3B Rafael Devers .264 BA, 4HR, 17 RBI DH J.D. Martinez .330 BA, 8 HR, 21 RBI LF Andrew Benintendi .203 BA, 2 HR, 5 RBI CF Jackie Bradley Jr. .145 BA, 1 HR, 3 RBI 2B Jose Peraza .265 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBI 1B Mitch Moreland .148 BA, 2 HR, 10 RBI C Christian Vazquez .156 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBITenative Twins Batting Order RF Max Kepler SS Jorge Polanco 1B Miguel Sano DH Nelson Cruz LF Eddie Rosario C Mitch Garver 3B Josh Donaldson 2B Luis Arraez CF Byron BuxtonBomba Tracker - 2020: 36 - 2019 through 25 games: 49 Storylines 1. This will be the Twins second doubleheader of the year, the last time was in Seattle where the Twins swept the two-game set 10-2 and 6-2. 2. Twingo night one again but there is a giveaway with it tonight and that will coincide with game two of the doubleheader as the Twins begin a three game set to top off their homestand with the Boston Red Sox. 3. After the series with Boston the Twins will be off on Monday, followed by a road trip in Cali as they take on the Dodgers followed by the Angels.

The post-games for both 4/22 and 4/21 will be coming tonight after our doubleheader with Seattle and Boston. I elected to have a "rain-out," yesterday due to the 1st round of the NFL Draft so for those who are following along: Game One: vs. Seattle 5pmGame Two: vs. Boston 7pmPost-game for 4/21,4/22, and 4/24 hopefully up by tonight.Also have something special planned with a theme night for our doubleheader today so be sure to tune in!

ITS FINALLY HERE! Tonight's TWINGO card. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t94Ajsn-YRACuXNu_yySn2xA161f70a0zsMslpt3uoo/edit?usp=sharing

Quick Note I have been reaching out to try and do some good with these streams of Twins "baseball," and back a charity for the games. Whether it be a charity related to COVID-19 relief, feeding families, etc, if anyone knows of a charity we could help out message me directly. Catch-up Tough ballgame yesterday as the Twins drop game two 4-2 against Seattle, but still sit only 3.0 games back of Cleveland and will look to move ahead in the series with Jhoulys Chacin, who went 8 1/3 shutout innings his last start, against the ace of the Mariner rotation in Marco Gonzales. Pre-game 6:25pmCT Where to watch. https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Indians 17-9 2. Twins 13-11 3. Royals 13-11 4. White Sox 10-15 5. Tigers 5-19 Starting Pitchers Seattle: Marco Gonzales 2-2. 3.66 ERA, 32.0P, 17 K's Minnesota: Jhoulys Chacin 2-1, 2.22 ERA, 24.1IP, 20 K's Seattle Batting Order2B Dee Gordon .296 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI CF Mallek Smith .241 BA, 2 HR, 9 RBI RF Mitch Haniger .255 BA, 5 HR, 13 RBI 1B Daniel Vogelbach .239 BA, 2 HR, 4 RBI C Tom Murphy .240 BA, 6 HR, 12 RBI 3B Kyle Seager .192 BA, 6 HR, 7 RBI LF Braden Bishop .261 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI SS J.P. Crawford .184 BA, 4 HR, 12 RBI DH Dylan Moore .193 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI Minnesota Batting OrderDH Max Kepler .231 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI SS Marwin Gonzalez .296 BA, 1 HR, 1 RBI 3B Miguel Sano .278 BA, 6 HR, 11 RBI RF Nelson Cruz .264 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI C Mitch Garver .260 BA, 4 HR, 11 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .265 BA, 3 HR, 11 RBI CF Byron Buxton .263 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .274 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI 1B Ehire Adrianza .250 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBIBomba Tracker - 2020: 36 - 2019 through 24 games: 47 Storylines 1. Gulp.. Rocco has to shift the lineup card to give some key players days off but someone who will stay in the lineup and play Right Field for the first time since 2018... Nelson Cruz. 2. We mentioned yesterday that the game might be a bullpen game but for now Rocco will go with Chacin to start but expect Dobnak and Romero to come in if needed. Chacin went 8 1/3 scoreless in his last start as Chacin looks for win #2 in front of the home faithful. 3. Last time the Twins faced off against Marco Gonzales, they won on March 31st, 2020 in Seattle in a 6-2 thumping.

Great work I look forward to the next one.

Catch-up The Twins move back to .500 at home with their second walk-off win of the year courtesy of Byron Buxton and will look to take game two of the series tonight with Kenta Maeda on the mound for Minnesota. The Twins have won three of the last four and tonight will face off against Justin Dunn for Seattle, who the Twins beat 10-2 back on March 30th of this season. Pre-game 6:10pmCT Where to watch https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Indians 17-8 2. Twins 13-10 3. Royals 13-10 4. White Sox 9-15 5. Tigers 5-18 Starting Pitchers Seattle: Justin Dunn 2-2. 7.85 ERA, 18.1P, 15 K's Minnesota: Kenta Maeda** 1-0, 1.33 ERA, 20.1IP, 38 K's **= Kenta Maeda: 5th in AL, Strikeouts (38). Seattle Batting Order 2B Dee Gordon .312BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI CF Mallek Smith .253 BA, 2 HR, 9 RBI RF Mitch Haniger .267 BA, 5 HR, 13 RBI 1B Daniel Vogelbach .234 BA, 2 HR, 4 RBI C Tom Murphy .225 BA, 4 HR, 9 RBI 3B Kyle Seager .188 BA, 5 HR, 6 RBI LF Braden Bishop .277 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI SS J.P. Crawford .192 BA, 4 HR, 12 RBI DH Dylan Moore .176 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBIMinnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .230 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .290 BA, 3 HR, 14 RBI 1B Mitch Garver .247 BA, 4 HR, 10 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .276 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .284 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .278 BA, 3 HR, 11 RBI 2B Marwin Gonzalez .261 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI C Alex Avila .357 BA, 1 HR, 1 RBI CF Byron Buxton .233 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBIBomba Tracker - 2020: 35 - 2019 through 23 games: 42 Storylines 1. What a performance out of the pen yesterday from Fernando Romero, a man on the cusp of possibly going back to Rochester pitches four brilliant no-hit innings to help secure the victory yesterday. While he enjoys a much deserved day off, the Twins turn to Kenta Maeda, who leads the team in strikeouts, for game two. 2. With the next off-day not until the 27th, the Twins will shake the lineup a little to give some rest to key members of the Bomba Squad. Today Miguel Sano and Luis Arraez get days off and in for them are Alex Avila, who will catch while Garver plays 1B, and Marwin Gonzalez. 3. With the rotation on short rest as well, tomorrow's game could be a bullpen day depending on how Maeda's start goes. Smeltzer, who has already started a game this year, would be in line for the start tomorrow if Jhoulys Chacin is not ready.

Miss the game? https://www.twitch.tv/videos/597899411 Want to skip the pre-game? Go to time-stamp 29:48Post-Game Wrap The Twins began series #2 of the longest homestand of the year yesterday after taking series #1 two games to one over Detroit and looked to get off to a hot start last night. On the mound for Minnesota was one of the biggest surprises out of the Twins rotation thus far in Homer Bailey. Bailey started the year out of the pen but after being moved to the rotation he's been fantastic, with the lowest ERA out of the rotation and the 4th lowest ERA in the American League, 1.61. On the mound for Seattle was Justus Sheffield, a starter the Twins did not see back in their series earlier this year, and he would find himself in a lot of jams early and as we've seen with the Twins all year, they would take themselves out of innings frequently in this one. https://clips.twitch.tv/AbstemiousStylishWaffleCoolCatBailey was matching Sheffield blow for blow and on a cold night at Target Field, both teams bats were slow to get going, but the scoring started with the Twins and Jorge Polanco. https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/clip/BrainyFaithfulCrabsStrawBearyThe M's would eventually tie up the ballgame with a home run and a crooked number in the 5th, all capped off with a tough play from Josh Donaldson. https://clips.twitch.tv/FancySwissDillAllenHuhuSo Bailey would end his day after five and the game was turned over to the bullpen and I mentioned in the pre-game, outside of the trio Duffey,Romo, and May, they've been brutal to start off the year with a 7.04ERA. So the man coming out of the pen was Fernando Romero, who began the year in AAA, and came up to hopefully help the Twins spell the tail end of the pen. Romero would answer our pre-game call in a huge way and through three innings out of the pen, Romero held the M's scoreless and kept the Twins in the game. So we headed to the home half of the 8th with the former Mariner Nelson Cruz trying to get Romero the win. https://clips.twitch.tv/DignifiedArtisticSnailTwitchRPGThe Twins tie it, but don't take the lead and in his best Jack Morris impression, Romero tells Rocco he's going back out for the 9th. Romero would go on to set the M's down in order and bring the Twins to the 9th, as they looked to walk it off and get Romero the win. A lead off double by Eddie Rosario made the inning look promising, but it was followed up with a popout and a punch out and the Twins were down to their last chance before extras with Byron Buxton coming to the plate. The only walk-off this year for Minnesota was courtesy of a 2-run shot by Eddie Rosario and with a 1-0 count to Byron Buxton....the pitch... https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/clip/ObliviousDistinctYogurtPartyTimeWALK OFF BOMBA #2 AND THE TWINS TAKE GAME ONE 5-3! Box Score Seattle Gordon, 2B: 1-3, BB, R Smith, CF: 1-4 SB Haniger, RF: 1-4, 2B, RBI Vogelbach 1B: 1-3 Murphy C: 1-4 HR Seager 3B: 0-3 Bishop LF: 1-4 Crawford SS: 0-4 Moore DH: 0-4 Batting 2B: Haniger (7). HR: Murphy (4). RBI: Haniger (13), Murphy (9). HBP: Vogelbach (2). GIDP: Seager (1). Baserunning SB: Gordon (4), Smith (3). Minnesota Kepler, RF: 1-4, R Polanco SS: 2-4, 2B, 2-Run HR Donaldson 3B: 0-4 Cruz* DH: 1-4 Tying RBI 2B in 8th Sano 1B: 2-4 2 2B Rosario LF: 2-4, 2B, R Garver C: 1-3 BB Arraez 2B: 0-4 Buxton CF: 1-3 Walk-off HR, BB, 2R*= Jake Cave: entered as PR for Cruz in 8th (no stats accumulated). Batting 2B: Kepler (8), Sano 2 (6), Rosario (6) HR: Polanco (3), Buxton (5) RBI: Polanco 2 (14), Cruz (15), Buxton 2 (8). GIDP: Arraez 2 (5) Fielding E: Donaldson (2). Seattle Sheffield. 4.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 2BB, 2K's 9.19ERASwanson. 1.2IP, 1H, 2 K's 7.31ERAGuilbeau (H,3). 1.1IP 5.19ERAHirano (BS, 2). 1.0IP, 2H, 1R, 1K 5.40ERAAltavilla (L, 0-2). 0.2IP, 2H, 2R 6.56ERAMinnesota Bailey. 5.0IP, 6H, 3ER, 2BB, 4K's 2.30ERARomero (W, 1-1). 4.0IP, 0H, 3K's 4.00ERA

Yeah I turned off the in-game announcer and I'm calling the games! I'm almost done with the post-game report but thanks for the kind words.

Catch-up The Twins win the opening series of the home-stand but don't get the sweep as the former Twins Cj Cron and Jonathan Schoop rally in the 9th to win a thriller 9-8 for Detroit. But today the lineup card turns over to the Seattle Mariners as the Twins will begin a four game set and look to blaze it up and sweep Seattle for the second time this year. Pre-game 6:10pmCT Where to watch https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Indians 17-7 2. Twins 12-10 3. Royals 12-10 4. White Sox 9-14 5. Tigers 5-17 Starting Pitchers Seattle: Justus Sheffield 0-2. 10.80 ERA, 11.2P, 7 K's Minnesota: Homer Bailey** 0-1, 1.61 ERA, 22.1IP, 21 K's **= Homer Bailey: 4th in AL, ERA (1.61). Detroit Batting Order 2B Dee Gordon .311 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI CF Mallek Smith .253 BA, 2 HR, 9 RBI RF Mitch Haniger .267 BA, 5 HR, 12 RBI 1B Daniel Vogelbach .230 BA, 2 HR, 4RBI C Tom Murphy .224 BA, 3 HR, 8 RBI 3B Kyle Seager .197 BA, 5 HR, 6 RBI LF Braden Bishop .279 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI SS J.P. Crawford .203 BA, 4 HR, 12 RBI DH Dylan Moore .185 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBIMinnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .229 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .281 BA, 2 HR, 12 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .298 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .277 BA, 4 HR, 14 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .265 BA, 6 HR, 11 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .267 BA, 3 HR, 11 RBI C Mitch Garver .243 BA, 4 HR, 10 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .294 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI CF Byron Buxton .229 BA, 4 HR, 6 RBIBomba Tracker - 2020: 33 - 2019 through 22 games: 38 Storylines 1. Trevor May, Tyler Duffey, and Sergio Romo have been fantastic out of the pen thus far, totaling a 1.80ERA combined in 30IP out of the pen so far. But the other half of the pen has been abismal to say the least, posting a 7.04ERA in 55IP. The Twins have lost a great deal of games early due to collapse from the pen so with the bats becoming more consistent, Wes Johnson needs his bullpen to do the same. 2. The Twins swept Seattle earlier this year and now will begin a four game series after this first home series win this year. Toting the rubber for Minnesota is the veteran Homer Bailey, currently 4th in the AL in ERA. 3. With Cleveland staying red hot, the Twins will look to keep pace and lower their games back to 3.5 today with the possible win.

Miss the game? https://www.twitch.tv/videos/596737531 Want to skip the pre-game? Go to 24:48.Post Game Wrap So the Twins take the first two games of the series looking to go for sweep #2 and go above .500 at home for the first time this year (4-4 entering contest). But as we say in yesterday's contest even though the Tigers lost, Detroit wanted this game badly...and now for the highlights from what I think was the best game of the year thus far. We begin in the top of the 1st where the Twins, sending out Jake Odorizzi, are looking for a clean start to the ballgame. After the leadoff man Cameron Maybin singles to right, the former Twin Niko Goodrum opens the scoring for Detroit in the 1st. https://clips.twitch.tv/CulturedObservantTeaSmoocherZThe Tigers would add one more and early, they lead the Twins 3-0 heading into the home half of the 4th. Well we talked about yesterday how that ballgame could've been a spark for Minnesota offensively, it certainly was for Miguel Sano. https://clips.twitch.tv/SmoothFrailDragonfruitFeelsBadManSo Sano ties it for the Twins but the runs wouldn't stop there. After a single and a walk the Twins had ducks on the pond with nobody out and they get a run, but Cameron Maybin makes arguably the best play defensively we've seen this year, to limit the damage. https://clips.twitch.tv/MuddySullenGorillaCoolCatDonaldson would later hit an RBI single to score the runner at third and the Twins open it up to a 5-3 but the damage didn't stop there, enter the Boomstick. https://clips.twitch.tv/SarcasticRefinedStarlingChefFrankSo we would later spend the next two innings discussing in chat who had the longest home run in Target Field history, only to find out it was Nelson Cruz but as a Mariner- but his shot as a Twin went 444ft and nearly left the stadium like Giancarlo Stanton did in the 2014 HR Derby. So the Twins move out to a comfortable lead at 7-3 and then Christian Stewart answers in the top half of the inning to make it 7-4 and we mentioned, these Tigers aren't going down easy. But then some beautiful happened, the Twins answer the Tigers run in the bottom half with a bomba from Byron Buxton. https://clips.twitch.tv/FancyImpossibleGooseKevinTurtleSo the Twins up 8-4 are in good position to win this game and go for their second sweep of the year but with two outs in the 8th inning, the former Twin Cj Cron singles and there are runners and 1st and 2nd, for former Twin Jonathan Schoop. https://clips.twitch.tv/BusyHungryBeefSquadGoalsSo Detroit, after going 0-6 last week, were not looking to start this week off on the losing end and we head to the 9th all tied up at 8 a piece. And in the 9th inning Tyler Clippard gets the first two outs without a blemish, but then former Twin Cj Cron doubles and with the go-ahead run at the plate, the 1-0 offering to the former Twin Jonathan Schoop... https://clips.twitch.tv/ExcitedSneakyTildeHeyGirlThats our ballgame would end as Jimenez gets the save and the Twins win the series but the Tigers take getaway day thanks the effort of former Twins Niko Goodrum, Cj Cron, and Jonathan Schoop. Final Minnesota (12-10) 8Detroit (5-16) 9Box Score Detroit Maybin, CF: 1-4, BB, 2R Goodrum, SS: 1-5 2-Run HR Cabrera, DH: 3-5, R Cron 1B: 2-5, 2B, RBI Schoop 2B: 3-5, 3-Run HR, 4 RBI Castro 3B: 0-5, Stewart RF: 2-4, HR Romine C: 0-4 Reyes LF: 1-4, RBI*Demeritte entered for Cron in the 9th, R. Candelario entered as 1B in bottom 9th (no stats accumulated). Batting 2B: Cabrera (3), Cron (1), Schoop (2). HR: Goodrum (2), Schoop (3), Stewart (3). RBI: Goodrum 2 (10), Cron (1), Schoop 4 (10), Stewart (12), Reyes (6). Minnesota Garver, C: 0-3 Sac Fly RBI Polanco SS: 1-5 Donaldson 3B: 1-3 2B, RBI Cruz DH: 1-3 2-Run HR, BB Sano 1B: 2-3 HR, 2 RBI Kepler RF: 0-4 Adrianza LF: 1-3 Sac Fly RBI Arraez 2B: 0-3 BB,R Buxton CF: 2-4 HR, 2RBatting 2B: Sano (4), Buxton (2) HR: Cruz (4),Sano (6), Buxton (4) RBI: Garver (10), Donaldson (8), Cruz 2 (14), Sano 2 (11), Adrianza (5), Buxton (6) SF: Garver (2), Adrianza (3) GIDP: Arraez (3) Detroit Boyd. 4.2IP, 4H, 7ER, 5BB, 4K's, 5.53ERANova. 1.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 3K's, 5.94ERASchreiber 1.0IP,1H, 2 K's 4.90ERAFarmer (W, 2-1) 1.0IP 7.20ERAJimenez (S,4). 1.0IP 0.00ERAMinnesota Odorizzi. 6.0IP, 8H, 4ER, 3K's 4.78ERASmeltzer (BS,1). 0.1IP, 3H, 4ER, 1K 6.31ERADuffey. 0.2IP, 1K 3.55ERAClippard (L, 1-2). 2.0IP, 2H, 1ER, 2K's 9.31ERA

1.) Where are you from? Grew up in Brooklyn Park and then moved to Moorhead for school and I'm stuck in limbo due to COVID-19 boy this whole time will be interesting to look back on when this is over. 2.) Age Range? 23 years old and my back is already going out. 3.) What brought you to Twins Daily? With the passion project I've been doing, I was told to come over here and post about it on this site. I've been a Twins fan my whole life and usually just posted on reddit but I'm very happy I found this site! 4.) Highest level of baseball/softball played? Currently on MSUM's club ball team and also played on Osseo's town ball team. 5.) Favorite Twins Player, and favorite underappreciated Twins player, and if you want, favorite current Twins player? Favorite Twin period is tough but I think I'd go with Johan Santana.I know we didn't underappreciate him, but Jason Kubel did not get the recognition nationally that he deserved in his time here.Favorite current Twin with a bullet is Eddie Rosario. I really hope we don't lose him.6.) Favorite non-Twins Daily site/authors? Probably Lavelle or Aaron Gleeman. 7.) Favorite Twitter follows? Recently the account "Friday Beers" has been very funny and Rex Chapman always posts great videos as well. 8.) Other interests outside of baseball. I'm competed in two USAPL meets for powerlifting and I also love playing video games like MLB The Show and Call of Duty. 9.) Favorite part of Twins Daily... forums, blogs, articles, topics... wahtever you like. I'm still new here but the front page articles are great and the topic page where I post also is filled with great content. 10.) Tell us what we can do better. What features or other topics would you like to see in-season or out of season? Other than making it a "secure" site, I can't think of any other improvements. 11.) Have you been to any of the Twins Daily "events?" No but I would love to go once this is all over! To those in the future I'm referring to COVDI-19.

Catch-up The Twins bats awaken and launch three bombas, but the birthday boy Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers wouldn't just let the Twins walk all over them as he launches two home runs along with a three run shot from Austin Romine. The game went down to the wire and the Twins escaped with a 7-6 win today and are looking for the sweep against the Tigers ace, Matthew Boyd Pre-game 12:45pmCT Where to watch. https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Indians 16-7 2. Twins 12-9 3. Royals 11-10 4. White Sox 9-13 5. Tigers 4-16 Starting Pitchers Detroit: Matthew Boyd 0-2. 3.91 ERA, 23.0P, 21 K's Minnesota: Jake Odorizzi 1-3, 4.43 ERA, 20.1IP, 23 K's Detroit Batting Order CF Cameron Maybin .297 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI SS Niko Goodrum .246 BA, 1 HR, 8 RBI DH Miguel Cabrera .200 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI 1B C.J. Cron .250 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI 2B Jonathan Schoop .145 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI 3B Harold Castro** .359 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI RF Christian Stewart .266 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI C Austin Romine .294 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI LF Victor Reyes .284 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI**= Harold Castro: 6th in AL, Batting Average (.359). Minnesota Batting Order C Mitch Garver .254 BA, 4 HR, 9 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .286 BA, 2 HR, 12 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .296 BA, 2 HR, 7 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .275 BA, 3 HR, 12 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .246 BA, 5 HR, 9 RBI RF Max Kepler* .241 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI LF Ehire Adrianza .235 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .308 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI CF Byron Buxton .212 BA, 3 HR, 5 RBI*= Max Kepler and Miguel Sano: Both have homered in each game this series. Bomba Tracker - 2020: 30 - 2019 through 21 games: 37 Storylines 1. After a pitchers duel in game one of the series, both offenses combined for 6 home-runs yesterday in a crazy 7-6 win by Minnesota. The scorecard should be a little easier to score today as the ace of the rotation for Detroit in Matthew Boyd takes the mound versus Jake Odorizzi. 2. The Twins against LHP have been very hit or miss, starting the year 3-0 off of a LHP starter averaging over 6 runs a game. But in their last two games against LHP they have been bested by the veteran Gio Gonzalez (7 shutout innings in Chicago) and Ryan Borucki (7 shutout innings in Toronto) . Today will prove to be a big test for the Bomba Squad as they square off against Matthew Boyd. 3. The Twins haven't had a sweep since the end of March when they swept Seattle and today are looking to get the brooms out for sweep #2, also hosting Seattle again for a four game set starting tomorrow. While Detroit gets over their toughest week of the year so far going 0-7, the calendar turns over and for Detroit, they hope the week starts off with a win!

Miss the game? https://www.twitch.tv/videos/595754850 Want to skip the pre-game? Go to 24:53.Post Game Wrap For the past week or so the Twins have been in some very tight, low scoring affairs. They took game one of the series in similar fashion on the back of an excellent performance by Jhoulys Chacin,(8.1IP shutout ball), but todays game would be a different animal entirely. The Twins opened the scoring yesterday with a bomba from Max Kepler, and today they opened the scoring as well, this time courtesy of their newly acquired third-baseman Josh Donaldson. https://clips.twitch.tv/WrongRenownedPlumberStinkyCheeseBut unlike yesterday's contest, the Tigers ate their Wheaties this morning and were poised to tie the series up. After a two out walk and a broken bat single, Austin Romine would come to plate with two men on and two out looking to answer... Narrator: He did. https://clips.twitch.tv/BrainyTubularRavenNinjaGrumpyBut then, something beautiful happened. We mentioned that since April 1st the Twins had been in limbo, constantly taking themselves out of rallies and having a tough time establishing consistency- that changed today. The Twins would quickly answer and tie the game back up 3-3 and then Alex Avila would enter and pop his Bomba "cherry" in style. https://clips.twitch.tv/FrailEndearingOxBatChestThe Twins wouldn't stop there ramping up seven runs and fourteen hits as a club and the icing on the cake was courtesy of Sano's second straight day with a Bomba. https://clips.twitch.tv/SpookyManlyPangolinNotLikeThisI know what you're thinking, all in a days work for the Bomba Squad!.....right? Well I mentioned earlier Detroit ate their Wheaties and one man in particular had a day. In Miguel Cabrera's career against Minnesota he's notched 42 home runs and 143 RBI's in 192 games coming into the game and on his 37th birthday today, he would add two more home runs and 3 RBI's. https://clips.twitch.tv/TallManlyWolverinePeoplesChamp Birthday Bomb #1https://clips.twitch.tv/BrainyAltruisticBearGingerPower Birthday Bomb #2So like we've seen all year, this one was going down to the wire. The Twins would tightrope it to the 9th inning and send out Taylor Rodgers to try and shut the door. Rodgers coming into the game had 5 saves and 3 blown saves early in April so it was not a sure thing, but based off of his last appearance where he went three scoreless to get the win in Chicago, the Twins were confident. Rodgers would punch out the first two batters and on batter number three...a deep drive to center... https://www.twitch.tv/videos/596103246Final Minnesota 7Detroit 6Box Score Detroit Maybin, CF: 2-5, R Goodrum, SS: 1-5 1B Cabrera, DH: 2-5, 2 HR,3 RBI Cron 1B: 1-3, BB Schoop 2B: 2-4, R Castro 3B: 0-4, 2 K's Stewart RF: 1-3 R Romine C: 2-4 3-Run HR Reyes LF: 0-4Demerittie, PR for Stewart in 7th. (No stats accumulated).Batting 2B: Romine (3) HR: Cabrera 2 (2), Romine (2) RBI: Cabrera 3 (8), Romine 3 (8) Baserunning CS: Goodrum (1) Thrown out by Alex Avila (Twins first baserunner thrown out in 2020). Minnesota Kepler RF: 3-4, HR, 2R, triple shy of the cycle Polanco SS: 1-4 Donaldson 3B: 2-4 2B, RBI Cruz DH: 1-4 RBI Avila C: 1-4 HR Sano 1B: 2-4 HR Arraez 2B: 2-4 R Rosario LF: 1-4 RBI, R Buxton CF: 1-4 RBIBatting 2B: Kepler (7), Donaldson 2 (6) 3B: Rosario (1) HR: Kepler (5), Avila (1), Sano (5) RBI: Kepler (8), Donaldson(7), Cruz(12), Avila(1), Sano (9), Rosario (11), Buxton (5) GIDP: Rosario (3) Detroit Zimmerman (L, 0-2). 3.1IP, 11H, 6ER, 11.00ERAGarcia. 2.2IP, 3H, 1ER, 2K's 8.00ERASchreiber 1.0IP 5.40ERASoto. 1.0IP, 3.76ERAMinnesota Berrios (W, 2-1). 5.0IP, 8H, 4ER, 1BB, 7 K's 6.17ERARomero (H,1). 2.0IP, 2H, 2ER, 1K 7.20ERAMay (H,4). 0.2IP 1BB,1K 0.87ERARomo (H,5). 0.1IP, 1H 0.00ERARodgers (S,5). 1.0IP, 1K 6.75ERA

To sum up my ability as a potter in high school, I looked a lot like Kent Hrbek from the Legends game when I was carrying my finished product over to the kiln. https://youtu.be/CwlnAIOrU6A

It's been a dream of mine to do color commentary work so I'm enjoying it a lot so far! Thanks for the kind words and for checking on how the "Twins" are doing!

Catch-up While Fulmer goes 5 innings only allowing one run, he was bested by Jhoulys Chacin who nearly had the Twins first complete game of the year as the Twins take game one of the series 4-0. Game two of the series will feature the tail end of the Tigers rotation in Jordan Zimmerman, while the Twins will bring out their ace Jose Berrios looking to bounceback from his last Target Field start (0.2IP, 6R, 4 BB). Pre-game 12:45pmCT Where to watch https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Indians 16-6 2. Twins 11-9 3. Royals 10-10 4. White Sox 9-12 5. Tigers 4-15 Starting Pitchers Detroit: Jordan Zimmerman 0-1. 9.82 ERA, 14.2P, 11 K's Minnesota: Jose Berrios 1-1, 5.89 ERA, 18.1IP, 20 K's Detroit Batting Order CF Cameron Maybin .290 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI SS Niko Goodrum .250 BA, 1 HR, 8 RBI DH Miguel Cabrera .185 BA, 0 HR, 5 RBI 1B C.J. Cron .238 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI 2B Jonathan Schoop .125 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI 3B Harold Castro** .378 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI RF Christian Stewart .262 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI C Austin Romine .281 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI LF Victor Reyes .300 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI**= Harold Castro: 3rd in AL, Batting Average (.378). Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .213 BA, 4 HR, 7 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .287 BA, 2 HR, 12 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .286 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .276 BA, 3 HR, 11 RBI C Alex Avila** .400 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .230 BA, 4 HR, 8 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .295 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .268 BA, 3 HR, 10 RBI CF Byron Buxton .210 BA, 3 HR, 4 RBI**= Alex Avila: Former Tiger makes his debut for the first time in a Twins uniform against his old club as Mitch Garver gets the day off. Bomba Tracker - 2020: 27 - 2019 through 20 games: 36 Storylines 1. On the road, Berrios has been great, going 17.2IP with a 3.13 ERA. But today he'll make his second appearance in front of the Twins faithful looking to bounceback after his rough first start, (0.2IP, 6R, 4BB) and win the series. 2. It's early, but Harold Castro has been lighting the world on fire here early in April. 3rd in Batting Average and 4th in Hits, the best bat in the Tigers lineup graces the lineup again today after getting a day off yesterday. 3. The Twins are currently 6-8 this April and haven't had a winning streak since their five gamer back in March 28th-April 1st. So the Twins look to build some consistency while Detroit looks to end their losing streak and even the score in Minnesota!

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Miss the game? Full Game: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/595085994Wanna skip the pre-game? Time Stamp 24:06 Post-game wrap The Twins headed into the ballgame on a three game losing streak and needed a huge game from Jhoulys Chacin as the bullpen was still depleted from a tough road trip along with the batting order to start the homestand on a high note. The scoring would begin on behalf of the Twins thanks to Kepleroni in the bottom of the 2nd. https://clips.twitch.tv/SecretiveSwissAntelopeShadyLuluBut as we mentioned the Twins needing a big start from Chacin, the Tigers also needed a huge start from their arm in Michael Fulmer. Fulmer would find himself in tough situations all day, and he kept finding his way out of it. https://clips.twitch.tv/DreamyPolishedWitchKlappaWe would then head into the sixth inning with another pitchers duel on our hands, just as we saw in Toronto as the scorecard read 1-0 Twins. You don't have to watch the next clip but I'm pretty proud of it from up in the booth. https://clips.twitch.tv/AuspiciousAbstruseGarbageSMOrcSo with Fulmer pitching so brilliantly for Detroit, it came at a cost as he would leave after 5 innings with 104 pitches and the game was turned over to the bullpen. The pitching from Detroit would then transition from Tigers to kitties as we Let it Sano at Target Field. https://clips.twitch.tv/QuaintBashfulMangetoutTinyFaceThe Twins would touch the bullpen up for some more runs and head into the 9th with a 4-0 lead and out for the 9th, Chacin takes the mound. Out number one, check. The second batter Miguel Cabrera would walk, and so would our starter Chacin. https://clips.twitch.tv/DelightfulFamousMartenTooSpicyNearly our first complete game of the year and what an unbelieveable start to 2020 for Chacin, (2-1, 24.1IP, 2.22 ERA), and FOUR straight Quality Starts. The Twins win game one 4-0 and look to take the series with LaMaKina taking the mound at 1:10pmCT for the Twins. Box Score Detroit Maybin, CF 0-4 Goodrum, SS, 1-4 1B Cabrera, DH, 0-3 BB Cron 1B, 0-4 Schoop 2B, 0-4 2K's Candelario 3B, 0-3 K Stewart RF, 0-3 Romine C, 2-3 2 1B Reyes LF, 0-3Fielding E: Maybin (1) Baserunning SB: Goodrum (1) Minnesota Garver C, 0-5 4K's Polanco SS, 2-4 2B, RBI Donaldson 3B, 1-4 R, BB Cruz DH, 1-3 BB Rosario LF, 0-4 Sano 1B, 2-3 HR, 2RBI, BB Kepler RF, 2-4 HR, 2 R Arraez 2B, 2-4 RBI Buxton CF, 0-3 BBBatting 2B: Polanco, Arraez HR: Sano, Kepler RBI: Sano 2, Kepler, Arraez Fielding E: Sano Detroit Fulmer (L, 0-2). 5.0IP, 4H, 1R, 3BB, 7K's 4.09ERASoto. 1.0IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 1SO 4.05ERANova. 1.0IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 1K, 5.89ERAGarcia. 1.0IP, 1K 9.94ERAMinnesota Chacin (W, 2-1). 8.1IP, 3H, 1BB, 4K's 2.21ERA. *longest start of the year for Minnesota.Clippard. 0.2IP, 2K's 10.56ERA.

Catch-up After a much needed day off for the Twins, they'll come home to Target Field to begin their longest home-stand of the year. Detroit comes in with a four game losing streak while the Twins are at a three game losing streak so as Common would say on KFAN, somebodies O has got to go! Pre-game 6:45pmCT Where to watch https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ AL Central Standings 1. Indians 15-6 2. Twins 10-9 3. Royals 9-10 4. White Sox 9-11 5. Tigers 4-14 Starting Pitchers Detroit: Michael Fulmer 0-1. 4.76 ERA, 17.0IP, 9 K's Minnesota: Jhoulys Chacin 1-1, 3.38 ERA, 16.0IP, 16 K's Detroit Batting Order CF Cameron Maybin .308 BA, 2 HR, 8 RBI SS Niko Goodrum .250 BA, 1 HR, 8 RBI DH Miguel Cabrera .194 BA, 0 HR, 5 RBI 1B C.J. Cron .294 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI 2B Jonathan Schoop .132 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI 3B Jeimer Candelario .207 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBI RF Christian Stewart .276 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI C Austin Romine .262 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI LF Victor Reyes .313 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBIMinnesota Batting Order C Mitch Garver .274 BA, 4 HR, 9 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .277 BA, 2 HR, 12 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .288 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .274 BA, 3 HR, 11 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .284 BA, 3 HR, 10 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .207 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI RF Max Kepler .197 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .281 BA, 1 HR, 3 RBI CF Byron Buxton .220 BA, 3 HR, 4 RBIBomba Tracker - 2020: 25 - 2019 through 19 games: 34 Storylines 1. The Twins begin a ten game home-stand today and we'll see Detroit, Seattle, and finally the Boston Red Sox before closing out April with the NL leading Los Angeles Dodgers (16-3). 2. It's a reunion tour the likes of which we've never seen. Gardy, Rick Andersen, and Joe Vavra come back to Target Field this time bringing some "player," former Twins! Niko Goodrum (drafted by Twins in 2010), Jonathan Schoop (23 bombas in 121 games for MIN in 19') and finally C.J. Cron (25 bombas in 125 games in 19'). Also we'll see former Tiger Alex Avila in this series for Minnesota. 3. The Twins will turn to their leader in Quality Starts in Jhouyls Chacin (3), while Michael Fulmer will tout the rubber for Detroit looking for his first win in 2020.

IMPORTANT Before I get into the post-game, today was Jackie Robinson day. I thought before today's broadcast of "Twins," baseball we should honor him. So below is the clip of my short memorial to the legacy, of Jackie Robinson. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/593285158Post-Game Report, Twins 2 Blue Jays 3. Full Game: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/593176683 Wanna skip the Pregame? Time-stamp 28:00. I realize the effort I am putting into the pre-game thread is more profound that the post game but that changes today! So we begin this third game already losing the series against Toronto, but Minnesota at the very least trying to get some momentum before heading into the longest home-stand of the year starting on Friday. The positives the Twins can carry is that their pitching has been fantastic. Over these three games the Twins staff as a whole netted the following:(25.0IP, 20H, 9R, 34 K's) but still lost all three games and our final game of the contest today. The Twins get another excellent start from Kenta Maeda, (5.0IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 10 K's, 0BB) but the Bomba Squad ends the roadtrip on a sour note getting swept by Toronto and now finally, the pitching staff get a much needed day off. In their last 10 games the Twins have scored over 4 runs only twice, while allowing 4 runs or less six times. The Bomba Squad will look to re-invigorate Target Field and begin the homestand on a high note Friday. Box Score Minnesota Batting Order Arraez, 2B. 2-4 2B Polanco, SS. 1-4, RBI 2B Cruz DH. 1-3, 2B, BB Rosario, LF. 0-3, BB Garver, C. 0-4 Kepler, RF. 2-4 2B, R Donaldson, 3B. 1-4 RBI 1B Sano, 1B. 1-3 1B Buxton, CF. 0-3 2 SO* Jake Cave entered as PR for Cruz in 7th. Minnesota Pitching Staff Maeda: 5IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 10 K'sSmeltzer (H,3): 0.1IP, 1H, 1BBDobnak (BS,1): 0.2IPClippard (L, 1-1): 0.1IP, 2H, 2ER, 1KDuffey (BS, 1): 0.2IP, 1H, 1KMay: 1.0IP, 2K's

Catch-up The broadcaster may have jinxed the team asking for a big game offensively as the Twins muster two hits and lose 3-2 on a walk off single by Bo Bichette. With an off-day Thursday, the Twins will turn to their hottest starter in Kenta Maeda, (28 K's in 15.1IP), to try and win the final game of the series before starting their longest homestand of the year Friday. Pre-game 6:45pmCT, Special Jackie Robinson Day Piece 7:00pmCT Where to watch. https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney/ Starting Pitchers Toronto: Matt Shoemaker 1-2. 6.75 ERA, 16.0IP, 15 K's Minnesota: Kenta Maeda** 1-0, 1.76 ERA, 15.1IP, 28 K's Minnesota Batting Order 2B Luis Arraez .264 BA, 1 HR, 3 RBI SS Jorge Polanco** .278 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .271 BA, 3 HR, 11 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .297 BA, 3 HR, 10 RBI C Mitch Garver .293 BA, 4 HR, 9 RBI RF Max Kepler .179 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .290 BA, 2 HR, 5 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .200 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI CF Byron Buxton .232 BA, 3 HR, 4 RBI**= Kenta Maeda: 10th in AL, Strikeouts (28). Toronto Batting Order SS Bo Bichette .278 BA, 1 HR, 7 RBI 2B Cavan Biggio .176 BA, 1 HR, 2 RBI DH Lourdes Gurriel Jr. .279 BA, 4 HR, 7 RBI RF Teoscar Hernandez .356 BA, 3 HR, 14 RBI 1B Travis Shaw .269 BA, 2 HR, 6 RBI RF Brandon Drury .250 BA, 1 HR, 1 RBI LF Billy McKinney .286 BA, 4 HR, 8 RBI CF Derek Fisher .138 BA, 2 HR, 3 RBI C Danny Jensen .217 BA, 0 HR, 0 RBI**= Teoscar Hernandez 8th in AL Batting Average, (.356). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 25 - 2019 through 17 games: 34 Storylines 1. It's Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball and as you'll see during the game all the players will be wearing the only number retired throughout baseball, #42. 2. Toronto's starting pitching this series has been unbelievable, 14IP, 2R, 23K's, and will turn to Matt Shoemaker today going for the sweep. 3. After a superb outing yesterday despite the loss, Homer Bailey gets a much deserved day off and the Twins will go from their pitcher 2nd on the team in K's, Homer Bailey, to Kenta Maeda today. Maeda trying to continue his fantastic month of April where he has only allowed 2R in 15.1IP.