Hmm, Arraez for Simmons, at least Simmons hit the ball not striking out on three pitches.
Good play by Astudillo but that is where Sano's extra height works for when first baseman has to stretch.
One more inning to get a home run to kill a shut out.
Twins cannot afford to lose either Polanco or Donaldson, take them out of the lineup and you will have the Minnesota Orioles .
Fielding they cannot lose Simmons or Donaldson and Buxton.
They need pitching badly but getting a good pitcher at the cost of run producers and run preventers would be asinine.
Larnach is in the minors because his play skills put him there; Gordon is no better than Larnach and should be sent down unless they need some base path speed but they never use the one thing he has.
Simmons plays short stop because the Twins do still want to win games.
Form the Wiki: From 1961 to 1971 the Twins sported uniforms bearing the classic "Twins" script and numerals in navy outlined in red. They wore navy caps with an interlocking "TC" on the front; this was adopted because Griffith was well aware of the bitter rivalry between St. Paul and Minneapolis and didn't want to alienate fans in either city. The original "Minnie and Paul" alternate logo appears on the left sleeve of both the pinstriped white home uniform and grey road uniform.
OK, the Cave man hit a big home run some days back, time for another one.
And maybe not.
Darn I though maybe this was Rortvedt's hero moment, it is time for Ref to get back to where he was.