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Interesting that the Sox are sending Hill out for a third time through.

I have never said anything bad about Miguel Sano's defense

Hitting the ball over the fence works too.

Would like to see the Twins put Celestino in motion. The offense has been stuck in the mud, and you have 50% chance at running on a 70 MPH pitch.

Gilberto!

If the red line equals out of play, then it is a homer.

You have to score on that...

Worth noting: https://twitter.com/joonlee/status/1516055130004762625?s=20&t=0ZQ94tFlqokwRXag1xOb1w

The Pitchers RHP Dylan Bundy (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 K's, 5 IP) vs LHP Rich Hill (0-0, 6.23 ERA, 4 K's, 4.1 IP) Both starters will be making their 2nd start of the season this morning, with Bundy coming off of an impressive performance against Seattle. While Bundy wasn't missing bats or blowing pitches past hitters, he was varying speed and had command of his pitches. Of course, Bundy is going to need to get swings and misses to have sustainable success, but that will hopefully come in time. Old friend Rich Hill did not enjoy the same success in his first start of the season. Hill went just 4.1 innings against the Tigers, allowing 5 hits and a walk while allowing 3 runs. He did not give up a homer, and struck out nearly 1 per inning. Hill has been a successful backend starter for the later part of his career, including time in Minnesota. However, he is limited to a curveball and fastball, and throws below the speed limit. He will also likely be held to only two times through the batting order, so the Twins should get an extended look at the Red Sox bullpen today. The Lineups Twins 1. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 2. Carlos Correa (R) SS 3. Gio Urshela (R) 3B 4. Kyle Garlick (R) RF 5. Gary Sanchez (R) C 6. Trevor Larnach (L) LF 7. Miguel Sano (R) 1B 8. Ryan Jeffers (R) DH 9. Gilberto Celestino (R) CF Red Sox 1. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF 2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS 4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 5. Alex Verdugo (L) LF 6. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B 7. Travis Shaw (L) 1B 8. Christian Vazquez (R) C 9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF Jorge Polanco hits in the leadoff position against a left handed hitter, while Correa hits behind him with Buxton out of the lineup once again. Urshella, who has been in the middle of the order against LHP, does so again. Garlick gets his first start of the season and finds himself in the cleanup position. This shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. He's here to do one thing, and that is to hit LHP. Sanchez gets another start behind the dish, and he's been fine there this year. Larnach gets the start as the only left handed OF in todays lineup. Sano, who is starting to heat up, hits 7th. Jeffers, who should only DH against lefties, does that today. Finally, Celestino gets his 2nd start of the season which allows Gordon to sit vs LHP. The Red Sox lineup looks largely the same at the top, with some changes in the back half. Christian Arroyo gets a start at 2nd base, and Travis Shaw starts at 1st replacing Spring Training Legend Bobby Dalbec. Vegas Odds: Twins +120, Red Sox -140, O/U 8.5 runs. On this Day: 1981 - Reds pitcher Tom Seaver strikes out Keith Hernandez in the fourth inning of a 10-4 loss to the Cardinals, becoming the fifth pitcher in major league history to register 3,000 career strikeouts. Pick to Click - Carlos Correa has a 3 hit day. Prediction: Twins 7, Red Sox 5 Go Twins!

Good. Fastball velo was up. Threw the slider a ton. Got a lot of swings and misses. Everything you wanted to see. 1 mistake pitch.

I think Romero is on this roster safely for now. Of course, he could get blown up this inning and that no longer be true.

Calling it a day. Timely hitting (or any hitting, really) isn't there today. Winder was really good, so I'll chose to be happy about that instead. I predicted a 3-1 series victory, with this one being the one I had as a loss, so my prediction is still in play. Need Ober to give us 5+ innings tomorrow. Until tomorrow fellas, Happy Easter

Larnach has been very impressive this game

Correa takes 94 from a LHP down the middle...?

Winder has been great out of the pen. Of course you don't want to see the homer against Xander, but if he starts a game against the Red Sox and goes 4 innings with only 2 runs and 11 swings and misses, we would be encouraged

The AB's have been pretty underwhelming today. The Twins have actually been fine at working themselves into hitters counts, but then they do nothing when they get into that position. Instead, they swing at a pitchers pitch or a ball out of the zone.

Winder has more swings and misses than Houck, who is considered one of the better young SP prospects (although I am not sure he qualifies as a prospect). And we all know how often the Twins lineup is capable of swinging and missing.

Houck was far from sharp today, and the Twins are going to fail to score a run off of him.

Sigh

Would be nice if Correa did something

Welp. This ballgame is over.

Never should've let Joe Ryan off the interview.

Stashak also. Not really sure he's a loss, though....

NOT LIKE THIS

Gray does not seem to have "it" today. His velo is still down from last year. Still a start or two too early to be real concerned about it. Seems like we might get some Winder innings today.