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Twins | 61-67, 39-27 at home, 6-4 last 10 Stephen Gonsalves, LHP | 27.00 ERA, 6.00 WHIP, 1.50 K:BB in 1.1 IP Athletics | 77-52, 38-26 on the road, 6-4 last 10 Mike Fiers, RHP | 3.21 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 4.00 K:BB in 137.1 IP Additional Notes Gonsalves had a rough debut, but it was under less than ideal circumstances. The game was delayed due to weather and it began to rain again while Gonsalves was on the mound. It was an ugly performance, but it's the kind of thing you give him a mulligan for and just hope things go more smoothly the second time around. This will be Fiers' fourth start for Oakland since coming over in a trade with Detroit. He's been incredible as an A,…

BREAKING: Twins still have half the season to play, and that means another game to play this afternoon. We will have more information as this situation develops. For now, let us talk amongst ourselves. Lineups to follow.

Mets: SP Dillon Gee LF Young Jr. 2B Murphy RF Byrd 1B Davis DH Brown 3B Flores C D'Arnaud CF Legares SS Quintanillla Twins: SP Gibson 2B Dozier C Mauer LF Willingham 1B Morneau DH Doumit RF Arcia 3B Plouffe CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Patience... That's what we are supposed to have with Kyle... Right? He hasn't come out guns a blazing... But eventually they will blaze... Right? Like Axl Rose Said... "All we need is a little patience". Just a little patience and "Chinese Democracy" is released. 2. Think about One Game... One game with the Mets... A make up from a previous rain out. Those other games with the Mets are long go…

Twins Lineup: Erik Komatsu CF (Denard Span scratched with hammy) Brian Dozier SS Joe Mauer DH Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit C Trevor Plouffe RF Alexi Casilla 2B Jamey Carroll 3B SP: Nick Blackburn

Good Morning Twins fans and welcome back to another game thread extravaganza! Happy May Day too! Last night we took home a great 9-1 victory over the Royals. We also got a glimpse of Alex Kirilloff's talent. Between Kirilloff's two homers and Buxton's defensive greatness I actually got excited about this teams potential over the next month or so. I think we'll climb our way back up in the standings in no time (assuming the bullpen can pick it up). Speaking of May Day, My daughter turns 21 today. I'm not sure how 21 years can go by so quickly but they do! If she wasn't away at college I'd take her to my favorite watering hole and buy a few rounds of beer and watch the …

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 60. Next Stop ChiTown... She put the lineup down and let em roll. She Said... One more Job... ought to get it. Twins: SP, Deduno Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer 1B Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee RF Josmil Pinto C Jason Kubel LF Eduardo Escobar SS Aaron Hicks CF Samuel Deduno P Giants: SP, Vogelsong Angel Pagan CF Hunter Pence RF Buster Posey C Pablo Sandoval 3B Michael Morse 1B Tyler Colvin LF Brandon Hicks 2B Brandon Crawford SS Ryan Vogelsong P --------------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. San Francisco -- Streets with steep... cl…

The Twins conclude their week in Chicago with a Sunday night game against the Cubs. The Twins have won two of the first six games against the White Sox and Cubs (leaders of the AL Central and NL Central respectively. However, last night's win clinched a playoff spot for the Twins. They appear to be on a collision course with the Yankees, who finally lost today, giving the Twins a chance to be the home team for the first round of the playoffs. Starting pitchers are Yu Darvish for the Cubs and Jose Berríos for the Twins. Darvish has had a fantastic season with a 7-2 record and less than 2 ERA. Darvish's WHIP is under 1.00. Berríos has found his form after struggling throu…

Royals: SP Bruce Chen LF Gordon 3B Bonofacio 1B Hosmer DH Butler RF Maxwell C Kottaras SS Escobar 2B Getz CF Dyson Twins: SP Sam Deduno 2B Dozier SS Florimon DH Morneau LF Willingham C Doumit 3B Plouffe 1B Colabello RF Ramirez CF Thomas Things to Think About: 1. Think about Willingham... Claimed by the Orioles was he... He's in the lineup so nothing as of yet. They have by noon tomorrow to work out a deal. 2. Think about Morneau... There are some rumors that Orioles are trying to work out a deal for both Willingham and Morneau. They are rumors... Who knows... I hope we get something back if they both go. Something better than Jim Hoey. 3. Think about Flor…

Happy First Day of Fall! Well, this season didn’t turn out like anybody expected or wanted. When the 2021 season started, we had hoped our beloved Minnesota Twins would be playing deep within the autumnal glory. For a myriad of reasons that have been hashed out on Twins Daily alone, the hometown nine will not be making a play-off run this season. It’s going to be a long offseason. Maybe now is a good time to pick up a hobby to occupy our lonely, baseball-loving hearts. Macramé? Decoupage? Day trading? Apparently, some of the Twins players have side interests to keep their minds off their apparent 2021 baseball playing ineptitudes. We all remember Trevor May…

It's August 24th, but the urgency to end the current four-game skid makes it feel like September 24th. Cleveland keeps winning (and are on their way to another victory today), and the injured Twins are lifeless. The only silver lining is that the White Sox are in the doldrums as well. Upon checking FanGraphs this afternoon, both the short term chance of a victory tonight and overall playoff odds appear bleak. Not impossible.... but bleak. FanGraphs Probabilities: Twins Win: 31% Astros Win: 69% Twins Playoff Odds: 28.6% A series against the Astros in Houston is never an easy feat, but the timing could not have been worse. Injuries are racking up, …

The Twins announced their lineup yesterday. While the O's will trot this out: The Twins haven't seen much of Arrieta, with Alexi Casilla's five plate appearances being the most among Minnesota's hitters. Arrieta has a four-pitch arsenal - fastball, slider, curve and change - and had been very inconsistent against left-handed opponents, walking 14.6% of all lefties faced. This should bode well for the Twins port-siders. By the way, stop by the "Pick 2 Cliq" contest, select which Twins hitter you think will perform the best today and win $50 in free liquor.

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Chris Parmelee RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Oswaldo Arcia DH Aaron Hicks CF Eduardo Escobar SS (Mike Pelfrey P) Indians: Michael Brantley LF Jason Kipnis 2B Asdrubal Cabrera SS Nick Swisher DH Mark Reynolds 1B Carlos Santana C Ryan Raburn RF Lonnie Chisenhall 3B Drew Stubbs CF (Corey Kluber P)

The Twins are playing KC momentarily, trying to avert a sweep. Santana v Duffy. Here's the lineups: Dozier 2b Grossman lf Sano dh Plouffe 1b Polanco ss Escobar 3b Rosario cf Suzuki c D Santana rf E Santana p Royals Dyson cf Cuthbert 3b Cain rf Hosmer 1b Morales dh Gordon lf Escobar ss Butera c Mondesi 2b Duffy p

Pull up a lawn chair, pour yerself a ice tea or limeade, and enjoy the game! Twins Michael Pineda (R ) 1. Max Kepler (L) CF 2. Jorge Polanco (S) SS 3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH 4. Eddie Rosario (L) LF 5. C.J. Cron (R ) 1B 6. Luis Arraez (L) 2B 7. Miguel Sano ( R) 3B 8. Jason Castro (L) C 9. Jake Cave (L) RF Royals Homer Bailey ( R) 1. W. Merrifield ( R) RF 2. Nicky Lopez (L) 2B 3. Alex Gordon (L) LF 4. Hunter Dozier (R ) 3B 5. Jorge Soler (R ) DH 6. C. Cuthbert ( R) 1B 7. H. Arteaga ( R) SS 8. M. Maldonado (R ) C 9. Billy Hamilton (S) CF Apologies for a degenerate intro, but i didn't plan as well as i shoulda, and a friend is waiting for me in Madison.

ANNND Welcome! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line: The Thing That Should Not Be Edition. I am your host for the next 2 days, Vanimal. The Twins face off against the Giants, in a city where you can rent the equivalent of a closet for $3,500 a month! Before we get into lineups and weather, let's jam out to the only concert ChiTown and I would agree to see together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihv3OgzkYsg It's the best of both worlds! Chi enjoys the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and I enjoy the HEAVY guitar solos! Bring your jackets, because it's a cold one in the bay. 63 degrees at first pitch. VERY breezy winds out of the W at 16 MPH. Becoming more windy during th…

I looked at the current playoff standings to see who we would possibly play....that was a terrible idea. However, there are still 2 games left in this series, and the Twins can still narrow back the division lead to a single game! Let's hope that happens so we don't have to play the team that will be left unnamed. Twins Starting Pitcher: Jake Odorizzi 1. RF Max Kepler (L) 2. 3B Josh Donaldson ® 3. DH Nelson Cruz ® 4. LF Eddie Rosario (L) 5. 1B Miguel Sanó ® 6. CF Byron Buxton ® 7. 2B Marwin Gonzalez (S) 8. SS Ehire Adrianza (S) 9. C Alex Avila (L) White Sox Starting Pitcher: Lucas Giolito 1. SS Tim Anderson ® 2. 1B Yasmani Grandal (S) 3. DH José Abreu ® 4. LF …

Per LENIII in the STrib: Cubs (19-38) 1. Reed Johnson, LF 2. Starling Castro, SS 3. David DeJesus, RF 4. Alfonso Soriano, DH 5. Bryan LaHair, 1B 6. Joe Mather, CF 7. Steve Clevenger, C 8. Darwin Barney. 2B 9. Ian Stewart, 3B LHP Travis Wood Twins (22-34) 1. Ben Revere, CF 2. Jamey Carroll, 2B 3. Josh Willingham, LF 4. Justin Morneau, DH 5. Ryan Doumit, C 6. Chris Parmelee, 1B 7. Trevor Plouffe, 3B 8. Brian Dozier, SS 9. Darin Mastroianni, RF RHP P.J. Walters No Mauer, no Span.

Per LaVelle Neal's twitter feed, here is tonight's Twins lineup: (1) Denard Span - CF (2) Ben Revere - RF (3) Joe Mauer - C (4) Josh Willingham - LF (5) Justin Morneau - 1B (6) Ryan Doumit - DH (7) Brian Dozier - SS (8) Alexi Casilla - 2B (9) Jamey Carroll - 3B (P) PJ Walters

The other half of the Twins players are headed across Ft. Myers to check out (and play in) JetBlue Stadium against the Red Sox. Here is that lineup: Ben Revere LF Tsuyoshi Nishioka SS Rene Tosoni RF Aaron Bates 1B Luke Hughes DH Sean Burroughs 3B Ray Chang 2B Rene Rivera C Darin Mastroianni CF Pitchers: Francisco Liriano, Jared Burton, Esmerling Vasquez, Phil Dumatrait, Daryl Thompson, Jason Bulger, Kyle Waldrop, Liam Hendriks

Correa is making his debut today. Should be a fun time! The Phillies are starting 19 year old Andrew Painter today - the 13th overall pick in the 2021 draft.

Wow. Do the Twins have anything left in the tank? The Twins recalled Pino and are facing some guy named George Runie Farmer. He goes by Buck for obvious reasons. Two pitchers. A combined MLB experience of 60.1 innings. This is going to be a real nail-biter, I can feel it. Lineups:

It's an early one today. Lineups: Twins: Clete Thomas CF Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Oswaldo Arcia RF Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Parmelee 1B Eduardo Escobar SS (Scott Diamond P) Marlins: Justin Ruggiano LF Ed Lucas 2B Giancarlo Stanton RF Marcell Ozuna CF Logan Morrison 1B Placido Polanco 3B Adeiny Hechavarria SS Jeff Mathis C (Tom Koehler P)

Game time is getting close. Could someone post lineups? I am not good at setups, but would note that the Twins are leading the season series against the White Sox by 8 games to 2.

Game-time forecast: Um, I don't know but will check if anyone cares. PALE HOSE: SP, Sale Adam Eaton CF Alexei Ramirez SS Jose Abreu DH Dayan Viciedo RF Paul Konerko 1B Conor Gillaspie 3B Tyler Flowers C Alejandro De Aza LF Gordon Beckham 2B TWINS: SP, Darnell Danny Santana CF Brian Dozier 2B Trevor Plouffe 3B Chris Colabello 1B Josh Willingham LF Oswaldo Arcia RF Kurt Suzuki C Eduardo Nunez DH Eduardo Escobar SS ---------------------------- Five things to think about: 1. Brian's not able to think today, so you are stuck with me. I can't even come near His Witty-ness, so I won't even try. 2. You all who read and participate here have plenty to say, so let us know y…

Welcome to Summer Camp baseball. The Twins take on the Cubs for their first and only July exhibition before they start the postponed 2020 season. The season figures to be dramatic and entertaining. It is guaranteed to be different with a scant 60 games scheduled, all against Central Division foes (AL & NL), featuring roster and rule changes that will further change the grand old game. First, a word about this game thread and all of the regular season game threads. The idea of a game thread is to provide a place to discuss today's game, as if you were at the game watching with friends. Introductions set the stage and give some of our talented members a chance to pre…

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Chris Colabello DH Chris Parmelee RF Wilkin Ramirez CF Eduardo Escobar 3B Pedro Florimon SS (P.J. Walters P) Tigers: Andy Dirks LF Torii Hunter RF Miguel Cabrera 3B Prince Fielder 1B Victor Martinez DH Jhonny Peralta SS Brayan Pena C Omar Infante 2B Don Kelly CF (Doug Fister P)

Again, less than an hour before game time and no thread in sight. Here's my take today: Kind of a big game with the Twins' ace (Berrios) slated to start against a really tough Phillie lineup. If the Twins win this one and take their third series in a row (and second on the road), I will be impressed and optimistic going forward. I haven't seen the starting lineup and there should be some intrigue. Cruz hasn't played since Kansas City, but Rosario had a day off yesterday (and homered coming off the bench), Kepler has homered in two straight games and is stinging the ball and Buxton showed his overall value yesterday (hitting, base stealing, and throwing a runner out…

Not sure if this will be 'radio-ized' or televized at all ... and this will be a quick 'get it started' game thread as the game will be starting in minutes. But, announcement ... feel free to get your ST work in in prep for the regular season and start up a game thread (1st come 1st served in ST threads by time stamp). Okay, lineups and stuff: TWINS: Stubbs, CF Santana, RF Grossman, LF Park, 1B Paulsen, DH Hague, 3B Escobar, SS Murphy, C Field, 2B Hughes, P RED SOX: Pedroia, 2B Bogaerts, SS Betts, RF Ramirez, DH Moreland, 1B Young, LF Sandoval, 3B Selsky, CF Vazquez, C Elias, P Okay ... let's play ball (in about 10 minutes)!

If no one starts a game thread, do the Twins bats make a sound when they hit the ball? Odorizzi with a typical 20 pitch first inning. Two true outcomes.

Nice day at the ballpark. Here are the lineups: