Good morning Twin fans! The Twins go for the sweep against Cleveland this afternoon. The Twins swept a day-night doubleheader to take a 5.5 game lead to give them a big edge going into the last two weeks of the season.

 

Today Randy Dobnak gets the ball first for the Twins with the expectation that there will be many relievers. Cleveland counters with All-Star Shane Bieber. Advantage Cleveland, but they had the edge in the pitching matchup earlier in the series. The starting lineup features a couple of surprises--Araez at DH, Austudillo catching, Jake Cave (back!) in right field and Ronald Torreyes at short. Health remains a big concern for the club.

 

Twins:

 

Arraez dh

Sanó 3b

Cave rf

Rosario lf

Austudillo c

Schoop 2b

Wade cf

Cron 1b

Torreyes ss

 

Dobnak (0-1) p

 

 

Cleveland:

 

Lindor ss

Mercado cf

Santana 1b

Puig rf

Kipnis 2b

Reyes dh

Allen lf

Perez c

Flaherty 3b

 

Bieber (14-7) p

 

Wow what a line up-- good luck twins  geez pack up 7-0 already

Insta-game thread!

 

Just add what? er... water. that's it.

 

Thanks Mr. Bell!

Can somebody get through to Sano before he hurts u

 

ah just kidding

 

Sano - what the hell was that ??? 

Three hits, no runs. Not good!

3 hits and no run in one inning. Astudillo needs to learn to take a walk if not seeing a strike. I don't want him on post season roster.

Edited September 15, 20197 yr by jz7233

This is a fairly brutal lineup today...

3 hits and no run in one inning. Astudillo needs to learn to take a walk if not seeing a strike. I don't want him on post season roster.

You may get your wish.

 

Let me think on it.

 

C'mon Dobnak!

If we keep getting as many hits as outs, we might score eventually.

I thought Berríos was supposed to start... what happened?

Seriously though, it’s an interesting lineup.

 

Not quite clinched yet, Twins brass. Stranger things have happened.

 

But I think we posters can start enjoying the games now the way they should be enjoyed.

Well, three blunders so far in the first inning.

Ugly half-inning. Gotta tighten this up.

Two errors in one inning...

C'mon defense!

season is over.

 

season is over.

 

They are playing like it!

I can’t choose! But I will refrain from football talk...

Way to wriggle out Dobby!

Four hits already. Maybe Bieber isn't sharp today.

They are playing like it!

I think after sweeping the double header yesterday they are now in the driver's seat for sure. I know I'm fairly confident now. Prob time to get some of those injured guys a little rest.

That is the best way to avoid being tagged out in a rundown.

Sanoooo!

More of that, please.

 

Sanoooo!

 

Well, he's a net of zero now after giving away (at least) a run on the bases in the 1st.

A-Stud so far today has been A-Dud...two chances to get a knock have not looked good

Astudillo just has no plate discipline at all. He is an easy out.

Nice to see Cave back, looks good so far,  Marvin ??   need him also, seen all of Cron we need to and come on Tortuga, -