Let's all load up our baskets and blankets, and enjoy a nice socially distanced picnic while we watch the game: 2 fine teams competing for the shere joy of it. No tricks, no weapons. Just skill against skill.

 

Sportsmanlike.

 

Hmmm, i wonder how old is the value of sportsmanship? Ship... does it originate in maritime practices?

 

Or perhaps it was originally sheep... coming from those good old shepharding days, ever since David bested Goliath...

 

Well, we need only to watch, and find out which is the sheep, and which the goat...

 

Twins

0. Jose Berrios (R ) P

1. Max Kepler ( L) RF

2. Josh Donaldson (R ) 3B

3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH

4. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS

5. LaMonte Wade Jr ( L) 1B

6. Byron Buxton (R ) CF

7. Jake Cave ( L) LF

8. M. Gonzalez ( S ) 2B

9. W. Astudillo (R ) C

 

White Sox

0. Dylan Cease (R ) P

1. Tim Anderson (R ) SS

2. Y. Grandal ( S ) C

3. Jose Abreu ® 1B

4. Eloy Jimenez (R ) LF

5. E. Encarnacion (R ) DH

6. Yoan Moncada ( S ) 3B

7. Luis Robert (R ) CF

8. Nomar Mazara ( L) RF

9. Nick Madrigal (R ) 2B

Go Twins!!

Aye Laddie, the hooves in the fold as the Twin wolves roam the perimeter! Time to strike!

Marwin out due to non covid illness. Adrianza playing 2B and hitting 9th I believe. Blankenhorn reportedly called up and Smeltzer back down.

 

I wouldn't start Blankenhorn either. Just let him get over jet lag and maybe play tomorrow.

 

Interesting lineup. Don't hate it. But I think I would have dropped Kepler down behind Cruz and maybe put Wade #1. He's been taking some awfully good AB as of late.

 

Twins are the better team overall, especially defensively and pitching. But Chicago is home has a potent offense, and I'd be OK taking 2 of 4, of course, I'm hoping for better than that.

I sure do dislike the white sox.

Marwin out due to non covid illness. Adrianza playing 2B and hitting 9th I believe. Blankenhorn reportedly called up and Smeltzer back down.

 

I wouldn't start Blankenhorn either. Just let him get over jet lag and maybe play tomorrow.

 

Interesting lineup. Don't hate it. But I think I would have dropped Kepler down behind Cruz and maybe put Wade #1. He's been taking some awfully good AB as of late.

 

Twins are the better team overall, especially defensively and pitching. But Chicago is home has a potent offense, and I'd be OK taking 2 of 4, of course, I'm hoping for better than that.

Thanks for pointing out lineup changes.

 

I grabbed it early in the afternoon and didn't double check before writing the rest and posting it.

It figures that Marwin is out sick after finally starting to hit again after what has been a truly miserable season. With all the guys missing games Kirilloff would be able to play pretty much every day, so I finding it hard to justify not promoting him. I would be very happy to never see a lineup with Adrianza, Cave, and Wade again.

Cease looks tough tonight.

there goes the no-hitter.

Edit: Blankenhorn may be traveling with the team on the taxi squad right now. I may have jumped the gun saying a move had already taken place.

 

My hunch is he may yet be activated this series.

There goes the 1-hitter.

They didn't get much going in the first, but they forced Cease to throw 20 pitches to Berrios's 11. That's a good sign at least.

Knotted at naught-naught after 1.

 

Edit: Blankenhorn may be traveling with the team on the taxi squad right now. I may have jumped the gun saying a move had already taken place.

My hunch is he may yet be activated this series.

 

It's listed on the transaction page on twinsbaseball.com so maybe it has been done, but not officially announced.

There goes the 1-hitter.

Now no one jinx the 2 hitter...

Edit: Blankenhorn may be traveling with the team on the taxi squad right now. I may have jumped the gun saying a move had already taken place.

 

My hunch is he may yet be activated this series.

The Twins already announced the move.

Wade!!

Like it was extras.

OK boys, time to get rispy.

Wade is beginning to look more and more like he is confident and ready. Didn't look that way to me last season.

Whatever bug Marwin has must be affecting the Twins broadcast. Sounds like they are talking in to a tin can phone. Must be a he'll of a long cord stretching to Chicago.

Be a tought out, Byron.

Good time for Cave to bust through

Still running up the pitch count. Would prefer more hits though...

Cave about 3 seconds late on that heater.

Sorry, thought those last 2 pitches and the framing was good

Still running up the pitch count. Would prefer more hits though...

Grind em down

Pretty slick recovery there by Berrios to make the play on Robert.

 

Pretty slick recovery there by Berrios to make the play on Robert.

Indeed. He's a good fielder.

Grind em down

I was listening to a podcast today and Levine was talking about just that. He said the Twins were built specifically with depth to grind teams down. Depth of lineup depth of roster

Lame.