The Rangers entertain the Twins in Texas in the middle game of a three game set. 

Buxton is back! La Tortuga is gone (for now), but not forgotten. Dobnak gets one last chance to show he can be in the rotation. Play ball.

 

Pitchers:

PLAYER	W-L	ERA	WHIP	IP	H	K	BB	HR
R. Dobnak	1-6	8.38	1.73	38.2	56	24	11	10
K. Allard	2-2	2.91	1.12	34.0	29	37	9	4

 

Twins:

J. Polanco 2B	0-0	0	0	0	.254
TODAY'S AT BATSFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
B. Buxton CF	0-0	0	0	0	.370
N. Cruz DH	0-0	0	0	0	.300
T. Larnach LF	0-0	0	0	0	.259
R. Jeffers C	0-0	0	0	0	.221
M. Sano 1B	0-0	0	0	0	.179
M. Kepler RF	0-0	0	0	0	.204
A. Simmons SS	0-0	0	0	0	.241
L. Arraez 3B	0-0	0	0	0	.273

 

Rangers:

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI	BB	AVG
I. Kiner-Falefa SS	0-0	0	0	0	.288
N. Lowe 1B	0-0	0	0	0	.242
A. Garcia CF	0-0	0	0	0	.273
J. Gallo RF	0-0	0	0	0	.218
N. Solak 2B	0-0	0	0	0	.233
W. Calhoun DH	0-0	0	0	0	.249
E. White LF	0-0	0	0	0	.169
J. Heim C	0-0	0	0	0	.195
C. Culberson 3B	0-0	0	0	0	.218

good afternoon, everyone.  Let's go Twins!

I'm only a beer deep, but the right-handed batter's box looks crooked to me

1 minute ago, shortround81 said:

I'm only a beer deep, but the right-handed batter's box looks crooked to me

they both do!

Just now, h2oface said:

they both do!

So I'm not crazy! Or drunk!

It's hard to get a real feel for a stadium from television but Globe Life really looks unimpressive.

the batter's boxes are so jacked up. kills me as the groundskeeper I am

1 minute ago, shortround81 said:

So I'm not crazy! Or drunk!

And Dallas Truck World ad on the mound. Talk about tacky. I can't believe MLB allows that.

Dobnak is so horrible.

And the Twins go 1-2-3 in the top of the first. Texas gets a lead off double. 

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

You're not wrong

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

And Dallas Truck World ad on the mound. Talk about tacky. I can't believe MLB allows that.

Dobnak is so horrible.

but by golly we're bound and determined to try and pretend he isn't

mound logos are the tackiest thing and need to go away immediately

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

And Dallas Truck World ad on the mound. Talk about tacky. I can't believe MLB allows that.

Dobnak is so horrible.

To be more appropriate, the mound and rubber should have an ad sponsored by Trojan.

The pitcher should immediately scuff it up with his spikes. It is just wrong.

jesus Dobnak.

Just now, h2oface said:

jesus Dobnak.

that landed a good 5 feet in front of the LH box

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

jesus Dobnak.

I think it's Randy.

yeah not a fan of this park. the turf, the blind spots in the corners. 

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

yeah not a fan of this park. the turf, the blind spots in the corners. 

Never mind the outside that looks like a Fleet Farm. 

7 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Never mind the outside that looks like a Fleet Farm. 

better than looking like Animal Farm

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Never mind the outside that looks like a Fleet Farm. 

I also hear that all the toilets automatically flush at the same time.  Unfortunately, they only flush once, every other day.

I wonder what the calculation is on Kirilloff starting vs Kepler? As of now, I think Kirilloff hitting lefties much better and overall better as well. That’ll be interesting to watch going forward.

19 pitchesin two innings. Damn.

And Sano keeps getting at bats......

Just now, Greglw3 said:

I wonder what the calculation is on Kirilloff starting vs Kepler? As of now, I think Kirilloff hitting lefties much better and overall better as well. That’ll be interesting to watch going forward.

One thing to consider is that Kepler is a better defensive outfielder at this time.

1 minute ago, Greglw3 said:

I wonder what the calculation is on Kirilloff starting vs Kepler? As of now, I think Kirilloff hitting lefties much better and overall better as well. That’ll be interesting to watch going forward.

Kirilloff should be playing 1st. I don't mind Kepler playing, it's Sano that is not needed now.

I'm wondering if Kirilloff is going to play a lot at 1B with Buxton/Kepler/Larnach as the starting outfield. Sano is getting close to playing himself out the lineup.

Playing outfield "Not as easy as it looks." 

Really? Playing outfield, and covering all that ground, looks easy?

WTF!

And Dobnak's ERA crawls under 8 at 7.97!

Kepler looks like he could use a few more games in St Paul.