Hello everyone! Welcome to the game thread for Friday against the Rays. What has happened in the last 24 hours? Well, the Twins hit five homers against Gerrit Cole in two and a third innings and still lost. Veteran players made baserunning mistakes and fielding blunders. As soon as a mistake was made, the Yankees (usually an ex-Twin) jumped on it. Oh well, only a game. Of course, the Twins also lost their number one prospect to injury for the season. None of the three starters for the Tampa series were in the original rotation probably the top three starters are on the Injured List, although Ryan and Winder could be back within a week. 

Tampa is a good team and going well. They will face Drew Rasmussen, Shane Baz and Jeffrey Springs for the series. The Twins' bats have come alive against starting pitchers, but they haven't continued to hit relief pitchers and it has cost them the chance to win games this past week. It is another key series against a likely playoff team. 

Lineups:       Tampa Bay (34-23)

 

 

HITTERS	H-AB	RBI	HR	SB	AVG
M. MargotDH	45-144	23	3	5	.313
H. Ramirez1B	38-134	18	2	2	.284
Y. Diaz3B	43-156	12	3	1	.276
R. ArozarenaLF	56-213	28	6	10	.263
V. BrujanRF	11-77	7	0	1	.143
I. Paredes2B	12-62	11	4	0	.194
F. MejiaC	20-85	13	2	0	.235
T. WallsSS	21-138	7	3	5	.152
B. PhillipsCF	19-111	10	4	6	.171

 

Minnesota (33-26)

HITTERS	H-AB	RBI	HR	SB	AVG
L. Arraez1B	61-170	14	2	2	.359
B. BuxtonDH	37-160	28	15	1	.231
C. CorreaSS	42-147	17	4	0	.286
M. KeplerRF	41-165	27	6	2	.248
J. Polanco2B	49-206	31	7	3	.238
T. LarnachLF	32-125	18	5	0	.256
G. SanchezC	36-165	27	7	1	.218
G. Urshela3B	49-176	24	5	0	.278
N. GordonCF	31-126	7	1	3	.246

 

PLAYER	W-L	ERA	WHIP	IP	H	K	BB	HR
D. Rasmussen	5-2	3.02	1.02	53.2	41	46	14	5
D. Smeltzer	2-0	1.93	0.93	28.0	20	13	6	2

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Another beautiful night for a ballgame.  Empty seats seem aplenty...again.  

Hopefully the game is as nice as the weather is!

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Another beautiful night for a ballgame.  Empty seats seem aplenty...again.  

Hopefully the game is as nice as the weather is!

Looks like rain …

Just now, Squirrel said:

Looks like rain …

Nah, just cloudy.  There was some spotty stuff that moved through earlier, but should be fine for the game.  Rain overnight in the forecast though.

It is pretty nice out, despite being overcast.

The game is on Apple TV+. I do have that so I will get a chance to see it. Is it on any other channels?

My mom doesn’t have Apple TV so guess we don’t watch 

Any way to watch without paying Apple?

Heh, trial week for appletv … will have to remember to unsubscribe her before the trial week is over

3 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

Any way to watch without paying Apple?

It'd free. Just need to create an apple ID # ,it took me 5 min. And I'm a tech midget

Smeltzer walking the leadoff batter brings back NYY nightmares 

Definitely missed Correa's defense !

Correa to Polanco. I got this

Arraez doesn’t waste any time pulling his foot off the bag after the catch

10 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Heh, trial week for appletv … will have to remember to unsubscribe her before the trial week is over

The games are completely free though, you can still watch them after the trial week

Atta Buck

31 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Another beautiful night for a ballgame.  Empty seats seem aplenty...again.  

Hopefully the game is as nice as the weather is!

My wife and I are doing our part and attending

6 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

Definitely missed Correa's defense !

His bat isn’t bad either

Remember when people wanted Buxton on the IL?

16 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

Any way to watch without paying Apple?

Try dofu

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How in the heck did Buxton go 0 for 30?

1 minute ago, rwilfong86 said:

Remember when people wanted Buxton on the IL?

I think he needs to at least hit just about everyday

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

His bat isn’t bad either

He's playing more like the Correa we've seen with Houston 

Just now, operation mindcrime said:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How in the heck did Buxton go 0 for 30?

Too many days off, couldn’t get into a rythym

They should give sleepy a day off

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

They should give sleepy a day off

Umm not today though 

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Too many days off, couldn’t get into a rythym

Total System Failure!

Watching my first AppleTV+ game, I REALLY like the live stat in the bottom right of the screen

7 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

The games are completely free though, you can still watch them after the trial week

Took me multiple tries to realize cant access AppleTV via Amazon without a secondary Apple device. Nice. So, no Apple in this house. AM830. It's ok, the game in my mind is probably more interesting than the real one.

11 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

My wife and I are doing our part and attending

 

7 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

The games are completely free though, you can still watch them after the trial week

Good to know, thanks. But not sure my 93 yr old mother will figure it out on her own …