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Box Score
Michael Pineda: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Home Runs: None
Bottom 3 WPA: Max Kepler -.105, Trevor Larnach -.105, Jorge Polanco -.092
Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)
On a scale of “Utter Snoozefest” to “Game 163”, the Twins’ loss to the Astros on Saturday night fell depressingly closer to the former end of the scale than the latter.
Minnesota’s bats never gained steam as the team managed to muster a meager four hits, though two went for extra bases as both Brent Rooker and Ryan Jeffers contributed doubles. Houston’s Luis Garcia struckout eight across six innings of work and was followed in dominance by Ryne Stanek, Kendall Graveman, and Ryan Pressly who added four Ks of their own out of the bullpen.
Large Michael Pineda continued his recent run of success by tossing six strong innings and allowing two earned runs. His ERA now stands at a more than respectable 3.83. John Gant also pitched well, striking out two of the four batters he faced, increasing his total to seven in his 4 2/3 innings since joining the team. Caleb Thielbar allowed two runs in the eighth inning, but by then the game was already out of the Twins’ reach.
That’s pretty much all that happened in this one other than Yordan Alvarez hitting one to Nacogdoches.
Luis Arraez pinch hit for Andrelton Simmons, laced a single, and remained in the game after leaving last night with yet another knee injury, so at least that's encouraging. Jake Cave also singled (yay.).
The Twins’ record now stands at 47-64 and at least they are one day closer to the end of the season.
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Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet
MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | TOT | |
Minaya | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 61 |
Gant | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 52 |
Thielbar | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 50 |
Colomé | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 44 |
Coulombe | 0 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 44 |
Duffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 41 |
Alcala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
Burrows | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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