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I agree with much of what you are saying. Urshela has hit in high impact spots in the order far too often. Sánchez and Kepler as well. Youngsters Larnach, Kirilloff and Miranda have the potential to be middle of the order bats for the Twins for most of the decade, but none of those guys has even a full season of plate appearances in the majors. The Twins aren’t the slugging team they were in 2019. They need to run the bases better and improve their situational hitting. There isn’t nearly enough “get ‘em over, get ‘em in” after lead off hits. I expect Kirilloff to help the offense improve and long-term I think Max Kepler is on his way out, even though he is a good player in almost all aspects of the game.

While I am checking the CLE-LAD game, the Twins have the opportunity to take control of the division in the next two weeks.

The answer (obviously) is 25 or 6 to 4 (somewhere between 3:34 or 3:35).

Out of town scores: The Yankees lost for the second time this month. Dodgers lead the Guardians 2-1 in the fifth.

Gotta get that run back and more.

Day off tomorrow, so they really don't need to push Archer. Do they send him out for the fifth?

Too many pitches out of the strike zone.

Outstanding catch by Trevor!

Snakes pitcher looks pretty tough. Not doing any better in the second time through the lineup.

Yep, trying to stay up on both. Got my 18 holes in early this AM.

They did not hit the ball hard, but got a run.

Exceptional bat to ball skills for Arraez. He’s an incredibly tough out.

“Shoulder impingement” for Megill. So the Twins will enter the 13 pitcher limit with………13 pitchers.

Nice intro! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads among us.

The Twins will be in first place when they return to Minnesota. Two game lead with one more to play. A three game lead would be much better, of course.

Nice tidy 11-1 win. In less than three hours.

91 on his last pitch, I haven't seen any higher,.

Third pitcher to exceed 100 pitches for the Twins this season.

Bundy out for the eighth!

Eleven (11) is a prime number.

Is the lead Duffey-safe?

Kirilloff doesn't show much emotion on the field.

Actually a nice play by Gordon there.

The BA looks rosy, but he hasn;t demonstrated any power and he has a bunch of soft-contact hits. He can't and won't sustain the BABiP, but if he keeps the Ks down and continues to use the whole field, he should continue to get a fair amount of hits.

Odd substitution, Hope Arraez is okay.