UPDATE: Pedro Florimon is a late scratch with wrist soreness, Bernier will start in his place.
I don’t know if you count it as an exciting game or a really boring games when two bad teams play extra innings, maybe both, but I was not around to see it all as I fell asleep some time around the 4th inning.
Failing to make a roster move to replace Scott Diamond, even if they just brought up an extra bat for a few days, cost the Twins last night as they were working with a thin bench and they ended up losing the DH.
Things should be a little more normal today, but the Twins will need a strong performance out of their starter to save the bullpen. But hey, Andrew Albers arrives today, so there’s that!
Go Twins!
| Astros |
@ |
Twins |
| Villar, SS | Dozier, 2B | |
| Altuve, 2B | Mauer, C | |
| Castro, Ja, C | Morneau, DH | |
| Carter, DH | Doumit, RF | |
| Wallace, 1B | Plouffe, 3B | |
| Dominguez, 3B | Arcia, LF | |
| Grossman, LF | Colabello, 1B | |
| Barnes, B, CF | Thomas, C, CF | |
| Hoes, RF | Bernier, SS | |
| Bedard, P | Gibson, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Kyle Gibson had a great opportunity to rebound from a poor start in Seattle and he couldn’t keep it together, failing to pitch into the fourth inning. Luckily the Twins’ bullpen was back in full force again tonight after a marvelous performance a night ago. Six scoreless innings from the pen, topped by a great performance from Anthony Swarzak. For coming into the game and calming things down (3IP, 5K, 0H, 1BB), tonight’s BOD is Anthony Swarzak, with ice cream for the rest of the bullpen.
