I’m still over in Kane County with the Kernels this afternoon but the Twins will be looking to win their series with the Astros today.
The big news, of course, is the signing of Kendrys Morales and the subsequent DFA of Jason Kubel. Certainly an interesting move by a team in last place of their division, though certainly the Twins aren’t so far out of things they should be giving up. It’s just somewhat out of character, I guess. – JC
Here are today’s lineups:
| Houston | @ | Minnesota |
| Fowler, CF | Santana, D, DH | |
| Altuve, 2B | Dozier, 2B | |
| Springer, RF | Plouffe, 3B | |
| Singleton, 1B | Willingham, LF | |
| Dominguez, 3B | Arcia, O, DH | |
| Grossman, LF | Nunez, RF | |
| Carter, DH | Parmelee, 1B | |
| Corporan, C | Pinto, C | |
| Villar, J, SS | Escobar, E, SS | |
| McHugh, P | Deduno, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Houston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
The Twins haven’t really been blown out of as many games this season as they seemed to last year. Maybe that’s why seeing this kind of score brings back some bitter memories.
But it’s just one game, right? Forget it and move on. – JC