At long last (too long for many of us), Kyle Gibson gets to make his Twins debut on the mound this afternoon against the Kansas City Royals.
For more on Gibson (and other stuff), you should scroll down and give a listen to the Talk to Contact podcast fellow Knuckleballer Eric posted this morning.
I don’t think anyone believes he’s going to be a 20-game winner for the Twins anytime soon (or ever, perhaps), but he has been mowing down AAA hitters consistently for most of the season and, meanwhile, the Twins rotation has had some issues, to say the least.
It should be interesting to see how Gibson fares today. In fact, for only like the third time all season, I am interested enough in a Twins game to actually go find a sports bar to watch at least part of one of their games before I head to the Kernels ballpark. – JC
| ROYALS |
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TWINS |
| Gordon, A, LF | Thomas, C, CF | |
| Escobar, A, SS | Dozier, 2B | |
| Hosmer, 1B | Mauer, C | |
| Butler, B, DH | Morneau, 1B | |
| Perez, S, C | Plouffe, DH | |
| Moustakas, 3B | Arcia, LF | |
| Cain, L, RF | Parmelee, RF | |
| Tejada, M, 2B | Carroll, 3B | |
| Dyson, J, CF | Florimon, SS | |
| _Davis, W, P | _Gibson, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Justin Morneau and Trevor Plouffe provided some early offensive support, but when a guy gives you a Quality Start in his first start as a Big Leaguer, he’s your Boyfriend of the Day!
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