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On the back of three Hunter Goodman homers, the Colorado Rockies put up another eight runs tonight, and this time, it was enough to take home the victory. Colorado’s #3-hitting DH earned five RBI on the night, popping two homers off starter Mike Paredes, who went a career-best 5.1 innings, then one more off Kody […]
The Tampa Bay Rays added experienced outfielder Jake Cave to the organization, signing the 33-year-old to a minor league contract on Thursday. The deal was announced by Mexican League club El Aguila de Veracruz, where Cave had been playing, and MLB.com’s transactions tracker shows he has been assigned to Triple-A Durham. Cave brings substantial major […] The post Rays sign former Twins outfielder to minor league contract appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Colorado Rockies kicked off their road trip with yet more hijinks late in the game. Entering the game down 7-0, the Rockies proceeded to score eight unanswered runs to take the lead against the Minnesota Twins only to lose in extra innings due to sloppy play. Now the Rockies will look to win their […]
First Pitch: 6:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy One night after what many are already calling the dumbest game of all time, Target Field is playing host to the Battle of the Mikes. Mike check, one-two, one-two. Heh. Hilarious. For the Twins, it’s Mike Paredes, who has […]
Early contact seemed to promise an offensive outburst. Like a summer storm, clouds gathered their arms and threatened rain in the 1st. Distant light flashed, thunder rumbled under the evening’s dark breath. Luis Arraez and Rafael Devers peppered extra base hits off faraway walls in center and right-center. Loud doubles that would’ve disappeared over walls […]
The Minnesota Twins survived a dramatic late collapse to defeat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 in 10 innings Friday night at Target Field, thanks to Royce Lewis’ first walk-off hit of his career. Lewis lined a game-winning RBI single through the middle off Jimmy Herget after Kyler Fedko, who entered as a pinch-runner for Josh Bell, […] The post Twins’ Royce Lewis walks off Rockies with epic 10th inning hit appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Colorado Rockies were buried early, somehow took the lead late, and still left Target Field with one of their tougher losses of the season. Colorado fell to 32-50 with a 9-8 loss in 10 innings to the Minnesota Twins, who improved to 39-44 with their first walk-off win of the season. The Rockies trailed […]
Derek Shelton’s Magical Arm Barn managed to quickly cough up a seven-run lead, but heads-up baserunning and a nice hit by Lewis sends the fans home happy. (Or starts off tonight’s postgame Ludacris concert with good vibes.) Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Do we get good Taj or bad Taj tonight? Well, six pitches and three outs. […]
Twins 9, Rockies 8 Leverage index & box score Graphics via FanGraphs. Getting the job done: Byron Buxton, +0.42 WPA Senza, no . . . . : Antonio Senzatela, -0.30 WPA Game discussion comment of the day Join the conversation! Sign up for a user account and get: Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when you’re […]
Time: 7:10 Central Weather: Poifect! Party cloudy, 78° Opponent’s SB site: Purple Row TV: Twins TV. Radio: head sang “Fake Plastic Trees” and I like it Tonight’s Rockies starter is Tomoyuki Sugano, who, as you can guess from the name, is not Swedish. A six-time All-Star with the Yomiuri Giants, he was eligible to play […]
Right-hander Austin Voth cleared outright waivers and elected free agency, reports Bobby Nightengale of the Minnesota Star Tribune. Voth was designated for assignment by the Twins two days ago. Players with at least three years of service time or a previous career outright have the right to reject outright assignments in favor of free agency. […]
We got a couple of Blue Jays roster moves this afternoon: First, Simeon Woods Richardson was DFA’d to make room for Adam Macko. SWR made three appearances for the Jays after being reacquired from the Twins. He initially joined the Jays organization as part of the return from the Mets for Marcus Stroman, before being […]
Taking stock of the Twins' highs and lows at the season's midpoint, and looking ahead to their chances of avoiding the same second-half fate as last year.
Aaron and John talk about the Twins reaching the midpoint of the season below .500, Jeremy Zoll doing his best to shut down Byron Buxton trade speculation, Mick Abel going for surgery, Marco Raya getting called up, and the biggest bright spots and disappointments of the first three months.
When we last checked in on the 2006 Twins, they were being walked-off in Seattle on June 6 and falling 11.5 GB the division-leading Detroit Tigers. The next day, GM Terry Ryan and manager Ron Gardenhire rattled some cages: The shuffling worked immediately. From June 7-15 the Twins went on a 6-1 run, including one […]
For the first time in his MLB career, Luke Keaschall played the outfield on Saturday. The Twins sent him out to right field for the final inning of a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks. One mop-up appearance doesn’t mean much. Matt Olson and Rhys Hoskins have also been pressed into outfield action mid-game this season. However, Keaschall’s […]
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers will get the day off.They are coming off a series where they swept the Minnesota Twins, winning all three games at Target Field.Most recently, the Dodgers won by a score of 4-3 on Wednesday.Justin Turner’s Wife Makes Heartfelt IG PostAlso this week, Dodgers legend Justin Turner made a heartfelt […] The post Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Justin Turner Makes Heartfelt Post appeared first on HEAVY .
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers continued their winning ways with a narrow road win over the Minnesota Twins. Star Shohei Ohtani was on the mound at pitcher for the Dodgers in this game, and a controversial moment occurred during the second inning when he appeared to have a disagreement with catcher Dalton Rushing about […] The post Dalton Rushing’s comments after drama, brutal performance for Dodgers draw mixed reactions appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Minneapolis – What was billed as a pitcher’s duel at Target Field on Wednesday night looked as though it may be an offensive affair in the early innings of the Minnesota Twins series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers. But Shohei Ohtani did what Shohei Ohtani does, pitching dominantly and holding the Twins to a 4-3 loss and series sweep.
The Los Angeles Dodgers improved to 52-29 with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.Leading the charge was two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, who went 6.0 innings, striking out eight batters and allowing just two earned runs on five hits.However, the most viral moment from the game came from a clear miscommunication between Ohtani […] The post Dodgers’ Dalton Rushing Assigns Blame Over Miscommunication With Shohei Ohtani appeared first on HEAVY .
The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 4-3 win on Wednesday night, but much of the postgame attention centered on catcher Dalton Rushing. Los Angeles improved to 52-29 behind another solid outing from Shohei Ohtani, who moved to 8-2 on the season. Ohtani worked six innings, allowing three […] The post Dodgers’ Dalton Rushing makes ’embarrassing’ admission after win vs. Twins appeared first on ClutchPoints .
(original song here; lyrics cover used as reference for parody shown above) What can we doWhen the Dodgers enter boasting power?None can redoOnce we reach the game’s appointed hour.(Always, we’re always watching!)Can we beat them,Or will they be sweeping? Started off when Mookie hit one out,Certain to deflate a hoping crowd.But they are determined, there’s […]
The Dodgers could only score four runs on Wednesday, but it was enough to finish off a sweep of the Minnesota Twins. The Dodgers went down in order against Joe Ryan in the top of the first inning, but Mookie Betts began the second inning with a solo home run to left-center to give the […]
Twins right-hander Mick Abel will go for arthroscopic surgery on his throwing elbow, the team announced (link via Matthew Leach of MLB.com). The team will announce the recovery timeline after the operation is complete. Abel’s UCL is intact. This isn’t as damaging as if he’d required an internal brace or Tommy John procedure. Specifics on the […]
Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts hit the 300th home run of his incredible MLB career on Wednesday, as he accomplished the feat against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. Betts connected on the long home run against Twins star pitcher Joe Ryan. Mookie Betts logs in his 300th homer in style 😎pic.twitter.com/il7ifwWZja — ClutchPoints […] The post Dodgers’ Mookie Betts joins 300 home run club with no-doubt bomb vs. Twins appeared first on ClutchPoints .