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The Cincinnati Reds have scored just 78 runs through their 22 games played this year, yet they’ve managed to win 14 of those and sit in 1st place in their division after their weekend sweep of the Minnesota Twins. The Tampa Bay Rays, meanwhile, have seen their runners score 103 times through just 21 games, […]
All the good vibes from last week have disappeared as the Twins are now on a four-game skid, mostly thanks to an ineffective bullpen and bad defensive play. Despite three straight elite starts this weekend from Joe Ryan, Taj Bradley, and Bailey Ober, who only gave up three earned runs in 18.1 combined innings, the […]
And finally, Matthew Leach has the story of Twins reliever Kody Funderburk, whose wife Alicia is both pregnant and was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Through treatment, the doctors believe that both Alicia and baby will be fine.
For eight innings on Sunday, the Cincinnati Reds looked mostly miserable in the cold confines of Target Field. Minnesota Twins starter Bailey Ober had their number (6.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 BB, 10 K) each and every time a Red actually reached a base, with the Reds – at one point – sitting 0 […]
The Cincinnati Reds go for the series sweep over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in the Twin Cities. Brady Singer gets the start for Cincinnati opposite Bailey Ober. First pitch is set for 2:10 PM ET. Lineups are listed below. Go Reds! Today’s Lineups REDS TWINS TJ Friedl – CF Byron Buxton – CF […]
First Chuck: 1:10 PM CDT (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Red Reporter Today is the final day of Wrestlemania 42. This may not mean anything to you. Heck, it hardly means anything to 40-year-old me. But for Little (I’ve never been that) Younger Zachary, […]
The Cincinnati Reds entered play on Saturday with just 66 runs scored so far this season, the lowest such mark of any team in the game. They also entered play with just 19 doubles (fewest), one triple (five teams have zero), and 86 singles (second fewest), an indicator that they haven’t just struggled to cross […]
The Twins frustrated in all the predictable ways today, with eleven runners left on base and a leaky bullpen squandering a quality start from Taj Bradley. With a 4-2 lead in the seventh, Minnesota’s pen gave up one run in each of the following innings to cough up the lead and hand the series over […]
First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy Twins baseball is officially Fun Again, although Friday’s series-opening loss to the Reds marks two defeats in a row and has taken the wind out of the sails a bit. The Minnesota Twins have been on a solid stretch of ball, […]
Eugenio Suárez knew the Cincinnati Reds had just gone out and traded for Ke’Bryan Hayes last summer when he chose to sign with his old club again this winter. Geno surely knew of Hayes’ chops defensively as well as his contract – one that could run all the way through 2030 if the Reds so […]
Joe Ryan was good enough to win, but the Twins were 0-for-everything with RISP and you don’t win too many games that way. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Joe Ryan’s Express sends the Reds down on 11 pitches. Brandon Williamson does the same with 14. Von Ryan’s Express was a late-60s Frank Sinatra movie involving Toughness and […]
First pitch: 7:10 Central Weather: Partly sunny, 44° Opponent’s SB site: Red Reporter. Indie site: Redleg Nation TV: Twins TV. Radio: There is no actual WKRP in Cincinnati (there is a low-power WKRP radio station in Raleigh, NC) The Reds come into town sitting at 11-8 (same as the Twins), after finishing 83-79 last year […]
Brandon Williamson gets the start on Friday evening in the Twin Cities as the Cincinnati Reds hit the road after their 3-3 homestand. The Minnesota Twins will counter with Joe Ryan. First pitch is set for 8:10 PM ET. Lineups for both clubs are listed below! Today’s Lineups REDS TWINS TJ Friedl – CF Byron […]
Brandon Williamson was born in Fairmont, Minnesota, which is roughly a two hour drive south of Target Field in Minneapolis. He went to Martin County West High School just down I-90 in Sherburn, and to date registers as the lone player from that program to ever crack the big leagues. He’ll be on the mound […]
Not sure if anyone has looked at the American League standings in the past 24 hours, but the following three teams are leading their divisions: Tampa Bay Rays (11-7): winners of six straight Minnesota Twins (11-8): winners of 8-of-10 Sacramento Athletics* (10-9): winners of 8-of-11, tied for first with the Texas Rangers *(I’m calling them […]
After some particularly impressive performances against usually-dominant starting pitchers last week, this graphic began making the rounds on social media… A truly remarkable battering of three hurlers who could easily find themselves in AL Cy Young Award consideration by season’s end. Per my usual “this got me wondering about…” thought process, I looked back at […]
The Red Sox broke out the bats in need of a response from Tuesday’s shutout loss. A big day for Trevor Story (5 RBIs) helped Boston earn a 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox avoided the sweep against the best team in the American League so far. Here are three takeaways from […]
They blew our doors off‘Cause sometimes it’s pain;It’s always crazy like that.As we watched from our couches,We had hope in the upside;It may continue.We saw as Woods Richardson threw;Strong start, a Martin jack,But it crashed amid a muddled third,And we hit the sack.First Luke erred, then Story hit one over the wallWhile Early made our […]
TV: NESN First Pitch: 1:40 p.m. ET Well, this series couldn’t have started any worse. Red Sox starters gave up 15 earned runs in the first two games, thanks to disastrous starts from Garrett Crochet and Sonny Gray. Boston’s lineup also got shutout for the first time this season and is lacking momentum entering Wednesday […]
First Pitch: 12:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Over the Monster Rewind the clock to ‘46,Of segregation politics:A minor league second baseman, Jack;Opponents wouldn’t play him ‘cause his skin was black.The Army dropped him when he made a fussOf being ordered to the back of bus.But then […]
Welp, just when it seemed like the Yankees bats were waking up with their 11-10 walk-off win in the series opener against the Angels, they immediately went back to sleep scoring just one run in a listless middle-game loss. It never helps when your starting pitcher gives up back-to-back-to-back home runs in the first inning, […]
For the third time on this road trip, the Red Sox entered a game with a seemingly large pitching advantage and lost. They got shut down by Dustin May last Friday, watched Garrett Crochet get bombarded while matched up against Bailey Ober yesterday, and saw Sonny Gray get thoroughly outpitched by Mick Abel tonight. On […]
The Twins struck first in this game with a Luke Keaschall single scoring Byron Buxton from 2nd. There was a tag play at the plate and he was initially called out but replay overturned it, putting the Twins up 1-0. In the 3rd, Buxton would make it 2-0 with a solo shot to left. In […]
First Pitch: 6:40 PM CST TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com Know thine enemy: Over The Monster Mick Abel, who tossed six scoreless innings his last time out, will face off against old friend Sonny Gray. Today’s Lineups RED SOX TWINS Roman Anthony – LF Byron Buxton – […]
After last night’s abysmal start from Garrett Crochet in which he only went 1.2 innings, the Red Sox middle relief is taxed. As a result, they had to make the following roster move today, which lands Jack Anderson in a big league uniform for the first time: Ideally, Boston won’t need the middle relief tonight […]