Spring Training

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Today, the Twins played a minor-league lineup against the Jays and won 7-0. Randy Dobnak picked up the win going 2.2 innings, giving up a hit, a walk and striking out 1. Bailey Ober started the game and struck out 2 in his 2 hitless innings. Jhoan Duran allowed a hit and struck out 2 in his inning. Jorge Alcala struck out all 3 batters he faced and Nolan Blackwood struck out 1 of the 3 hitters he faced in the 9th to close out the game.
Brooks Lee was 2/4 with a double, a run scored and 1 driven in. He also stole a base. Willi Castro was 3/4 with 2 doubles, a run scored and one driven in. Kala'i Rosario hit a 3-run homer (his 3rd of the spring) to close out the scoring in the 9th.
The defense played a bit better with no errors and the team stole a couple of bases (Lee and Anthony Prato).

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Today, the Twins beat the Dominican Republic's WBC team 2-1 with Caleb Thielbar picking up the win. He allows a hit in his inning of relief. Sonny Gray allowed no baserunners while striking out 4 in 3 innings. Brent Headrick struck out 2 of the 5 hitters he faced in 1.2 innings. Overall, the Twins' pitchers struck out 11 and allowed an unearned run on 4 hits and 1 walk.
Offensively, the team scored an unearned run and Joey Gallo singled in another run in the 4th.
The Twins had 4 hits (a double by Michael A. Taylor included) and 3 walks while striking out 7 times.
The Dominican run scored on an error in the 9th.

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Today, the Twins and Orioles played to a 5-5 tie.
Seth Gray and Matt Wallner each hit solo homers to pace the offense.
Joe Ryan allowed 2 hits and struck out 4 in 3 innings of work today.
2 more errors by the defense.

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Today, the Twins beat the Red Sox 4-3 with a solo homer from Ryan Jeffers. Jose Miranda, who isn't playing in the field due to right shoulder soreness, doubled, scored a run and drove one in. Kepler doubled and scored a run. Max is hitting .353 this spring. Hopefully, this is a sign of a better season for him offensively. He has struggled recently and the Twins can use his bat in the lineup.
Tyler Mahle didn't have his best stuff today, and gave up 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits and a walk in 2.1 innings. He struck out 4. Cole Sands gave up no runs on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 4 in 2.1 innings. Trevor Megill struck out 2 of the 4 hitters he faced in 1.1 innings. Blayne Enlow struck out 1 in a 13 pitch clean inning to pick up the save.
Defensively, the Twins made another error.

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Yesterday, the Twins dropped an 8-7 decision to the Tigers with Willi Castro and Trevor Larnach homering.
Aaron Sanchez gave up 7 runs on 8 hits and a walk while striking out 1 in 2 innings. Griffin Jax struck out the 3 batters he faced. Jeff Hoffman walked 1 and struck out 2 in his inning.

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Today, the Twins beat the Yankees 1-0 on a homer by Max Kepler, who went 2/3. Brock Stewart picked up the win giving up 3 walks and striking out 3 in 1.2 innings. Sean Mooney struck out a pair in 2 perfect innings to pick up the save.

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Today, the Twins played a pair of games, tying one and losing the other.
They tied the Pirates 2-2 with Kepler and Larnach driving in runs. Kepler is batting .409 this spring. Is this a harbinger of things to come or just because he is taking advantage of lower quality pitching? Michael A. Taylor was 2/3 with a run scored.
Bailey Ober gave up a walk and struck out 1 in 3 scoreless innings. Headrick allowed a run on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 4 in his 3 innings.
Tampa beat the Twins 7-4 with Chance Sisco going 2/3 with a 2-run homer and a double.
Randy Dobnak gave up an unearned run on a hit and 3 walks in 3 innings.

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Today, the Twins lost a game to the Rays 2-0. Joe Ryan allowed the runs on 5 hits, a walk and 5 Ks in 4 innings. The relievers allowed a hit and 3 walks while striking out 8 in 5 scoreless innings. Kyle Garlick and Nick Gordon each were 1/3 today.

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On a more positive note, Buxton is going to begin playing games tomorrow.

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The Twins dropped a 5-3 decision to the Orioles today with 2 solo homers from Kyle Farmer and 1 from Michael A. Taylor. Nick Gordon doubled for the team.
Tyler Mahle allowed 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3 in 3.2 innings to take the loss.
Gallo played left and had an assist on Daz Cameron trying to go to 3rd. I guess he hasn't heard that Gallo can throw a little bit.
The Twins starting outfield, Gallo in left, Buxton in center and Kepler in right can all play defense and throw the ball well.

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Today, the Twins dropped a 7-4 decision to the Pirates with Larnach going 2/3 with a home run. Aaron Sanchez gave up a 3-run homer with 2 outs in the 4th inning and suffered the loss. He gave up 2 hits, a walk and struck out 6 in 3.2 innings.

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Today, the Twins ran into a buzz saw named Max Fried. They got 2 hits, 2 walks and struck out 8 times against the Braves pitchers. Kenta Maeda threw 4 innings, allowing 5 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 5.

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It appears that Brooks Lee is open to moving from short to 3rd. Could be a good move for the team.

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Today, the Twins beat the Rays 5-2 with Sonny Gray picking up the win. He went 5 innings and gave up a couple of runs on 5 hits and 5 Ks. Thielbar struck out a couple in his clean inning and Jorge Lopez struck out 1 in his inning. Both got holds today. Oliver Ortega gave up a couple of hits in his inning to pick up the save.
Buxton doubled and scored a run and Correa doubled and homered, scored 2 runs and drove in 2. Christian Vasquez drove in a pair today in his first game back from the WBC.

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Today, the Twins put on a hitting clinic against the Red Sox, winning the game 11-0. Larnach was 4/4 with a homer, 2 runs scored and 2 driven in. Miranda was 1/4 with a 2-run homer. Kyle Farmer was 1/3 with a homer, 2 runs scored and 2 driven in. Solano was 3/4 with a run scored and an RBI. Michael A. Taylor was 2/4 with 3 driven in. Joe Ryan allowed no runs on 2 hits, a walk and 5 Ks in 5 innings to pick up the win. Pagan gave up 2 hits and a walk in 2 innings with a strikeout. Cole Sands gave up 2 hits and a walk with 2 Ks in 2 innings.
On the injury front, Polanco and Kirilloff will start the season on the IL and Buxton will likely DH much of the time for the first few weeks.