First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDT
TV: Twins.TV
Radio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy
This week, I had free tickets to my first two Target Field games of the year, the deflating Tuesday night loss against the Seattle Mariners, and the series-opening victory against these very same Toronto Blue Jays. I wish I could say that the in-person experience revitalized my faith in the team, but after enduring the loss in less-than-ideal weather conditions on Tuesday night, I opted to skip an even colder
Thursday game. They wound up winning without me, which makes it feel like I went 0-for-2 anyway.
This series is split at a game apiece, with the Blue Jays earning a convincing win on Friday night, in a game that wanted for some cleaner defense by Minnesota. To tip the scales, the Jays are sending out Known Good Pitcher Dylan Cease; the Twins are sending Supposed Good Pitcher Connor Prielipp.
It’s the third big-league start for Prielipp, who’s been impressive so far against the Met and Mariner lineups. The Jays are yet another challenge; Prielipp has to be hoping for an Angels outing or something in the near future. Last time out, Prielipp threw five one-hit frames and walked three while en route to his first big-league win.
Cease is well-known to the Twins, although this will be their first matchup with the mustachioed right-hander donning a Toronto uniform. After two trips around the baseball calendar with the San Diego Padres, the former White Sox ace is in the first of seven seasons north of the border.
GO TWINS GO!
