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The Minnesota Twins finish up a 10-game stretch of contests against American League Central rivals today with a rubber match against the Detroit Tigers. A win secures a 5-5 record
during that stretch and pushes the Tigers to 3.5 games behind the Twins for third in the division. A Twins loss doesn’t do the things that you just read.
After a successful bullpen game in which the bullpen did their darndest to cough it up as usual, Minnesota will send Zebby Matthews to the mound and ask him to go at least nine innings today à la old school Major League Baseball. You could make an argument that Matthews has been the most consistent starting pitcher as of late, turning in four quality starts in his last five games. His last outing was against the Kansas City Royals in which he went seven innings, allowing five hits, two earned runs, four walks, and struck out two. That outing – and two more of his past five starts – saw Zebby throw 100 pitches on the dot. The Twins will definitely look to avail of this workhorse today.
Detroit counters with Keider Montero. The 25-year-old Venezuelan had a rough outing his last time out, going five innings and allowing four earned runs to the Seattle Mariners at home. The highly-regarded prospect has had a handful of great outings but also a handful of rougher outings; the Tigers are 4-8 in games in which Montero has started. He’ll feature a mid-90s four-seamer, a slider, a change, and a curve.
GO TWIMS GO
