After incomes saves in Minnesota’s first three video games popping out of the All-Star break, hard-throwing nearer Jhoan Duran was unavailable because the Twins opened a four-game highway sequence in opposition to the Seattle Mariners on Monday
Whether or not Duran will probably be referred to as upon Tuesday in Seattle stays to be seen.
“We’ll see,” Twins supervisor Rocco Baldelli mentioned. “We have not carried out it earlier than, so I do not know. I actually do not. We’ll speak to the pitching guys (Tuesday) and see how he is transferring round and throwing the ball
“The second half simply began. We’ve got a future of video games to begin the second half, and we have now loads of video games to go. We’ll want him for some time.”
Duran, whose fastball has been clocked at 104.6 mph, mentioned he typically feels stronger within the second half of the season. Total this 12 months, he’s 2-4 with a 2.17 ERA and 15 saves in 34 appearances. He has struck out 47 and walked 15 in 37 1/3 innings.
Duran remained along with his teammates on Monday although he wasn’t going to pitch.
“He will probably be on the ballpark all day,” Baldelli mentioned. “We cannot ship him dwelling to go lay down. He’ll be right here. We’ll speak about (Tuesday), although, (on Tuesday).”
The Twins had a three-game successful streak snapped with a 7-6 loss on Monday. They made it fascinating, nevertheless, as Max Kepler hit a three-run homer on a 1-2 rely with two outs within the ninth inning to tug Minnesota inside a run
That pressured Mariners supervisor Scott Servais to name on his nearer, Paul Sewald, to get the ultimate out
Joey Gallo additionally homered for the Twins, his team-leading seventeenth of the season
Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run shot within the seventh to provide Seattle a 7-3 lead.
The Mariners managed no runs on two hits via 4 innings earlier than breaking via in opposition to All-Star Sonny Grey within the fifth. Jarred Kelenic’s two-run single capped a four-run rally
“I believed the standard of at-bats acquired higher as the sport went on,” Servais mentioned. “It did not begin off so good and Sonny Grey is actually good. However after (that), we made a number of changes, understanding that you just’re not going to hit the lengthy ball off Sonny Grey. You have to take your singles, work your walks and we have been in a position to do this and put a giant inning collectively.”
Tuesday’s pitching matchup includes a pair of right-handers, Minnesota’s Bailey Ober (5-4, 2.61 ERA) and Mariners rookie Bryan Woo (1-1, 3.63)
Ober has made 5 straight high quality begins of six or extra innings and three or fewer earned runs allowed. He did not get a choice in his newest outing, on July 7 in opposition to the visiting Baltimore Orioles, regardless of permitting only one run on 4 hits over six innings in a recreation the Twins misplaced 3-1 in 10 innings
Ober is 1-0 with a 4.00 ERA in two profession begins in opposition to Seattle.
Woo hasn’t allowed greater than two earned runs in his previous six begins after getting hammered in his main league debut. In his most up-to-date look, on July 8 at Houston, he gave up two runs — one earned — on three hits in six innings however did not get a choice because the Mariners misplaced 3-2
Woo will probably be going through the Twins for the primary time
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