Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.
Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.
Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.
Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.
Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.
Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.
Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.
Max Kepler felt his neck tighten up when he was on the on-deck circle within the first inning Thursday, and he made the choice he would not try and swing after Royce Lewis drew a stroll.
“I wasn’t going to swing there, and I really feel prefer it was too late to ask to be subbed out,” Kepler mentioned after the Twins’ 7-6 loss in 10 innings. “So, I went with the bunt choice.”
Batting with two outs and a runner on first, Kepler tried to bunt twice. The second time was in play, dragging the ball to first base, and he tried to beat out a flip from Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz to beginning pitcher Zack Littell with a headfirst slide.
Kepler, who is anticipated to keep away from a stint on the injured listing, was sluggish to face up after he was referred to as out. After a fast go to from head coach Nick Paparesta and supervisor Rocco Baldelli, Kepler walked to the dugout, and he was changed by Manuel Margot.
“It is somewhat stiff once I look to my proper, however the docs and trainers mentioned it is simply muscular and it ought to clear up inside a pair days,” mentioned Kepler, who will journey with the Twins to Oakland for his or her upcoming street journey.
It is the primary time Kepler skilled that sort of neck stiffness, he mentioned, although it did not cease him from a headfirst slide.
“I suppose all of the aggressive facet of me took over,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t a spasm. It was extra of like, ‘I do not know, I have never felt it earlier than.’ However my proper facet simply locked up.”
Jackson minimize
Twins reliever Jay Jackson was designated for task following Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Rays. Jackson allowed three runs, two homers and a stroll towards the six batters he confronted whereas recording two strikeouts.
It is the second time Jackson, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal within the offseason, was designated for task this season. The Twins have per week to put him on waivers or commerce him.
The Twins are anticipated to recall lefty Kody Funderburk, who has given up three hits and one run in eight innings at Class AAA with 14 strikeouts.
Mound issues
After Joe Ryan gave up one run in six innings Wednesday, one of many prime issues on his thoughts was the Goal Area mound.
Rays starter Taj Bradley, Ryan mentioned, left a “freaking crater” within the filth together with his left foot, the leg he strides with in his supply.
“It was actually the worst I’ve ever skilled, most likely,” Ryan mentioned. “I feel there was a journey ballgame once I was in my junior 12 months of highschool, and it was the worst mound I’ve ever skilled, in San Diego. Introduced me again to that second.”
The deep gap on the mound affected pitchers in a different way primarily based on the size of their stride. Twins reliever Josh Staumont, who walked three batters within the eighth inning, was trying down at it after his second pitch. Jhoan Duran mentioned he slipped twice when he pitched within the ninth inning.
“Their starter have to be placing quite a lot of drive into the bottom,” mentioned reliever Cole Sands. “It was a giant crater on the market. For me, fortunately, I’ve somewhat little bit of a shorter stride, so I wasn’t making all of it the best way right down to it. Toes have been type of making it to it. The primary couple pitches, I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ “
And so forth.
• Royce Lewis singled on a first-pitch curveball from Bradley, a pitch he is thrown sparingly this season and solely twice Wednesday. “I did not even know he had [a curveball],” Lewis mentioned. “I am glad I poked that for a single. Ben Rortvedt, the catcher, he is like, ‘Do you know he had a curveball?’ I mentioned, ‘No, I did not.’ Typically you simply see ball, hit ball. I really feel like that is whenever you develop into the perfect model of your self as a hitter. That is been my strategy as of late.”
• Brooks Lee hit two homers and drove in 5 runs, Matt Wallner hit his seventeenth homer of the season, and the Saints prolonged their successful streak to 9 with an 8-5 victory over Toledo at CHS Area. The successful streak is a Saints document as a Class AAA franchise. Lee hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a four-run fifth, then added a two-run shot the subsequent inning. David Festa gave up 4 runs and 5 hits, together with two homers, in 5⅔ innings, putting out six and strolling none.