Twins escape by the skin of their teeth

Twins 4
Royals 3

Twins win 4-3, to finish 4-3 in games I attended this season. (I'm assuming no playoff games, cause thems is expensive)

One of the year's uglier wins for sure. The Royals trotted out a starter tonight with an ERA over 8, a reliever with an ERA over 9, and yet another with an ERA over TWELVE. Yet the Twins lineup was alarmingly punchless.

Right away Garver singled and Polanco doubled. Cruz drilled a sac fly. Then Sano got a triple of all things. It was 2-0 and you figured they were on their way to.a rout.

But they only got 1 more hit til the 6th. Then they got a couple walks, and a huge 2 run double by Marwin Gonzalez.

KC thankfully did even less at the plate. Randy Dobnak started and did very well again. He hit a couple batters and walked a couple others, but he got out of his couple jams quite easily. He is clearly ahead of Kyle Gibson in the postseason pecking order now. And he got his 1st career win.

KC put together a rally in the 8th off of Smeltzer and then Graterol. Thankfully Gonzalez threw one guy out at 2nd. It helps to play shitty teams like that. Trevor May had a dominant 9th, striking out the side to close out win #95 and drop the magic number to 5.

They actually clinched their first winning homestand since before the all star break. But the home struggles continue in terms of quality of play. This game should not have been this hard. It shouldn't have been hard at all. Hopefully they get at least 1 of the next 2. With Cleveland in unbeatable mode again(shoulda buried em, Rocco) the pressure really is back on the Twins to keep winning. I have no doubt really that they'll go on the road next week and mash, but you don't want to HAVE to win more than 4 of 6.

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