Mariners aim to build on series-opening win vs. Twins
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 street collection in opposition to the Seattle Mariners on Monday
Whether or not Duran can be known as upon Tuesday in Seattle stays to be seen.
“We’ll see,” Twins supervisor Rocco Baldelli mentioned. “We have not finished it earlier than, so I do not know. I actually do not. We’ll discuss to the pitching guys (Tuesday) and see how he is shifting round and throwing the ball
“The second half simply began. We’ve a future of video games to start out the second half, and we’ve got loads of video games to go. We will want him for some time.”
Duran, whose fastball has been clocked at 104.6 mph, mentioned he usually feels stronger within the second half of the season. General 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 together with his teammates on Monday although he wasn’t going to pitch.
“He can be on the ballpark all day,” Baldelli mentioned. “We cannot ship him dwelling to go lay down. He’ll be right here. We’ll discuss (Tuesday), although, (on Tuesday).”
The Twins had a three-game profitable streak snapped with a 7-6 loss on Monday. They made it fascinating, nonetheless, 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 present 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 obtained higher as the sport went on,” Servais mentioned. “It did not begin off so good and Sonny Grey is basically good. However after (that), we made just a few changes, understanding that you simply’re not going to hit the lengthy ball off Sonny Grey. You have to take your singles, work your walks and we have been ready to try this and put an enormous 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 sport 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 can be dealing with the Twins for the primary time
–Area Stage Media
