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Four of the five home runs hit by the Minnesota Twins, who won 8-2 against Chicago White Socks on Tuesday, set sail on the opposite field, including two from Alex Kirilov's bat.
Twins has recently focused on using the entire field during batting. This is an approach that focuses on the host's White Socks 3-game sweep entering Matinee on Wednesday.
"It depends on the person. Sometimes I think we have good plate discipline and good seating as a team," Kirilov said. "I just want to keep things simple and keep things going."
Kirilov recorded five hits in the first two games of the series against White Socks this season. Helped the Twins improve to 5-0.
Chicago has entered the seven-game homestand against divisional enemies with sufficient optimism, but so far has not been able to resolve Minnesota.
White Socks lost the series opener 6-3 in 10 innings on Monday, leaving seven men as the base and putting the runner in a scoring position 2-8 before struggling on Tuesday. I put it. Reese McGuire played a three-hit game to lead Chicago's 10-hit attack. Jose Abreu has extended his winning streak to 10 games.
Twins got four out of five in total when he entered the stretch to play the game for three days out of the next four.
Minnesota will host Chicago in four games from July 14th to 17th to conclude the first half of the season.
Chicago will activate left fielder Eloy Jimenez before the match on Wednesday after returning to the club on Tuesday following a rehabilitation mission with Triple A Charlotte. Was completed. Returning from a torn right hamstring, Jimenez hit .222 with one home run and seven RBIs in 36 at-bats before being injured in the April 23 defeat in Minnesota.
"It looks good, so I hope it doesn't look fooled," said Tony Larssa, manager of White Socks. "He played well (in Charlotte). They say he's ready to go. We're not when he's there."
Right-handed Lanslin ( 1-1, 4.50 ERA) are set to start with white socks. Lynn, who spent part of the 2018 season in the Twins, is off to a great start of the four of the season. He didn't make a decision on Friday after throwing a three-hit ball in six shut-out innings in San Francisco.
"I'm back," said Lin, who missed the first two months of recovery from his right knee surgery. "At the first few starts, I sometimes threw the ball well, and then I was unlucky, but that's likely to happen. But when I get into the flow of what I'm doing, the pitch, etc., everything is a little bit. I think it's going to start to look different. "
Rin achieved 2.17 ERA in 5 career starts with Minnesota and 24 strikeouts in 29 innings, 2-0." did.
Right-handed Joe Ryan (6-3, 3.00) is called upon by the Twins as he aims to build a Sterling No Decision against the Baltimore Oriole on Friday. He distributed 1 run and 2 hits in 7 innings, and made 1 walk and 7 strikeouts.
Second year major league Ryan hasn't faced white socks in his career.
– Field Level Media