If their first match at Sutter Health Park is an indication, the Minnesota Twins will take advantage of visiting this week at the temporary athletics home in West Sacramento, California.
After opening a series of four games with a 10-4 victory on Monday, the Twins will seek the momentum in Tuesday’s match.
Byron Buxton equaled its career summit with five products produced while Minnesota has extended the sequence of athletics defeats with seven games.
Ty France went 3 for 5 with two products produced and two points for the Twins, which have managed 14 strokes.
“This is an explosive stadium,” said Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli. “There will be races that are marked here. It is a very good place to strike. It’s almost Colorado-ish, I think, in the way that takes place.”
The electricity of the twins, Willi Castro, succeeded two strokes and two points and hits 0.333 (15 for 45) with three circuits and five points produced in his last 14 games.
Minnesota has won 17 of its last 20 games against athletics, which dropped 15 games from the season under .500.
Lawrence Butler struck a three -point circuit and reached the basis of a career summit five times on Monday when they lost them for the 18th time in 19 games.
Athletics will be without Miguel Andujar (right oblique strain) for several weeks after the third base / player of the left field player was placed on the list of wounded 10 days on Monday. The recruit CJ Alexander started third in Monday and went 0 for 4 with two stick withdrawals.
The manager of A Mark Kotsay is monitoring the status of the Jacob Wilson-stop stop, who left the match on Monday with a stiff neck. Wilson ranks second in the majors with 81 strokes.
Kotsay urges his team to remain positive during another long sequence of defeats. The A endured a slip of 11 games last month.
“This game, at this level when you play 162, there is a large part of this mental game,” said Kotsay.
“There is a little physical, of course, but you know that the mental side of the game is difficult when you are not successful. But, I think that for us, the state of mind must be a new opportunity, a new day to go out and start something new.”
Athletics had not announced a launcher leaving for the Tuesday match.
The right-hander Pablo Lopez (4-3, 2.75 ERA) will take the mound for Minnesota after granting four points in five rounds during a 5-0 defeat against the Rays of Tampa Bay on Wednesday.
Lopez launched 95 throws and abandoned two circuits while fighting high temperatures.
“It was extremely trying,” said Lopez. “I knew it was going to be very hot, very sunny, and I tried to prepare for it. … But it’s just nature. Their guy was dealing with the same thing, and he was able to get out of it and push.”
It was an unusually fragile outing for the 29 -year -old Venezuelan, who had not granted more than two points deserved in eight of his nine previous departures this year.
Tyler Soderstrom is 1 for 8 against Lopez, which is 2-0 with a 3.75 MPM in four career starts against athletics.
– field level media
