Here are three quick thoughts from LEN3 before we sleep fast and come back to Comerica to wrap up this three game series:
Moya, again: Gabriel Moya will be the opener on Wednesday as the Twins face the Tigers. It will be his fourth opening assignment, and he's had scoreless outings in each of his last two appearances in the role. He pitched a scoreless first inning in Monday's series opener before Kohl Stewart followed with six innings.
Twins manager Paul Molitor agreed that Moya might be taking to the role.
"I think he does," Molitor said. "I think he likes coming up here for the last eight innings." Lefthander Stephen Gonsalves is expected to follow Moya as the primary pitcher.
Odo mojo: Jake Odorizzi is finishing off his pitches better, he's around the plate and not bouncing balls in the dirt as much. And the Twins are seeing the type of pitcher they thought they traded for in spring training.
"Yeah, it's nice to have these mixed in," Odorizzi said. "It's not ideal to have them your last couple games of the season. You prefer to have it to build on during the season, whatever it may be. Nevertheless, I'm not going to get too picky. I'm just glad it's happening now. All the work that I've put in is starting to see some results. It's good for next year, going into it, knowing what sort of things I need to do to be ready."
After taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Yankees in his previous outing last Wednesday, Odorizzi held the Tigers to one hit through six innings — the lone hit a first-inning, check-swing single by Christin Stewart — before giving up two runs on three hits in the seventh. Odorizzi has a 1.98 ERA over his past two outings.
Magill deals: Matt Magill followed Odorizzi with Mikie Mahtook on third following his two-run triple and one out. Magill struck out two batters to end the inning, protecting the Twins' 5-2 lead. He then pitched a scoreless eighth.
