After a narrow 6-5 victory over Seattle on Tuesday night, the Twins face the Mariners again tonight (7:10, FSN) at Target Field.
Jose Berrios (8-2, 3.14 ERA) is shooting for his ninth victory, which would tie him for the major league lead. One-time Twins pitcher Tommy Milone (1-1, 3.10) will be the Seattle pitcher, although the Mariners will use an opener.
Jonathan Schoop, who homered Tuesday, gets the night off as Marwin Gonzalez, who drove in the winning run, plays second base. Miguel Sano will hit eighth for the first time in his Twins career.
The Twins lineup:
The Twins signed their No. 1 pick, Keoni Cavaco, before Tuesday's game.
If you haven't yet, read Jim Souhan's column on David Ortiz here. The Ortiz story now focuses on why people were trying to kill him.
Also, Reusse weighs in with a blog on Ortiz, getting there in roundabout fashion.
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La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 (the post-Knoblauch era). Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs. He attended both the University of Illinois and Illinois-Chicago and began his baseball writing career at the Kansas City Star. He can be heard occasionally on KFAN radio, lending his great baseball mind to Paul Allen and other hosts.
Phil Miller covered three seasons of Twins baseball, but that was at a different ballpark for a different newspaper. Now Miller returns to the baseball beat after joining the Star Tribune as the Gopher football writer in 2010, and he won't miss the dingy dome for a minute. In addition to the Twins and Gophers, Miller covered the Utah Jazz and the NBA for six years at The Salt Lake Tribune.
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