Lewis Thorpe was recalled from Class AAA Rochester by the Twins today.
The lefthanded reliever is with the big club for the third time this season. In four games, he is 1-1 with a 3.18 ERA.
Devin Smeltzer was sent to the Red Wings last night after a four-inning save in a victory over the Rangers.
The Twins and Rangers play again today (7:05 p.m., FSN) with Jake Odorizzi (13-5, 3.44 ERA) facing Rangers All-Star lefty Mike Minor (11-6, 2.90).
Pregame reading:
Texas hurt itself, and helped Smeltzer, with strange baserunning last night. And Willians Astudillo started his rehab assignment in style. Finally, here's Randball on Luis Arraez's amazing season.
Twins lineup tonight, with Arraez and Kepler the only lefthanded hitters:
Mitch Garver, C
Luis Arraez, LF
Jorge Polanco, DH
Miguel Sano, 3B
Max Kepler, CF
C.J. Cron, 1B
Marwin Gonzalez, RF
Jonathan Schoop, 2B
Ehire Adrianza, SS
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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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