The Twins face one of baseball's top pitchers, Stephen Strasburg, tonight (6:40, FSN) at Target Field when they play the Washington Nationals in the second game of a three-game set.
The Twins, who will miss facing Max Scherzer in this series, won 5-0 in Tuesday's opener.
Strasburg is 16-6 with a 3.50 ERA and 222 strikeouts in 185 innings.
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Martin Perez (10-6, 4.75) is on the bump for the Twins.
No Max Kepler, Miguel Sano, C.J. Cron, Mitch Garver or Jake Cave in tonight's lineup.
WASHINGTON
Trea Turner, SS
Adam Eaton, RF
Anthony Rendon, 3B
Juan Soto, LF
Howie Kendrick, DH
Ryan Zimmerman, 1B
Brian Dozier, 2B
Yan Gomes, C
Victor Robles, CF
TWINS
Luis Arraez, LF
Jorge Polanco, SS
Nelson Cruz, DH
Eddie Rosario, RF
Willians Astudillo, 1B
Ehire Adrianza, 3B
Lamonte Wade, CF
Jonathan Schoop, 2B
Jason Castro, C
The rain is supposed to hold off until around 9 ... we'll see.
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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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