Will the Twins' puzzling run at home contune as they face the Blue Jays tonight at Target Field?
After not winning a road series before the break, they have won five and tied one on the road - including road series at Detroit and Texas, a pair of playoff teams. But the Twins have won two home series since the break, saving their worst baseball of the season for Twins Nation to view in person.
And, if they lost to J. A. Happ tonight, it will clinch another series lost in front of the home crowd.
Some odds and ends:
Josmil Pinto hit his first career major league home run Fridsay with a solo shot in the ninth inning off Janssen…he is the fifth Twins rookie to homer this
season…in four major league games he is hitting .643 (9‐for‐14) with a home run, two RBI and four runs scored.
Trevor Plouffe has at least one hit in 15 of his last 18 games, since August 18…over the 18 games he is hitting .319 (22‐for‐69) with eight
doubles, two home runs and five RBI. Twins manaer Ron Gardenhire thinks Plouffe looks more relaxeed at the plate right now.
Alex Presley has a hit in four of his five games since being acquired by the Twins on August 31…in those five games he is hitting .364 (8‐for‐22) with two doubles, a home run and five RBI.
Chris Colabello on Friday extended his current hit‐streak to five games, tying his career‐high he is hitting .400 (8‐for‐20) with a double, three home runs and eight RBI in those games. He has three home runs over his last five games, seven total for the season. He's been working with Tom Brunansky on understanding how he's being pitched at this level and making adjustments.
