![Minnesota Twins first baseman Joe Mauer (7) rounded third base on his way home to score off a hit by Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano (22) in the first inning. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE ï anthony.souffle@startribune.com Game action from an MLB game between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Target Field in Minneapolis. All players on both teams wore number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. ORG XMIT: MIN1704151408530758](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/7EMAFLPS63PGOZ5TP2BXK42BIM.jpg?&w=1080)
TIPSHEET
KNOW THIS
Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, the Wild's two highest-paid players and guys who take up a combined 20 percent of the team's salary cap, are both injured. That's a tough way to win a playoff series.
WATCH THIS
The optimist would say the Wolves didn't play their best in Game 1 and still had a chance to knock off the Rockets. The pessimist would say Minnesota missed a golden opportunity that it might not get again in this series. We'll see which sentiment plays out in Game 2 in Houston (8:30 p.m., FSN and TNT).
RANDOM FANDOM
"The Wolves played one of their better games and may pick it up a bit more if they get Towns involved, but the Rockets didn't play well and have a lot more in the tank and they still won. Houston missed several open threes I assume will start dropping."
"1paper" commenting on startribune.com.
TWEETED
"I want to write a story about Joe Mauer and Eddie Guardado as aging down-on-their-luck Con Men trying to pull one last score."
@TawnyFroggy
