Bobby Nightengale
Minnesota Twins Beat Writer at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Minnesota Twins beat writer for @StarTribune. Follow me on Blue Sky (username nightengalejr).
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Bobby Nightengale
The Twins should receive a boost to their lineup with Byron Buxton expected back Friday and Matt Wallner on the verge of returning, but maybe one of the best signs for the offense came in Tampa Bay earlier this week. In the seventh inning Monday, Correa jacked a 417-foot homer on a sinker that caught the middle of the plate from Rays lefty Garrett Cleavinger. Correa dropped his bat and his head immediately, one of those perfect swings that every player chases.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Bobby Nightengale
Minor league baseball is all about player development, preparing guys for the major leagues, but the biggest lesson for Class AAA St. Paul Saints players has been in time management. No team, in all the minor leagues, has dealt with more rainouts this year. "I've never seen anything like this," said pitcher Kody Funderburk.
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1 week ago |
bismarcktribune.com | Bobby Nightengale
TAMPA, Fla. – Trevor Larnach, facing Tampa Bay Rays starter Drew Rasmussen, laced a line-drive single into right field on the game’s second pitch Wednesday. In a 5-0 loss at George Steinbrenner Field, the Twins didn’t come much closer to scoring. Larnach stole second base with two outs, and he was the only Twins runner to advance into scoring position until the seventh inning.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Bobby Nightengale
Trevor Larnach missed two balls at the wall in the eighth inning during Monday's 7-2 loss, apologizing to pitcher Kody Funderburk afterward. Willi Castro misjudged a ball that dropped for a single in the first inning of Tuesday's 4-2 Twins win, thinking it was headed foul before it landed on the other side of him. "It's kind of weird," Castro said. "You see the pop-ups really good when they go up, but when they're coming down, they take weird angles. That one I saw, it was going foul, way foul.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Bobby Nightengale
TAMPA, FLA. - Trevor Larnach, facing Tampa Bay Rays starter Drew Rasmussen, laced a line-drive single into right field on the game's second pitch Wednesday. In a 5-0 loss at George Steinbrenner Field, the Twins didn't come much closer to scoring. Larnach stole second base with two outs, and he was the only Twins runner to advance into scoring position until the seventh inning.
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