“Can the Twins Defy Expectations and Secure a Thrilling Home Opener Victory?”

I almost didn’t do a second baseball play today. I was thinking that I was going to put a play out about a hockey game – that season is slowing down, too. I just thought that I’d be running or playing scared if I was going to avoid a baseball bet. There is nothing wrong with taking a day off, especially when things aren’t going your way. For me, though, I decided that I have to put a play on this one. I’m going to put a play on the game between the Astros and the Twins. 

The Astros are somewhat expected to have a down year, but this year couldn’t possibly have started the way that they would want it to. The Astros are just 2-4 for the season, and have lost three straight games. To be fair, it is just six games. Additionally, Houston struggled out of the gate last year and still ended up winning the division. This year though they don’t have Kyle Tucker, Carlos Correa (he’s been gone for a while), George Springer (also gone for a while), or Alex Bregman in their lineup. Nor do they have Justin Verlander toeing the rubber any longer. I bring those guys up because the point is that this team continues to find success despite losing some of their best players. Today they send out Hunter Brown to the mound. He currently owns an 0-1 record with a 3.00 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. These are actually fairly in line with what he did last year over the course of the full season. He didn’t have any drastic splits between home and away games. Brown has been better on the road most seasons than he has at home. Some bad news is that his day starts are typically worse than his night outings. Twins hitters are pretty good when facing Brown. Collectively, they have 21 hits in 71 at-bats against him, but they are striking out once every three at-bats typically. 

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