December 26, 2018 10:26 PM PST
DETROIT (AP) — Ron Gardenhire encountered a familiar face
during the pregame lineup exchange.It was his son — representing the opposing
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an opportunity made even more special Monday by the fact that Minnesota was
facing Detroit. The elder Gardenhire manages the Tigers.Toby’s team prevailed on
this night. The Twins scored four runs in the fourth inning and won 6-1.“It was
a nice gesture for the Twins to bring him up for a few days in Detroit, and he
got to meet the umpires and get the ground rules,” Ron Gardenhire said.
“Hopefully, one day he’ll be up here as a coach or as a manager with those guys
and I can see him get thrown out of a game.”Toby Gardenhire manages the Twins’
Class A affiliate in Cedar Rapids. He came out for the lineup exchange before
the game, and the Gardenhires posed for a photo with the
umpires.“Once-in-a-lifetime type thing,” Toby Gardenhire said. “It’s not
something you see every day, where you get a chance to do something like that
with your dad in a big league ballpark, so it’s pretty cool.”Kohl Stewart
pitched six solid innings for Minnesota, and Eddie Rosario homered before
leaving with an injury.Gabriel Moya pitched the opening inning for Minnesota
before Stewart (2-1) took over and worked through the seventh. He allowed an
unearned run and three hits with three walks and five strikeouts.“Kind of how
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first. Kohl was good. He got a lot of balls on the ground.”Rosario hit a solo
shot in the first, his 24th home run of the year. He left in the fourth after
aggravating a right quad injury on the play that gave Detroit its only run.Jorge
Polanco added a solo homer of his own in the ninth.Jordan Zimmermann (7-8)
allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings. He yielded a double and five singles in the
fourth.Nicholas Castellanos had three hits and a walk for the Tigers.Polanco hit
a drive to right in the ninth that was barely foul. The play was reviewed and
the call was upheld — then Polanco promptly connected for a homer that was more
toward right-center.PICK A SIDEThe Gardenhires had some additional family at the
game, and Ron said beforehand he wasn’t sure how much support he’d have.“Maybe
my 7-month-old grandbaby will root for me,” Ron Gardenhire said. “I don’t know
about the wife or anybody else. I have my doubts.”Toby Gardenhire had a
different view after the game.“They seemed like they were all rooting for the
Tigers,” he said. “My girlfriend was up there, and she was the only Twins
fan.”ROSARIO HURTRosario fell while fielding Jim Adduci’s single to left in the
bottom of the fourth, and he stayed on the ground. He attempted to flip the ball
to center fielder Jake Cave, but that effort was a bit off target, and it took a
moment for Cave to retrieve the ball and throw it back toward the infield.A run
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and Adduci ended up on third. Rosario was charged with an error. He remained
down for a bit but was eventually able to walk toward the dugout under his own
power.TRAINER’S ROOMTigers: RHP Michael Fulmer is seeking a second opinion after
an MRI showed possible damage to the right-hander’s meniscus. He left his start
Saturday at Cleveland after tweaking his right knee.UP NEXTJake Odorizzi (6-10)
starts for the Twins on Tuesday night against Detroit’s Daniel Norris (0-4).
CHICAGO — In the matter of just a few hours Monday, the Chicago Cubs went from
being tied for the best record in the National League to finding themselves
playing for their baseball lives on Tuesday.Despite that, however, they are just
glad to still be alive.The Cubs will look to extend their season on Tuesday when
they host the NL Wild Card Game against the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field.
Chicago (95-68) missed on a chance to host the NLD when they lost to the
Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Monday in the one-game tiebreaker for the Central
Division title.Article continues below ...Instead, they will host the Rockies
(91-72), who dropped a 5-2 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Monday’s other
divisional tiebreaker. With the loss, the Rockies will fly cross-country to face
the Cubs for the right to play the Brewers, who will host the NLDS starting
Thursday.The loser of Tuesday’s game will see their season end. The Cubs and
Rockies split their six games this season, the last of which was played at the
beginning of May. Each team scored 33 runs over the six games.“It’s the seventh
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon said after his team managed just three hits
Monday.Maddon added: “There’s no lamenting; there’s no crying. There’s none of
that.”Ace Jon Lester will start for the Cubs. Lester (18-6, 3.32 ERA) has been
on a roll of late and has won his past three starts and four of his five outings
in September. Lester hasn’t allowed an earned run in two of his previous two
starts but is 1-3 with a 2.25 ERA in five career starts against Colorado. Maddon
said Monday that if needed, starter Cole Hamels could be available out of the
bullpen if it meant allowing the Cubs to live to see another day.“We’ve got a
lot of playoff experience in this locker room and I think that’s kind of what we
have to pull on,” Hamels said Monday. “There’s a lot of teams that are at home
right now and I think they would love that one more opportunity to play a
meaningful game. That’s what we have to look at.”Like the Cubs, the Rockies
struggled to find their offense in Monday’s loss. Colorado was no-hit for 5 2/3
innings and finished with just four hits before finally scoring a pair of runs
in the ninth inning on back-to-back solo home runs by Nolan Arenado and Trevor
Story.Now, the Rockies will face a do-or-die scenario.Kyle Freeland (17-7, 2.85)
will start on three days’ rest for Colorado and has not lost since Aug. 1.
Freeland is 5-0 in September and is 9-1 with a 2.41 ERA in 14 starts since the
All-Star break. Freeland is 0-2 in a pair of career starts against the Cubs with
a 4.15 ERA.“I’m looking forward to the battle in Chicago,” Freeland said,
according to the Denver Post. “I’ve done everything I could to get my arm
feeling good from my last start and it feels good right now. I’m ready to go and
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DETROIT (AP) — Ron Gardenhire encountered a familiar face
during the pregame lineup exchange.It was his son — representing the opposing
team.Toby Gardenhire is spending some time with the Twins as a
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an opportunity made even more special Monday by the fact that Minnesota was
facing Detroit. The elder Gardenhire manages the Tigers.Toby’s team prevailed on
this night. The Twins scored four runs in the fourth inning and won 6-1.“It was
a nice gesture for the Twins to bring him up for a few days in Detroit, and he
got to meet the umpires and get the ground rules,” Ron Gardenhire said.
“Hopefully, one day he’ll be up here as a coach or as a manager with those guys
and I can see him get thrown out of a game.”Toby Gardenhire manages the Twins’
Class A affiliate in Cedar Rapids. He came out for the lineup exchange before
the game, and the Gardenhires posed for a photo with the
umpires.“Once-in-a-lifetime type thing,” Toby Gardenhire said. “It’s not
something you see every day, where you get a chance to do something like that
with your dad in a big league ballpark, so it’s pretty cool.”Kohl Stewart
pitched six solid innings for Minnesota, and Eddie Rosario homered before
leaving with an injury.Gabriel Moya pitched the opening inning for Minnesota
before Stewart (2-1) took over and worked through the seventh. He allowed an
unearned run and three hits with three walks and five strikeouts.“Kind of how
you would draw it up if you’re hoping for success with the ‘opener’
format [url=http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-kris-bryant-jersey]Kris
Bryant Jersey[/url] ,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “Moya gets through the
first. Kohl was good. He got a lot of balls on the ground.”Rosario hit a solo
shot in the first, his 24th home run of the year. He left in the fourth after
aggravating a right quad injury on the play that gave Detroit its only run.Jorge
Polanco added a solo homer of his own in the ninth.Jordan Zimmermann (7-8)
allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings. He yielded a double and five singles in the
fourth.Nicholas Castellanos had three hits and a walk for the Tigers.Polanco hit
a drive to right in the ninth that was barely foul. The play was reviewed and
the call was upheld — then Polanco promptly connected for a homer that was more
toward right-center.PICK A SIDEThe Gardenhires had some additional family at the
game, and Ron said beforehand he wasn’t sure how much support he’d have.“Maybe
my 7-month-old grandbaby will root for me,” Ron Gardenhire said. “I don’t know
about the wife or anybody else. I have my doubts.”Toby Gardenhire had a
different view after the game.“They seemed like they were all rooting for the
Tigers,” he said. “My girlfriend was up there, and she was the only Twins
fan.”ROSARIO HURTRosario fell while fielding Jim Adduci’s single to left in the
bottom of the fourth, and he stayed on the ground. He attempted to flip the ball
to center fielder Jake Cave, but that effort was a bit off target, and it took a
moment for Cave to retrieve the ball and throw it back toward the infield.A run
scored on the play
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and Adduci ended up on third. Rosario was charged with an error. He remained
down for a bit but was eventually able to walk toward the dugout under his own
power.TRAINER’S ROOMTigers: RHP Michael Fulmer is seeking a second opinion after
an MRI showed possible damage to the right-hander’s meniscus. He left his start
Saturday at Cleveland after tweaking his right knee.UP NEXTJake Odorizzi (6-10)
starts for the Twins on Tuesday night against Detroit’s Daniel Norris (0-4).
CHICAGO — In the matter of just a few hours Monday, the Chicago Cubs went from
being tied for the best record in the National League to finding themselves
playing for their baseball lives on Tuesday.Despite that, however, they are just
glad to still be alive.The Cubs will look to extend their season on Tuesday when
they host the NL Wild Card Game against the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field.
Chicago (95-68) missed on a chance to host the NLD when they lost to the
Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Monday in the one-game tiebreaker for the Central
Division title.Article continues below ...Instead, they will host the Rockies
(91-72), who dropped a 5-2 decision to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Monday’s other
divisional tiebreaker. With the loss, the Rockies will fly cross-country to face
the Cubs for the right to play the Brewers, who will host the NLDS starting
Thursday.The loser of Tuesday’s game will see their season end. The Cubs and
Rockies split their six games this season, the last of which was played at the
beginning of May. Each team scored 33 runs over the six games.“It’s the seventh
game of the World Series right out of the
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon said after his team managed just three hits
Monday.Maddon added: “There’s no lamenting; there’s no crying. There’s none of
that.”Ace Jon Lester will start for the Cubs. Lester (18-6, 3.32 ERA) has been
on a roll of late and has won his past three starts and four of his five outings
in September. Lester hasn’t allowed an earned run in two of his previous two
starts but is 1-3 with a 2.25 ERA in five career starts against Colorado. Maddon
said Monday that if needed, starter Cole Hamels could be available out of the
bullpen if it meant allowing the Cubs to live to see another day.“We’ve got a
lot of playoff experience in this locker room and I think that’s kind of what we
have to pull on,” Hamels said Monday. “There’s a lot of teams that are at home
right now and I think they would love that one more opportunity to play a
meaningful game. That’s what we have to look at.”Like the Cubs, the Rockies
struggled to find their offense in Monday’s loss. Colorado was no-hit for 5 2/3
innings and finished with just four hits before finally scoring a pair of runs
in the ninth inning on back-to-back solo home runs by Nolan Arenado and Trevor
Story.Now, the Rockies will face a do-or-die scenario.Kyle Freeland (17-7, 2.85)
will start on three days’ rest for Colorado and has not lost since Aug. 1.
Freeland is 5-0 in September and is 9-1 with a 2.41 ERA in 14 starts since the
All-Star break. Freeland is 0-2 in a pair of career starts against the Cubs with
a 4.15 ERA.“I’m looking forward to the battle in Chicago,” Freeland said,
according to the Denver Post. “I’ve done everything I could to get my arm
feeling good from my last start and it feels good right now. I’m ready to go and
I’m not to worry about being on short rest.”Like the
Cubs [url=http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-joe-maddon-jersey]Joe
Maddon Jersey[/url] , the Rockies feel they have their best option on the
mound.“He’s been our best guy. It seems like every time he’s out there, we’re
winning, we have a chance to win, or we do win,” outfielder Charlie Blackmon
told the Post.