Minnesota Twins Daily Morning Dip for October 2nd, 2017
Minnesota Twins Daily Dip, October 2nd, 2017
Welcome to the October 2nd edition of the Daily Dip, your daily piece of news and notes here on Puckett’s Pond. You’ll find the scores and a quick summary of every level of the Minnesota Twins organization and links to any information you need to know to follow the Minnesota Twins here every morning!
News and Notes
- Bartolo plans 2018 return
- 3 reasons that the Twins can win the World Series
- Twins reporter covers 9 TV positions in final broadcast
Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 1
Bartolo Colon finished off the season with a tremendous start, and the offense gave him support. Colon went 6 1/3 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk, striking out 4. Gabriel Moya had an excellent finish to his first MLB exposure, throwing 1 2/3 perfect innings, striking out two.
Brian Dozier had a double, single, and a walk. Jason Castro had a home run and a single. Chris Gimenez had a home run. Joe Mauer had a double. Byron Buxton had a stolen base.
October 2nd Probable Starter: Off Day Before Wild Card Game
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Notes from around baseball
- Draft order set with Tigers picking first
- Weird stats from 2017
- Scherzer’s hamstring issues could affect NLDS rotation
- While short of 60, Stanton the HR and RBI leader of 2017
- Wednesday NL Wild Card starters set
- Diamondbacks have another shortstop injured in season finale
- Altuve captures third batting title
- Michael Brantley pinch hits, makes case for postseason roster
- Votto follows through with promise to be better
- Player paths to the majors
- Terry Collins resigns from manager role with Mets
One Last Thing
On Sunday, Jason Castro hit his 10th home run of the season for the Minnesota Twins. Castro became the 9th player on the 2017 Twins to reach double digits in home runs. That number ties the 2004 team for second-most in the history of the franchise. Last season’s club actually had the most of any team in Twins history with 11 players reaching double digit home runs in a Twins uniform.
Two home runs today for the Twins brought the team’s season total to 206 for the regular season. This is the third-most in Minnesota Twins history, behind only the 1963 and 1964 back-to-back seasons with 220+ home runs in each season. Only one other season, the 2016 season, has eclipsed 200 home runs as a team in Twins history.