![]() Matheus Martins swung in a corner from the right and centre-back Porteous, the former Hibernian player, rose unchallenged to nod past Lumley. Watford responded quickly, with Sarr forcing a good stop from Lumley, and doubled their lead in the 48th minute. Reading were first to threaten after the break, with Hendrick sending a tame effort at Bachmann. Ince had a chance to equalise shortly before the interval but sent his free-kick high over the crossbar. However, it was not long before Sarr did find the target after smart work by Mario Gaspar and Henrique Araujo, whose clever cutback from the byline provided Sarr with an easy tap-in for his eighth goal of the season. Watford replied when Sarr tried to curl home an effort from 20 yards but it failed to trouble home keeper Joe Lumley as it sailed well wide. Ince was involved again soon after, cutting in dangerously from the left only for his cross to be hacked to safety at the crucial moment. He let fly with a low right-footed drive but goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann made a fine save to tip it behind for a corner. Ince sprung the hosts to life just after the 15-minute mark with a mazy run towards the Watford box. Let’s hope he doesn’t keep that Twins momentum rolling.Although Watford dominated much of the early build-up play, they were unable to make any significant inroads into the home area. He will be opposed by former Twin Jose Berríos. Brady Singer will take the mound for the series opener tomorrow night. They’re 1-2 after facing the Cardinals for their opening series. The Toronto Blue Jays and old friend Whit Merrifield are flying into town. The good news is that they get to start fresh tomorrow. ![]() It just was not a good series for the Royals. According to mlb.com, that whiff accounted for a -8.7% win probability, one of the biggest momentum swings in the game. One of those was in the bottom of the third when he whiffed badly at a 3-2 pitch with men at second and third and only one out. is also still looking for his first hit but struck out twice. MJ Melendez struck out three more times, giving him five so far, with only two walks and no hits to counter that. Still, plenty of opportunities were missed as well. Matt Duffy pulls us closer with a two-run blast! #WelcomeToTheCity /xi6l5czH7p- Kansas City Royals April 2, 2023 Edward Olivares did most of the heavy lifting, breaking the scoreless streak with a solo home run in the second inning and also getting the Royals’ first hit with a runner in scoring position to cap the scoring off in the ninth. On the other hand, the four runs the Royals scored would have been sufficient to win either of the previous games. Scott Barlow finally appeared in the series and walked the first batter he faced though he did have an otherwise uneventful ninth inning while trailing by four. Amir Garrett, Dylan Coleman, and Jose Cuas each gave up runs Garrett and Coleman both gave up dingers, and Coleman allowed three runs. The bullpen didn’t look much better, either. His curveball looked good, but he had no idea where the sweeper or the changeup were going at any point. He ended up throwing only 50 strikes in 88 pitches. He almost beaned Byron Buxton no fewer than three times and one of those would have hit his head. Then I’d also point out that he was incredibly wild for the entire game. ![]() To that, I first ask whether it’s considered a good sign when the starter can only go four innings before he’s gassed. Some will be tempted to argue that he clearly didn’t have it anymore in the fifth when he walked three straight before being removed. However, he also walked four in his 4.2 innings. Maybe they’re right in the sense that there were some flashes of things you’d like to see from the big righty, such as six strikeouts and no home runs. People are going to talk about Brad Keller’s start and say it was a positive one. Let’s go ahead and get the negative out of the way first. ![]()
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