SEATTLE — Sonny Gray has lived up to his billing this season after coming over from the Reds in a trade — when he's been healthy.
Sonny Gray returns, will start in Twins afternoon game in Seattle
Jovani Moran was sent to St. Paul before the rubber game of the three-game series, which will be streamed on YouTube.
June 15, 2022 at 5:54PM
The veteran righthander will get the start today (3:10 p.m., YouTube) when the Twins play the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. He is 3-1 with a 2.41 ERA, but has only been able to make seven starts because of injuries.
Gray comes off the IL for the second time this season, this after battling a right pectoral strain. He'll face Seattle lefthander Marco Gonzalez (3-6, 3.63).
To make room for Gray, the Twins sent lefthanded reliever Jovani Moran to St. Paul. In eight games with the Twins, Moran had a 1.74 ERA, with 15 strikeouts in 101⁄3 innings.
Chase Petty, the 19-year-old former first-round pick the Twins traded to the Reds for Gray, is at Class A Daytona this season and in 11 games (six starts) has 38 strikeouts in 37 innings and a 1.400 WHIP.
The Mariners shut out the Twins 5-0 on Tuesday night, the MLB-high ninth time the Twins have been blanked this season.
The YouTube broadcast today will feature Scott Braun on play-by-play with Yonder Alonso as analyst.
The Twins will use primarily a right-handed hitting lineup against Gonzalez, although Luis Arraez and Max Kepler are the exceptions.
Arraez starts at second again with Jorge Polanco hampered by a bad back.
TWINS LINEUP
Byron Buxton, CF
Carlos Correa, SS
Gio Urshela, 3B
Gary Sanchez, DH
Luis Arraez, 2B
Jose Miranda, 1B
Ryan Jeffers, C
Max Kepler, RF
Gilberto Celestino, LF
MARINERS LINEUP
Adam Frazier, 2B
Ty France, 1B
Julio Rodriguez, C
Eugenio Suarez, 3B
Jesse Winker, DH
Dylan Moore, SS
Luis Torrens, C
Taylor Trammell, RF
Sam Haggerty, LF
Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates was the heralded fireballer who equaled the hype, to the point he started the All-Star Game just two months after making his big league debut.
