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It’s just unfortunate luck that several South Side Sox writers chose this game — BRO VEST NIGHT or some such silliness — as 2026’s game to attend. I was, in fact, scheduled to join them, but instead I am taking on coverage for tonight. Probably for the best, as our crew will have more fun without me telling them tall tales of how things used to be.

HOWEVER, in tribute to our half-dozen at the park, I will be pulling an old trick back out from the past (maybe it’s just happened twice, for a 10-2 loss to the Guardians in 2018 and a 5-4 win over Detroit in 2021), where I will write tonight’s recap in the voices of my writers. In the past, I have taken on many staffers, in order:

Year of the Hamster
Michael Kenny
Danks for Nothin
Lurker Laura
KenWo4LiFe
larry
Darren Black
mechanical turk
Hannah LaMotta
Leigh Allan
Ashley Sanders
Celeste Radogno
Chrystal O’Keefe
Colleen Sullivan
Di Billick
Joe Kiang-Resis
Jacki Krestel
Robby the Recapper

Tonight, I’ll be incorporating our attendees, including Dante Jones, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Chrystal, Malachi Hayes, Leonard Gore, Kristina Airdo and Allie Wesel. I hope I can do them justice.

If the Twins have any heart, the are going to make this weekend tough on the White Sox. After all, they are now seven games behind the White Sox and all but dead in the playoff race, and that’s thanks to us taking three of four from them over the past week or so.

And that said, they may have the advantage tonight, with Taj Bradley on the mound against Anthony Kay:

Something tells me a big offensive output will finally rear its head, and Bradley is going to catch the brunt. But on paper, this one looks like the game Minny will steal on the road.

If so, perhaps this is a game where both of the ALC hopefuls struggle, as Cleveland is already down, 1-0, taking on the Tigers as of this typing.

Game time is 6:10 p.m. Central, with the usual suspects on the broadcast. Game note for tomorrow, though, the finale is being pushed to a Peacock broadcast, which not only means it’ll be harder to watch but will have first pitch pushed back to 5:20 p.m. Central.

New York Yankees (80-61) at San Diego Padres (74-67), September 5, 2026, 4:15 p.m. PST

Watch: FOX

Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif.

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has not played since Wednesday, when he struck out four times and winced noticeably at the plate.

On Saturday, the Dodgers held him out of the lineup for the third consecutive game because of pain in his right biceps.

Manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani’s path back to the field is predicated on how he responds to hitting in the cage, which he planned to do before Saturday night’s game against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium.

“My expectation is that he’s going to hit today in the cage,” Roberts told reporters. “Once he hits and how he comes out of it, that’ll be telling for tomorrow.”

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The injured list becomes a consideration if Ohtani is not trending in a positive direction Sunday, Roberts said.

Ohtani falls under the 15-day category for the IL, which covers pitchers and two-way players, as opposed to the 10-day list for position players. The Dodgers can backdate the move up to three days, akin to time served. So a 15-day window would be reduced to 12 days.

Although Roberts said he has not spoken to Ohtani about how he feels physically, the manager said he can get a hint from the player’s demeanor.

“When he doesn’t feel well physically, he gets more short and he’s not the same personality,” Roberts said, adding that Ohtani has seemed looser and more easygoing the past couple of days.

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

First Pitch: 6:10 pm CDT
TV: Twins.TV
Radio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy

What we will call The Math is finally catching up with what we have been calling The Vibe. The Twins, with two September series against the Chicago White Sox loosely circled on the calendar, watched those games progress from “significant” to “crucial” to “literally have to double-sweep to have a shot.” Now losers of three of the first four, it’s clear the 2026 season will not end with a miraculous 6-0 run against the division leaders, catapulting the team back into contention; instead, Minnesota’s performance against a playoff contender is confirming most criticisms against the team, and is calling into question whether a .500 record is still even a reasonable goal.

On that delightful note, there is still baseball to be played! Today, even. And the Minnesota Twins, for all their flaws, will be competing. Moreover, we’ve reached the point in the season where game previews devolve into the purest form of fact. Baseball, today! Your team, involved. Surely you needed this confirmation despite the schedule remaining mostly the same for over a hundred years

The Twins are chucking Taj Bradley out there, whose last few starts and final 2026 line will be one of the more interesting storylines to close out the campaign. A three-headed monster of a healthy Pablo Lopez, Joe Ryan, and Bradley could transform next year’s starting rotation, but the health hypothetical feels like a Twins trademark at this point. For now, it’s a healthy Bradley alone on the mound and practically alone in the rotation, tasked with evening the series on the South Side.

Chicago turns to lefty Anthony Kay, who’s been in Japan for the last two years and is in the AL Central for the first time in his pro career. He held the Twins to one run across six innings in a 3-1 White Sox victory back in May, the only time he’s faced Minnesota in his professional career.

GO TWINS GO!

Tampa Bay Rays @ Texas Rangers

Saturday, September 5, 2026, 6:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network)

The Shed

RHP Drew Rasmussen vs. RHP Jacob deGrom

Go Rangers!

Here’s the Tigers’ lineup:

Here’s the Guardians lineup:

Let’s go, Guardians!

Detroit Tigers (64-77) vs. Cleveland Guardians (72-70)

Time/Place: 6:10 p.m., Progressive Field
SB Nation Site:Covering the Corner
Media: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: LHP Framber Valdez (8-10, 4.36 ERA) vs. LHP Parker Messick (11-8, 2.46 ERA)

After a back-and-forth game last night, the Brewers are back in action as they continue their push to the playoffs. They can cut the division magic number down to 12 with a win in tonight’s game.

Dustin May is on the mound and looking for a bounce-back game. After two strong starts to begin his Brewers’ career, he’s had three outings to forget. His last one was 4 1/3 innings against the Rangers; he allowed four runs on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts. He faced the Reds back on July 24 with the Cardinals and allowed just one run in six innings with eight strikeouts. In his five Brewers’ starts, he has a 6.41 ERA and 5.43 FIP in 19 2/3 innings. Overall this season, he has a 4.69 ERA and 3.49 FIP.

For the Reds, Andrew Abbott makes the start. He’s been having a rough season, posting a 4.49 ERA and 4.80 FIP in 148 1/3 innings over 28 starts. The Brewers faced him back on July 1, and he allowed two runs on five hits and five walks in five innings with three strikeouts. This is his 10th career start against the Brewers. Over his previous nine starts (50 2/3 innings), he has a 3.73 ERA.

The Brewers are shifting around their lineup with the lefty on the mound. Jackson Chourio bats leadoff with Luis Lara behind him and William Contreras batting third as the DH. Andrew Vaughn and Garrett Mitchell bat fourth and fifth, and Joey Ortiz moves up to sixth in the lineup. Cooper Pratt, Gary Sánchez, and David Hamilton round out the lineup.

First pitch is at 5:40 p.m. It will be on Brewers.TV and the Brewers Radio Network.

The Milwaukee Brewers do not do very many things poorly. With 88 wins to their credit already in the 2026 regular season, they have logged 4 more wins than any other club in the sport, and they’ve done so with a precision-blend of talent evaluation and development.

Quite frankly, they’re the model franchise for every other MLB club out there.

If there’s one thing they may regret, though, it’s the acquisition at the trade deadline of one Dustin May. So far, he’s been shelled for 14 ER in just 19.2 IP for them since coming over from the St. Louis Cardinals, though perhaps the latter is all they really got him for anyway. They don’t need him for the postseason, they just need him to keep as many innings off the other arms they’ve got to get them there.

May will start for the Beers on Saturday night in Great American Ball Park as the Cincinnati Reds once again play host to their division ‘rivals’ even though said rivalry has been hilariously one-sided for quite some time. Andrew Abbott will start for Cincinnati looking to reverse course on his own awful run of form – he’s pitched to a 6.89 ERA with 24 ER in 31.1 IP since the start of August.

First pitch is set for 6:40 PM ET. Here’s how both clubs will line up to start: