After tonight, there is really nothing to play for, except the completion of the season. The Twins are locked in third place behind the White Sox, but importantly, Luis Arraez has the AL batting title all but locked up.
With a .315 average compared to Aaron Judge's .311, and Judge likely to get tomorrow off after hitting his 62nd homer of the season after an arduous pursuit of Roger Maris's AL record, Arraez would need to go 0-7 tomorrow to dip to .311. That would require the Twins to have a crazy offense, outside of Arraez, which hasn't happened since May, and I don't expect will happen tomorrow, or that the game goes deep into extra innings, but I'm guessing we will see a court order to end the season before we see extra innings.
So at least one Twin will win something, and even more surprisingly, will do so by beating a Yankee for it. It's been a very tough season for the Twins, the fans, and people like me who follow too many Twins fans and writers on Twitter. Let's enjoy this shining moment before we have to endure what will probably be a stressful offseason.
Way to go, Luis!
