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With two starters — Pablo López and Zebby Matthews — already hurt by the time Bailey Ober landed on the injured list himself, the Twins’ rotation depth has gotten tested over the last month.
David Festa and Simeon Woods Richardson have already been called up to fill spots in the rotation and one other potential option, Andrew Morris, is on the Triple-A injured list himself. So, when the Twins needed a replacement for Ober, they opted for a bullpen day on Saturday and ended up riding that group to a walk-off 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
“The bullpen likes to take pride in helping out wherever we can,” said Cole Sands, who started the game. “By Louie Varland (throwing two innings) yesterday and me and Danny (Coulombe) starting early today and then (Jhoan) Duran doing what he did, it shows that we care a lot and we want to keep winning.”
After Sands and Coulombe each tossed a scoreless inning to begin t...
