Today at 2:10 p.m. ET, the Minnesota Twins (0-1) and Chicago White Sox (1-0) take the field for Game 2 of their series live from U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. The game can be live streamed here. Minnesota fans can hear all of the action on 96.3 K-Twin while Chicago fans can do the same on WSCR 670.
Kevin Correia takes the mound for the Twins after going 9-13 with a 4.18 ERA last season while Felipe Paulino will grab the ball for the White Sox, pitching for the first time in a year and a half.
Both pitchers enter play in their 30s and will try to shut down the youthful lineups of their counterparts. The Twins and White Sox finished at the bottom of the AL Central standings last season and are looking to improve.
Paulino, who hasn't pitched since May 5, 2012, underwent ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery and missed the last year and a half of his career.
"I feel blessed. Everybody knows my last year and a half was recovery," he told MLB.com. "I'm happy to be back for Opening Day, I'm so excited for this. I want to be the same pitcher [I was] before I got injured. I want to compete in the game."
Minnesota realizes that its lineup isn't that intimidating on paper.
"Right now, if you look at our offense, we just don't have the feel we're going to be able to dominate teams with total offense," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, according to MLB.com. "We've got people that can do it, and hopefully when they start swinging good, maybe we will. But all the little things, the way it's shaping up right now, we have to do very, very well."
As for the White Sox, they feel as though they have a strong lineup.
"I think we've got a lot of speed; we've got a lot of really good, professional hitters," Adam Dunn, who had an RBI on Opening Day, said per MLB.com. "That can make for a pretty potent offense."
Two AL Central rivals clash when the Twins and White Sox go head-to-head at U.S. Cellular Field today in Chicago.
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