Math so easy, I can do it in my head (well, some of it)

So the Twins have scored exactly 300 runs in exactly 50 games -- six runs per game.

OK, break out the calculator: 6 runs per game for 162 games equals 972 runs for the season.

That's not a record, not even close. The Boston Beaneaters of 1894 scored 1,220 runs. They had a team batting average of .331. Hugh Duffy, who has a plaque in the Hall of Fame, hit .440. And they finished third.

Since World War II, only two teams have scored at least 1,000 runs: The 1950 Boston Red Sox, even though Ted Williams played in just 89 games, and the 1999 Cleveland Indians, with Manny Ramirez driving in 165 runs. (I had forgotten that Doc Gooden made 22 starts for that team.)

As well as the 2019 Twins have hit, they'll have to step up the pace to match those kinds of numbers. Considering the quality of the pitching on their AL Central "rivals" these days and the fact that most of their remaining games are against those teams, it seems almost plausible.