• White Sox vs. Twins, 06/27/2012, 12:10pm

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    Brock Beauchamp
    Published on 06-27-2012 10:00 AM
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    Despite a ninth inning rally, the Twins could not defeat the baseball goliath that is Gavin Floyd and the Chicago White Sox. Liam Hendriks pitched his second quality start, going 6 1/3 and giving up three earned runs. The Twins managed only seven hits but the real culprit last night was men left on base, with the Twins going 1-for-10 with RISP. Tonight, the Twins face another difficult matchup in Chris Sale, who is countered by Nick Blackburn. Given Blackburn's recent performances, the Twins are going to need a lot more than two runs to pull out a victory. Who will deliver the goods against a tough lefty tonight?

    Box Score - White Sox 3, Twins 2 - 06/26/12

    Chris Sale
    W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP GO/AO
    SEASON 8 2 2.24 14 13 1 0 0 1 88.1 62 23 22 4 2 23 0 89 .194 0.96 1.00
    MLB Totals 12 5 2.41 93 13 1 0 12 15 182.2 129 50 49 12 4 60 3 200 .196 1.03 1.24

    Nick Blackburn
    W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP GO/AO
    SEASON 4 4 7.45 11 11 0 0 0 0 54.1 73 45 45 11 0 21 0 26 .323 1.73 1.49
    MLB Totals 43 50 4.71 137 129 5 0 0 1 774.1 933 454 405 105 18 197 11 372 .299 1.46 1.36

    White Sox Offense
    RK Player Team Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG▼ OBP SLG OPS
    1 Danks, J CWS CF 11 13 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 .385 .385 .462 .846
    2 Konerko, P CWS 1B 67 246 37 82 14 0 13 39 30 38 0 0 .333 .412 .549 .961
    3 Rios, A CWS CF 72 273 39 81 13 5 9 38 13 36 11 3 .297 .336 .480 .815
    4 De Aza, A CWS CF 73 281 48 80 13 3 4 28 29 60 14 5 .285 .359 .395 .754
    5 Pierzynski, A CWS C 64 229 33 65 8 2 12 41 17 30 0 0 .284 .335 .493 .828
    6 Viciedo, D CWS RF 68 233 27 59 4 0 13 34 9 56 0 0 .253 .287 .438 .725
    7 Youkilis, K CWS 3B 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
    8 Ramirez, A CWS SS 72 276 24 68 9 2 1 34 8 42 9 2 .246 .270 .304 .574
    9 Beckham, G CWS 2B 72 267 36 65 10 0 9 32 17 44 3 2 .243 .297 .382 .679
    10 Dunn, A CWS 1B 74 259 42 54 10 0 23 53 58 121 0 1 .208 .353 .514 .867
    11 Escobar, E CWS SS 24 59 8 12 1 1 0 2 9 17 2 0 .203 .309 .254 .563
    12 Humber, P CWS P 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
    13 Morel, B CWS 3B 35 113 14 20 2 0 0 5 7 39 4 1 .177 .225 .195 .420
    14 Lillibridge, B CWS RF 49 63 10 11 1 0 0 2 4 26 7 2 .175 .232 .190 .422
    15 Fukudome, K CWS RF 24 41 2 7 1 0 0 4 8 9 0 1 .171 .294 .195 .489
    16 Hudson, O CWS 3B 28 88 6 15 3 2 1 11 9 13 1 1 .170 .247 .284 .532
    17 Flowers, T CWS C 19 50 7 8 2 0 2 2 4 23 2 0 .160 .250 .320 .570

    Twins Offense
    RK Player Team Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG▼ OBP SLG OPS
    1 Revere, B MIN RF 40 164 20 54 6 2 0 10 5 11 15 3 .329 .351 .390 .741
    2 Mauer, J MIN C 65 236 34 76 16 1 3 34 38 34 3 1 .322 .417 .436 .853
    3 Span, D MIN CF 68 275 36 76 20 1 3 19 27 35 7 3 .276 .341 .389 .730
    4 Willingham, J MIN LF 70 251 40 69 20 1 15 49 36 71 2 1 .275 .388 .542 .930
    5 Doumit, R MIN C 58 200 22 54 11 1 7 32 19 41 0 0 .270 .329 .440 .769
    6 Carroll, J MIN SS 71 241 31 62 9 1 0 25 28 32 6 3 .257 .338 .303 .641
    7 Casilla, A MIN 2B 53 156 15 38 9 1 0 12 9 28 8 1 .244 .284 .314 .598
    8 Plouffe, T MIN RF 54 182 30 44 8 0 15 27 21 44 0 2 .242 .319 .533 .852
    9 Butera, D MIN C 20 54 3 13 5 0 0 1 4 12 0 0 .241 .305 .333 .638
    10 Morneau, J MIN 1B 55 210 24 48 12 1 10 34 21 47 1 0 .229 .302 .438 .740
    11 Dozier, B MIN SS 45 173 15 39 8 0 2 17 6 33 2 2 .225 .249 .306 .555
    12 Komatsu, E MIN RF 15 32 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 .219 .297 .219 .516
    13 Hughes, L MIN 2B 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 .200 .182 .200 .382
    14 Valencia, D MIN 3B 27 100 9 19 5 1 1 11 2 23 0 1 .190 .204 .290 .494
    15 Mastroianni, D MIN LF 24 48 5 9 1 1 0 5 5 10 2 0 .188 .264 .250 .514
    16 Parmelee, C MIN 1B 35 96 6 17 5 1 0 3 8 26 0 0 .177 .262 .250 .512
    17 Diamond, S MIN P 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
    17 Thomas, C MIN RF 12 28 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 16 0 0 .143 .172 .286 .458
    19 Burroughs, S MIN 3B 10 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .118 .167 .176 .343
    Comments 117 Comments
    1. mike wants wins's Avatar
      mike wants wins - 06-27-2012, 02:43 PM
      Dozier has also been awful in the field.

      Either way, the real problem remains this awful pitching staff with no help coming from the minors. Blackburn is just not good.
    1. DPJ's Avatar
      DPJ - 06-27-2012, 02:44 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by rocketpig View Post
      God forbid that a 25 year old rookie struggle in his first 175 ABs with a major league club. Guys like Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel never had that problem.
      Morneau, Cuddyer and Kubel were all top prospects, Doz is a middle prospect at best that if he turns into a utility player is a success for the organization.
    1. Brock Beauchamp's Avatar
      Brock Beauchamp - 06-27-2012, 02:45 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by mike wants wins View Post
      Dozier has also been awful in the field.
      He has been awful in the field. That's not unusual for rookies, either. All the scouting reports have him pegged as a decent shortstop, though his arm is sometimes in question. I'm not going to let rookie jitters on a bad team cloud my view of the player.

      If he's still playing like this in September, it's a problem. If he's still playing like this in May of next season, it's a real problem.
    1. Brock Beauchamp's Avatar
      Brock Beauchamp - 06-27-2012, 02:50 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by DPJ View Post
      Doz is a middle prospect at best that if he turns into a utility player is a success for the organization.
      Just about everybody disagrees with you but that's okay. Personally, I'm going to listen to what BA, BP, FG, and Sickels have to say about the kid over any forum poster.

      http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...-headquarters/
    1. DPJ's Avatar
      DPJ - 06-27-2012, 02:51 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by rocketpig View Post
      He has been awful in the field. That's not unusual for rookies, either. All the scouting reports have him pegged as a decent shortstop, though his arm is sometimes in question. I'm not going to let rookie jitters on a bad team cloud my view of the player.

      If he's still playing like this in September, it's a problem. If he's still playing like this in May of next season, it's a real problem.
      The one thing that really concerns me and anyone who's rooting for him is his complete lack of controling the strike zone. In the minors he was getting on-base alot, now he can't take a walk to save his life. If he's not getting on-base the rest of his game is fringy at best.
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      USAFChief - 06-27-2012, 02:53 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by DPJ View Post
      The one thing that really concerns me and anyone who's rooting for him is his complete lack of controling the strike zone. In the minors he was getting on-base alot, now he can't take a walk to save his life. If he's not getting on-base the rest of his game is fringy at best.
      Perhaps we should let him have more than a couple months in the big leagues before we make hard and fast declarations.
    1. DPJ's Avatar
      DPJ - 06-27-2012, 02:54 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by rocketpig View Post
      Just about everybody disagrees with you but that's okay. Personally, I'm going to listen to what BA, BP, FG, and Sickels have to say about the kid over any forum poster.

      http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...-headquarters/

      You mean BA who ranked him 10th in a weak Twins system last season.

      I'm not saying he's some fringe top 30 prospect like Tolbert was back in the day. But anyone touting this kids as an MLB starting SS is smoking drugs or an idiot.
    1. hawkiconk's Avatar
      hawkiconk - 06-27-2012, 02:56 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by DPJ View Post
      But anyone touting this kids as an MLB starting SS is smoking drugs .
      you say that like it's a bad thing
    1. snepp's Avatar
      snepp - 06-27-2012, 03:00 PM
      It's a real shame I missed the game today, a real shame.
    1. ofx1's Avatar
      ofx1 - 06-27-2012, 03:08 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by hawkiconk View Post
      you say that like it's a bad thing
    1. wavedog's Avatar
      wavedog - 06-27-2012, 04:04 PM
      Just another embarassing outing from the pitching staff. Not sure we even have a AAA caliber staff.
    1. Mr. Ed's Avatar
      Mr. Ed - 06-27-2012, 04:28 PM
      Waldrop up

      Manship to AAA
    1. Brock Beauchamp's Avatar
      Brock Beauchamp - 06-27-2012, 05:50 PM
      My favorite stat of the day:

      Groundouts-flyouts: Blackburn 3-8

      That's quite a sinkerballer the Twins got themselves right there, yes sirree.
    1. one_eyed_jack's Avatar
      one_eyed_jack - 06-27-2012, 06:01 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by glunn View Post
      I have now given up on any material chance of the Twins making the postseason.
      ---Yep. And it's maddening. You don't need much to compete in this utterly lame division (Cleveland is in second place and only 2.5 out despite having one of the worst run differentials in the entire league), and the fact that the Twins didn't have enough to hang in it until July says a lot about how bad they are right now.
    1. one_eyed_jack's Avatar
      one_eyed_jack - 06-27-2012, 06:04 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by rocketpig View Post
      My favorite stat of the day:

      Groundouts-flyouts: Blackburn 3-8

      That's quite a sinkerballer the Twins got themselves right there, yes sirree.
      ---Yeah, he's awesome isn't he? The scary thing is that Diamond is the only Twins pitcher with more wins.
    1. The Greatest Poster Alive's Avatar
      The Greatest Poster Alive - 06-27-2012, 07:08 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by snepp View Post
      It's a real shame I missed the game today, a real shame.
      I attended the game... watched all 9 painful innings.
    1. BD57's Avatar
      BD57 - 06-27-2012, 07:33 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by rocketpig View Post
      My favorite stat of the day:

      Groundouts-flyouts: Blackburn 3-8

      That's quite a sinkerballer the Twins got themselves right there, yes sirree.
      It managed to sink the Twins again ...
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