• Twins vs Royals, 07-20-2012, 7:10pm

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    Brock Beauchamp
    Published on 07-20-2012 03:00 PM
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    The Twins handed a late lead to the Orioles and lost yesterday's game, 4-3. That left them with a disappointing 2-5 homestand as they travel to Kansas City to meet the fourth place Royals and play a three game set.

    But hey, Nick Blackburn is back in the rotation! After pitching well in a couple of starts in Rochester, the Twins have brought Nick back to Minnesota in hopes that he's be and track and that his sinker is finally, uh, sinking. To counter, the Royals are offering their own struggling right-hander in Luke Hochevar to keep the playing field even.

    Now that Blackburn is back, what do you expect from him? Will he continue to get shelled at the Major League level or is there a chance he has figured out his sinker again? Join the Twins Daily discussion below!

    Nick Blackburn

    		 W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP GO/AO
    SEASON 4 5 8.10 13 13 0 0 63.1 90 57 57 15 0 22 0 30 .333 1.77 1.25
    MLB Totals 43 51 4.79 139 131 5 0 783.1 950 466 417 109 18 198 11 376 .301 1.47 1.34

    Luke Hochevar

    		 W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP GO/AO
    SEASON 6 8 5.16 18 18 1 1 103.0 111 60 59 11 7 33 2 75 .280 1.40 1.24
    MLB Totals 36 51 5.27 118 114 4 2 688.2 734 428 403 79 34 229 8 462 .272 1.40 1.38

    Twins Offense
    RK Player Team Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG▼ OBP SLG OPS
    1 Mauer, J MIN C 84 313 49 103 20 1 6 44 47 49 4 1 .329 .416 .457 .873
    2 Revere, B MIN RF 58 243 28 76 8 2 0 15 10 19 20 5 .313 .342 .362 .705
    3 Doumit, R MIN C 74 256 28 73 18 1 7 41 21 55 0 0 .285 .339 .445 .784
    4 Span, D MIN CF 84 340 42 95 22 2 3 29 35 43 9 5 .279 .346 .382 .728
    5 Willingham, J MIN LF 88 315 54 87 22 1 23 67 50 84 2 1 .276 .392 .571 .963
    6 Mastroianni, D MIN LF 35 72 10 19 1 1 1 8 9 13 9 2 .264 .346 .347 .693
    7 Plouffe, T MIN RF 73 256 44 67 12 0 19 38 26 56 0 3 .262 .333 .531 .865
    8 Morneau, J MIN 1B 72 280 34 71 17 1 11 40 25 58 1 0 .254 .317 .439 .756
    9 Dozier, B MIN SS 62 237 24 57 8 1 4 26 10 41 6 2 .241 .272 .333 .605
    10 Carroll, J MIN SS 85 292 36 70 11 1 0 28 34 43 6 3 .240 .322 .284 .606
    11 Butera, D MIN C 26 68 5 16 5 0 1 4 4 16 0 0 .235 .288 .353 .641
    12 Casilla, A MIN 2B 62 181 16 42 10 1 0 16 9 34 10 1 .232 .265 .298 .564
    13 Komatsu, E MIN RF 15 32 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 .219 .297 .219 .516
    14 Hughes, L MIN 2B 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 .200 .182 .200 .382
    15 Parmelee, C MIN 1B 38 103 9 20 5 1 2 5 9 27 0 0 .194 .278 .320 .599
    16 Valencia, D MIN 3B 27 100 9 19 5 1 1 11 2 23 0 1 .190 .204 .290 .494

    Royals Offense
    RK Player Team Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG▼ OBP SLG OPS
    1 Mazzaro, V KC P 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
    2 Perez, S KC C 19 69 12 26 5 0 5 9 2 4 0 0 .377 .394 .667 1.061
    3 Bourgeois, J KC CF 19 33 8 11 2 1 0 4 3 2 3 3 .333 .389 .455 .843
    4 Falu, I KC 2B 15 53 8 17 4 1 0 5 1 9 0 0 .321 .333 .434 .767
    5 Escobar, A KC SS 89 331 37 102 21 3 4 28 15 61 14 2 .308 .349 .426 .775
    6 Getz, C KC 2B 41 117 13 35 7 2 0 12 7 9 6 2 .299 .336 .393 .729
    7 Butler, B KC 1B 90 337 35 100 13 0 18 56 32 58 2 1 .297 .367 .496 .863
    8 Gordon, A KC LF 91 363 52 106 31 3 5 33 49 71 3 3 .292 .378 .435 .814
    9 Cain, L KC CF 12 38 7 11 2 0 2 7 2 6 0 0 .289 .310 .500 .810
    10 Moustakas, M KC 3B 86 329 45 88 22 0 16 49 23 69 3 2 .267 .321 .480 .801
    11 Pena, B KC C 45 140 11 37 9 0 1 17 5 14 0 1 .264 .286 .350 .636
    12 Dyson, J KC CF 68 216 35 54 6 4 0 7 20 39 17 3 .250 .313 .315 .627
    12 Francoeur, J KC RF 88 348 34 87 15 3 8 27 16 64 1 4 .250 .290 .379 .669
    14 Betancourt, Y KC 2B 47 180 20 42 11 1 6 31 9 20 0 1 .233 .266 .406 .671
    15 Quintero, H KC C 43 138 7 32 12 0 1 19 4 28 0 1 .232 .257 .341 .598
    16 Hosmer, E KC 1B 88 333 38 75 16 1 9 40 31 51 9 1 .225 .294 .360 .655
    17 Giavotella, J KC 2B 21 69 8 15 3 0 0 6 4 12 0 0 .217 .260 .261 .521
    Comments 77 Comments
    1. GCTF's Avatar
      GCTF - 07-20-2012, 09:52 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by sbknudson View Post
      Bruised thumb for Plouffe.
      Has the medical staff set a date for the amputation?
    1. USAFChief's Avatar
      USAFChief - 07-20-2012, 09:57 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by GCTF View Post
      Has the medical staff set a date for the amputation?

      pfft. Medical staff thinks "nothing serious." Couple months of "rehab" followed by an inconclusive MRI, followed by a second opinion which confirms amputation.
    1. USAFChief's Avatar
      USAFChief - 07-20-2012, 10:00 PM
      I despise Casilla with the intensity of a thousand suns.

      Irrational, I know, but it is what it is.
    1. SpiritofVodkaDave's Avatar
      SpiritofVodkaDave - 07-20-2012, 10:03 PM
      Mastroianni has been pretty impressive as of late (late June) I'd be real interested to see him get a little playing time at 2B if he can handle it.
    1. GCTF's Avatar
      GCTF - 07-20-2012, 10:04 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by USAFChief View Post
      pfft. Medical staff thinks "nothing serious." Couple months of "rehab" followed by an inconclusive MRI, followed by a second opinion which confirms amputation.
      They do MRI's? I thought they just went with leeches.
    1. snepp's Avatar
      snepp - 07-20-2012, 10:04 PM
      Runner on 3rd, no outs.....



      TWINS BASEBALL™!
    1. notoriousgod71's Avatar
      notoriousgod71 - 07-20-2012, 10:04 PM
      That was ****ing pathetic.
    1. GCTF's Avatar
      GCTF - 07-20-2012, 10:05 PM
      Some quality at bats in that stretch.
    1. Ultima Ratio's Avatar
      Ultima Ratio - 07-20-2012, 10:06 PM
      Fanf-ingtastic
    1. USAFChief's Avatar
      USAFChief - 07-20-2012, 10:07 PM
      Uffda.
    1. SpiritofVodkaDave's Avatar
      SpiritofVodkaDave - 07-20-2012, 10:10 PM
      Royals with the ultimate jinx of Revere:

      "Revere is one of the hardest players in baseball to strike out"
    1. FrodaddyG's Avatar
      FrodaddyG - 07-20-2012, 10:11 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by SpiritofVodkaDave View Post
      Royals with the ultimate jinx of Revere:

      "Revere is one of the hardest players in baseball to strike out"
      They're always confusing strikeouts and walks.
    1. SpiritofVodkaDave's Avatar
      SpiritofVodkaDave - 07-20-2012, 10:13 PM
      Fien has been a nice bright spot lately for the Twins, if he can somehow keep it up the Twins have a nice cheap bullpen heading into 2013 with Perkins, Burton, Fien and Duensing.
    1. sbknudson's Avatar
      sbknudson - 07-20-2012, 10:22 PM
      And Perkins is warming up!
    1. snepp's Avatar
      snepp - 07-20-2012, 10:23 PM
      Span, "derp."
    1. Ultima Ratio's Avatar
      Ultima Ratio - 07-20-2012, 10:24 PM
      Really Span? How did that happen for those of us not getting a live picture.
    1. SpiritofVodkaDave's Avatar
      SpiritofVodkaDave - 07-20-2012, 10:25 PM
      That is one thing I won't miss when we trade Span.
    1. TheLeviathan's Avatar
      TheLeviathan - 07-20-2012, 10:25 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by jctwins View Post
      Anyone else think now would be an ideal time to sign Blackburn to a new 3 year, 30 million dollar deal?
      Well played.
    1. sbknudson's Avatar
      sbknudson - 07-20-2012, 10:27 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Ultima Ratio View Post
      Really Span? How did that happen for those of us not getting a live picture.
      He got picked off - commited himself before the pitcher started the pitch - easy toss to 3rd got him.
    1. snepp's Avatar
      snepp - 07-20-2012, 10:27 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Ultima Ratio View Post
      Really Span? How did that happen for those of us not getting a live picture.
      The same way all his other pickoffs happen, he's **** on the bases.
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