Game 61 - Twins vs Phillies - 6/13/12

[Seth Stohs]

Twins Lineup:

Denard Span CF
Ben Revere RF
Joe Mauer C
Josh Willingham LF
Justin Morneau 1B
Ryan Doumit DH
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Brian Dozier SS
Jamey Carroll 2B
SP: PJ Walters


Phillies Lineup:

Jimmy Rollins SS
Juan Pierre LF
Hunter Pence RF
Jim Thome DH
Shane Victorino CF
Carlos Ruiz C
Placido Polanco 3B
John Mayberry 1B
Some Guy Martinez 2B

SP: Cole Hamels P

[CDog]

Hey, I recognize that lineup! Wonder how often they've gone even two-straight games with identical fielding and batting order over the last...long while.

[mike wants wins]

I predict at least one team won't score as many runs tonight as last night....very brave prediction, I know.

[YourHouseIsMyHouse]

It's about time Parmelee and Casilla got some at bats. Dozier has just been terrible, so it wouldn't hurt to give Casilla a few starts and have Carroll move to SS. I wish they'd DH Parmelee instead of Doumit in some games.

[Chance]

Agree with parm DHing every now and then, but against a lefty is not the time

[Nick Nelson]

Hey, I recognize that lineup! Wonder how often they've gone even two-straight games with identical fielding and batting order over the last...long while.

Here's a fun tool for answering that question (and any other question you might have about this year's lineup trends): http://www.baseball-reference.com/te...g-orders.shtml

[USAFChief]

Nice start. Bases loaded Thome up.

[SwainZag]

Hmmm Manship up already.....

[ashburyjohn]

Thome singles to shallow right, two runs score. I assume no throw to the plate was attempted by Revere.

[glunn]

Maybe Walters is injured?

[SwainZag]

Thome beat Revere's throw to 2nd

[sbknudson]

Maybe Walters is injured?

That would be my guess - they had Manship up pretty quickly, as if they'd told him ahead of time to be ready. They must have seen something during pregame warmup that had them concerned.

[SwainZag]

Maybe Walters is injured?

Trainer came out, Walter's coming out. Weird he wasn't scratched from the beginning, he hasn't thrown that many pitches. They had to have been monitoring him.

[ashburyjohn]

Thome beat Revere's throw to 2nd

That would be epic.

[glunn]

Is Walters injured or just having a horrible day?

[SwainZag]

3rd bloop hit......not a good start.

[TwinsGuy55422]

Is Walters injured or just having a horrible day?

He's got to be injured or ill. You wouldn't pull him in the first inning even if he did give up a few runs unless that was the case.

[sbknudson]

That would be epic.

I've got the video of his triple he hit while a Twin - I still watch it; it's a classic.

[ashburyjohn]

I've got the video of his triple he hit while a Twin - I still watch it; it's a classic.

Was the medical staff alerted to wheel out the oxygen bottle to meet him at third, for when he eventually arrived?

[glunn]

6 runs in the first inning. WTF?