Game 26 - Twins @ Mariners - 5/5/12

[Seth Stohs]

Twins Lineup:

 

Denard Span CF

Jamey Carroll SS

Joe Mauer DH

Josh Willingham LF

Ryan Doumit C

Chris Parmelee 1B

Danny Valencia 3B

Erik Komatsu RF

Alexi Casilla 2B

 

SP: Jason Marquis

 

Mariners SP: Felix Hernandez

[stringer bell]

Check the date.

[J-Dog Dungan]

I see the Twins aren't wasting any time in seeing what they have with Komatsu

[Ultima Ratio]

I see the Twins aren't wasting any time in seeing what they have with Komatsu

Why wait? Especially with Morneau out of the lineup still. Let the next RF be flung on the wall, seeing if it sticks.

[glunn]

I am more worried about two no hitters against us on the same road trip.

[stringer bell]

I am more worried about two no hitters against us on the same road trip.

Possible, giving they are facing Felix tonight.

[Top Gun]

King Felix can be had! Go Twins.....

[striker_86]

Cmon guys, lets bust the bats open. Usually that can happen once every 7 games!

[Neinstein]

scoreless in Seattle

[stringer bell]

That was truly a nice Double Play to get Marquis out of the third. Can't complain about themiddle infield defense so far this year.

[OrangeDisk]

There've been a couple of nice double plays!

[glunn]

Possible, giving they are facing Felix tonight.

The Mariners' announcers were clearly hoping for the no hitter and were disappointed when Span broke it up.

[Ultima Ratio]

6 walks in 6 IP for Marquis... Got away with it until the walk of Ichiro

[Ultima Ratio]

According to gamecast, every pitch of that last at bat walk was a strike.

[mikeee]

7-0.

some boos are in order.

[glunn]

I cannot bear to watch another inning of this.

[adjacent]

What happened to Burton? He hasn't pitched in a while.

[Ultima Ratio]

And just to punctuate this effort, Mauer 4-3 to end the game, and just holding onto a .290 average.

[glunn]

At least we got one hit.

[Top Gun]

You can't win if you can't hit.

[Top Gun]

A day after being picked up on waivers, Erik Komatsu went right into the Twins' starting lineup on Saturday and finished 0-for-3 in the loss to the Mariners.

 

There are only so many outfielders worse than Ben Revere available, but damn the Twins if they're not going to try all of them. Komatsu doesn't figure to work out any better than Clete Thomas did.