Game 30 - Twins vs Angels - 5/9/12

[Seth Stohs]

Twins Lineup:

 

Denard Span CF

Brian Dozier SS

Joe Mauer 1B

Willingham LF

Ryan Doumit DH

Danny Valencia 3B

Erik Komatsu RF

Drew Butera C

Jamey Carroll 2B

 

SP: Carl Pavano

[Nick Nelson]

Two straight starts for Drew Butera. This is my nightmare.

[J-Dog Dungan]

Only b/c of Pavano pitching...1st K of game for Pavs on first batter.

[Dumahim]

Is Drew out of options yet?

[J-Dog Dungan]

1-2-3 for Pavs; good start getting Pujols out (not that people are having problems with that anyway)

[J-Dog Dungan]

Drew isn't out of options, but this is his final option year, because he has been sent down to AAA and called back up, so his arbitration status starts next year :|-

[J-Dog Dungan]

No 3 run start tonite; going to need to start scoring more runs in order to keep winning

[J-Dog Dungan]

Just as he did so many times when he was with the Twins, Hunter GIDP LOL

[J-Dog Dungan]

Good start to B2; Willingham doubles and Doumit walks

[NorthwestTwinsFan]

An unproductive AB by Valencia.....I'm stunned.

[J-Dog Dungan]

Valencia is seriously struggling as he flies out to Hunter... have the Twins tried to do anything to help him out of his slump, or are they waiting for him to get bad enough so that they send him down to the minors and bring someone else up?

[J-Dog Dungan]

Twins waste even more chances to score as Komatsu GIDP

[NorthwestTwinsFan]

Aybar was about a foot in front of the batter's box when he hit that ball.

[J-Dog Dungan]

And first blood goes to the Angels with a double from Trout to score Eybar; Here we go again...

[J-Dog Dungan]

2nd blood also goes to the Angels with a single from Pujols to score Trout

[J-Dog Dungan]

Unusual...E3 by Mauer; not good when your 1b makes a throwing error to let another run come in. No luck for the Twins

[glunn]

And an error brings in the third run.

[J-Dog Dungan]

Hunter GIDP again...He wasn't THAT bad when he was with the Twins

[Bark's Lounge]

Two straight starts for Drew Butera. This is my nightmare.

The "Son of Sal" needs to be captured and put in his rightful place as a Single-A Player or a minor league coach. I must say though, the "Like Father Like Son" saying has some validity in the Butera family.

[J-Dog Dungan]

Butera gets out again...on a groundout; Twins need to start capitalizing on opportunities more, especially with their start to the second inning

[J-Dog Dungan]

Carroll has to be in the league leaders in walks, because it seems like he draws at least one every game and drew one now

[Guest USAFChief]

Two straight starts for Drew Butera. This is my nightmare.

I thought we were assured on these very pages Butera would never play.

[J-Dog Dungan]

And another GIDP for the Twins, this time by Span. Ugh.

[J-Dog Dungan]

With this start, Pavano is losing the last of his tradeablility w/him showing his ability to allow opposing hitters to get hits at a prodigious rate

[J-Dog Dungan]

Also, most of the pitches that the Angels are getting hits off of Pavano on are right over the middle of the plate; he isn't locating very well tonight.

[J-Dog Dungan]

There have already been 4 DP's tonight, and Wilson on the Angels grounds into another one

[J-Dog Dungan]

Update on Thome's current status with the Phillies: 18 AB's, 2 hits, 3 BB's, and a .111 average

[J-Dog Dungan]

Twins go 1-2-3 with 3 groundouts in the B4th; seeing another low-hit game for the Twins happening before my eyes.

[nicksaviking]

Santana is on a record pace for HR allowed and all the Twins can do is ground out to short. Disappointing.

[J-Dog Dungan]

This game is really moving along. We are in T5; and it has only been an hour since the game started.