Game 42 - Twins @ White Sox - 5/23/12

[Seth Stohs]

Twins Lineup:

 

Denard Span CF

Darin Mastroianni RF

Joe Mauer C

Josh Willingham LF

Justin Morneau 1B

Ryan Doumit DH

Brian Dozier SS

Trevor Plouffe 3B

Jamey Carroll 2B

 

SP: Scott Diamond

[twinsnorth49]

Nice to see Mornie at 1st again, will be interesting to see how Diamond fares with Joe catching 2nd time around............................not that I think Butera should be playing instead, I'm not a big believer in personal catchers.

[Bark's Lounge]

Nice to see Plouffe at 3B. I hope they keep running him out there... see if he can cut it.

[IzzY]

I guess Revere is taken out because he's a left handed batter and we have a lefty pitching against us. Hoping for a 4th win in a row for Diamond.

[ashbury]

Don't look now, Mastroianni, but Danny Valencia is batting .293 at Rochester, with a couple of home runs. Today would be a good game to get your batting average back up above the Plouffe Line.

[stringer bell]

Last chance for Mastro? I can't see them continuing with a team that has Revere, Komatsu, and Mastro. Isn't this game #43?

[ashbury]

Last chance for Mastro? I can't see them continuing with a team that has Revere, Komatsu, and Mastro. Isn't this game #43?

Great minds think alike.

[twinsnorth49]

Last chance for Mastro? I can't see them continuing with a team that has Revere, Komatsu, and Mastro. Isn't this game #43?

 

Great minds think alike.

 

I don't know about the latter but I agree with the first bit.

[Vegeta]

Don't look now, Mastroianni, but Danny Valencia is batting .293 at Rochester, with a couple of home runs. Today would be a good game to get your batting average back up above the Plouffe Line.

I personally don't wanna see Valencia back with the Twins until he has got rid of his prom queen attitude. A little humility will go along way, even help his batting AVG

[IdahoPilgrim]

I know this may be a bit picky, but isn't this game 43, not 42?

[Chance]

What about wilkin ramirez and eventually Valencia again and send down mastro and kamatsu. You still have revere who can be a 4th outfielder/spark off the bench/pinch-run, and ramirez who can hit for power while playing the corners/dh. Just a though but I think you could have a lot more MLB looking lineups and bench options that way...... I have a feeling Valencia will be back up fairly soon... Before all-star break? And if Plouffe gets his bat going we might have a consistent looking lineup (barring injury).

 

Span

dozier

Mauer

willingham

morneau

doumit

valencia

plouffe

carroll

[twinsnorth49]

I personally don't wanna see Valencia back with the Twins until he has got rid of his prom queen attitude. A little humility will go along way, even help his batting AVG

 

I'm with you on that one.

[Top Gun]

kamatsu goes back to the Nats!

[TwinVike61]

kamatsu goes back to the Nats!

You are saying he would go back to the Nats if we don't keep him on the 25 man roster...right?

[Vegeta]

Well an ugly start for Carroll. Dunno what has got into him. Maybe the shift back to 2nd? At least the damage was limited to 1 run. Diamond is looking good so far.

[Vegeta]

Guess I am the only Twins fan here tonight. Well another inning another dp turned by the good guys

[glunn]

We need some runs now.

[Bark's Lounge]

Plouffe there it is!

[Top Gun]

Sox pitchers are so good.

[ashbury]

Plouffe there it is!

The Plouffe Line keeps getting farther out of reach for poor Mastro.

 

Later update: E9. That might be just about it for Darin.

 

Further update: being pinch-hit for by Casilla can not be a good omen for one's major league stay.

[glunn]

Three errors and only 4 hits. Not a good game for the Twins.

[Guest USAFChief]

Come back and win the series tomorrow.

[one_eyed_jack]

Come back and win the series tomorrow.

 

Yep, you got it. You take 2 out of 3 in this one, you go home happy, even though the loss was an ugly one.

[Ultima Ratio]

Tomorrow is a big day. De Vries make his debut. Hope he keeps the ball in the yard.

[stringer bell]

Tomorrow is a big day. De Vries make his debut. Hope he keeps the ball in the yard.

Agree with that sentiment. Mastro to the minors in..........well pretty soon. I suppose Valencia would be the most likely recall. I thought Diamond did a decent job, pitching around three errors and at least one other ball that should have been fielded. The defense has been good this year, so I guess we can chalk up this game as an anomaly.