ST Games 12 & 13 (split squad): Orioles @ Twins, Twins @ BoSox, 12:05pm CT

[Squirrel]

HOME GAME

ORIOLES

 

Cabrera SS

Pierce 1B

Snider LF

Young RF

Clevenger DH

Schoop 2B

Nix 3B

Joseph C

Alvarez CF

 

Jimenez, P

 

TWINS

 

Schafer CF

Mauer 1B

Dozier 2B

Hunter RF

Rosario LF

Suzuki C

Escobar 3B

Pinto DH

Nunez SS

 

Santana, P

 

AWAY

TWINS

 

Santana SS

Robinson RF

Plouffe 3B

Vargas DH

Arcia LF

Hicks CF

Hermann 1B

Fryer C

Beresford 2B

 

Pelfrey, P

 

BoSOX

 

Betts CF

Pedroia 2B

Sandoval DH

Ramirez LF

Napoli 1B

Victorino RF

Bogaerts SS

Hannigan C

Weeks 3B

 

Porcello, P

 

Double the fun today! Keep me posted ... I'll be working!

[Halsey Hall]

It's always nice to read Escobar 3B!

[Danchat]

I don't think Mookie Betts is catching for the Red Sox.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Neither game is televised. Booooooooo.

 

Actually, I don't think any of the Grapefruit League games are televised today. Booooooooooooooooooo.

[Squirrel]

 

I don't think Mookie Betts is catching for the Red Sox.

Oops ... left off the 'F' in 'CF' ... fixed for now!

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

It's always nice to read Escobar 3B!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Twins take an early lead 'gainst Boston.

 

Shane Robinson walks, steals second, advances on a Plouffe ground out, and scores on Vargas' double.

 

Arcia then singles, leaving runners at the corners.

 

(Where would i be without gameday? Probably futzin' with the yahoo or espn equivalent, i expect. Someday i'll learn the value of comparative shopping, but for now, i'm lazy)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

And on the other field, Delmon Young catches a Schafer fly ball for an out, but Rosario guns Delmon down at second.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Er... Probably the single and dinger following Delmon's out were strictly speaking, more interesting.

 

Baltimore is up 2-0

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Er, gameday also lists Pelfrey against Boston and Santana against Baltimore...

 

Pelfrey almost stranded a leadoff double by Catcher Fielder Betts, but he gets plated with 2 outs by a Hanley Ramirez single. Arcia throws Hanley out tryin' to advance to 2nd.

 

That gives Minnesota an outfield assist in each game.

[VandyTwinsFan]

E. Santana seems to be getting hit pretty hard. Single, single, homer, triple. 

[Squirrel]

 

Er, gameday also lists Pelfrey against Boston and Santana against Baltimore...

 

That's how it's listed now; but it wasn't when I did the lineups ... both on MN Twins website and Baseball Press website. 

 

Edit:  And I've now switched it to match.

[NoCryingInBaseball]

Just joined you guys for today's games....Mauer is up hoping to stay above the Mendoza Line

[VandyTwinsFan]

 

Just joined you guys for today's games....Mauer is up hoping to stay above the Mendoza Line

 

Anyone happen to know a site that shows spring training stats for every year going back maybe 5 years? I'd be curious if Mauer has always hit this weakly during ST or if this is a bad omen. I know we shouldn't use ST stats as a predictor of anything, I'm just curious is all.

[jokin]

Pelfrey actually acquitted himself very well today, 4 IP, 3 K, 0 BB, 3 H, 1 ER...  against almost the entire Red Sox opening day lineup, sans Ortiz and maybe a couple others.  (Thus, muddling the Twins 5th starter picture a little more).

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Haven't been following too closely, but it seems Boston is still knotted at 1-1, and Baltimore has fiendishly let the Twins back to within a run.

 

A couple of doubles with a runner on resulted in runners at second and third with less than two out.

 

Rosario got a sac fly in the 4th inning under those circumstances, and Nunez got a single (then later got thrown out stealing second)

 

3-2 the Birds.

[VandyTwinsFan]

Arcia "looking" good today. 2-3 with singles to left and right

Dozier 1-2 with a double, run scored, and walk

Plouffe seems to be getting into the swing of things 1-2 with a single and a walk

 

Dozier just got caught stealing 3rd. Nobody out. 

[Halsey Hall]

3-2 3-2 day over.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3-2 3-2 day over.

Yup, beaten by the teams from cities starting with B. We got stung by the Bees...

[ashbury]

[ashbury]

 

Yup, beaten by the teams from cities starting with B. We got stung by the Bees...

Two B's or not two B's, that should have been the question.

[Squirrel]

 

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Um, you need to post these to START the thread ... does no good once the games are over.

[Squirrel]

Well, and then sideways, too, if you want everyone to think you are me.

[ashbury]

 

Well, and then sideways, too, if you want everyone to think you are me.

My aspirations aren't nearly so lofty as that.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Two B's or not two B's, that should have been the question.

As the Mets will say at the end o' spring training...

 

To Shea.

 

If we's quotin' shakespeare, i'll dig up a bit of wit of Andy Griffith:

 

"It wasn't about bein' or not bein', it was about doin' or not doin'."

 

(speakin' o' which, that'd make a worthwhile signature. Once more into my settings.)

[Craig Arko]

"Mine eyes smell onions" - Lafeu, in All's Well that Ends Well, Act V, Scene III

[Otto von Ballpark]

Anyone happen to know a site that shows spring training stats for every year going back maybe 5 years? I'd be curious if Mauer has always hit this weakly during ST or if this is a bad omen. I know we shouldn't use ST stats as a predictor of anything, I'm just curious is all.

MLB.com has it. Main stats pages and player pages should have drop down menus to select spring training and past years spring training too.