Game Thread: Twins @ Indians, 5/9, 3:10 p.m. CT

[ashbury]

That ball must look like a watermelon to Torii right now.

I'm tempted to suggest a punch line contest here, but am afraid of getting banned.

[ashbury]

Weren't the dimensions at the Polo Grounds also unusual?

Absolutely. 279 to left. 258 to right. A million, well 483, to center.

 

[JB_Iowa]

Okay, a cantaloupe.

[JB_Iowa]

Time to CAPITALIZE!!

[Hrbowski]

Nice. 

[mnsportsgeek]

Yes! Thank you Kenny! Good at bat.

[ashbury]

Vargas comes through with an RBI after Mauer and Suzuki failed. 2-0! CBU.

[Hrbowski]

Hunter is playing like a HOF player.

[mnsportsgeek]

Man, that Vargas at bat was huge. If we leave that inning at 1-0, it's bad news.

[JB_Iowa]

 

[Hrbowski]

Eddie has a four game RBI streak to start his career.

[ashbury]

Singles by Escobar and Rosario bring us to 4-0 at the end of 3. CBU.

[JB_Iowa]

Nice of the team to spot Phil a lead.

[mnsportsgeek]

 

Nice of the team to spot Phil a lead.

 

I think his 5+ ERA was more of a problem than his run support.

 

8 dingers in 6 starts was not a good look.

[Hrbowski]

 

I think his 5+ ERA was more of a problem than his run support.

 

8 dingers in 6 starts was not a good look.

Most of them were solo homers.

[stringer bell]

One more good inning and the Twins will be un-Chenned.

[stringer bell]

One more good inning and the Twins will be un-Chenned.

Not the fourth.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Schafer is hustlin' down the line, but twice now has been nipped at first by the shortstop.

 

Oh well.

 

Maybe he should get it past the shortstop instead?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Oh, yeah.

 

CBU: Twins 4, Cleveland 0 after 4 innings.

[Hrbowski]

Torii has reached his last nine times.

[mnsportsgeek]

Man, everything is going right for Torii.

[JB_Iowa]

When you're hitting well, you get lucky, too.

[mnsportsgeek]

Torii is now batting .300.

[stringer bell]

Torii now leads the club in batting average.

[JB_Iowa]

I thought we might see it go out but that wall is pretty high.

[70charger]

I thought that one might have gone out, but then I remembered it was Mauer.

[mnsportsgeek]

I'd rather have Vargas with the bases juiced than Kurt.

[ashbury]

Bases loaded, nobody out.

 

[70charger]

 

I thought that one might have gone out, but then I remembered it was Mauer.

 

http://i.imgur.com/oEhVvjZ.gif

[stringer bell]

Un-Chen my heart.