Game Thread: Twins @ Reds, 7/1, 11:30 AM CDT

[Halsey Hall]

May got out of that jam somehow. 

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

nice finish to the inning - that's how you limit Billy Hamilton's stolen bases, make him hit it in air...

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

contact!

[Blake]

May battled his tail off.

 

Wriggling out of jams is part of the maturing process for a pitcher.

 

(There has to be one more cliche I missed)

 

Good job, Mr. May.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

May battled his tail off.

 

Wriggling out of jams is part of the maturing process for a pitcher.

 

(There has to be one more cliche I missed)

 

Good job, Mr. May.

Y'know, I'm just happy to be here
and hope I can help the ballclub.
I just want to give it my best
shot and good Lord willing,
things'll work out... gotta play
'em one day at a time, Y'know...

[stringer bell]

Nuñez. There, I typed the tilde on my Kindle.

[stringer bell]

Not a good at-bat for Rosario.

[Halsey Hall]

May hasn't got much control today. 

[stringer bell]

Well, there are some veteran pinch-hitting options on the bench.

[Mill1634]

Herman has to go 

[James]

Dear Mr. Herrmann-

 

You're application to our institution has been accepted.

 

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[Aggies7]

Remember when the Twins couldn't lose back to back games?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Say what you will about Herrmann's offense but at least he brings it with the glove.

 

Brings it where, I don't know.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

Hard to believe it's only 2-0.

 

This has been your dubious CBU

[Aggies7]

Two runs the Reds probably shouldn't have.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

Two runs the Reds probably shouldn't have.

True, there were a couple early jams that May managed to wriggle out of. Those could have been quite a bit worse than 2 run innings on their own.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Brian Dozier is really good at baseball.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

TWINS STOP BUNTING. STOP.

[James]

Well, there we go.  On the board!  

[Aggies7]

 

TWINS STOP BUNTING. STOP.

The fake attempted bunt drives me insane.

[stringer bell]

Typical 5-3 putout.

[SwainZag]

Does Joe or Torii get the first crack at pinch hitting this game in the pitcher's spot?

[stringer bell]

I thought there was a lot of red in the seats, but part of it is red seats.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

This is a totally unscientific and unsubstantiated observation by me, but it just seems like the Twins have been trying to play "a national league style" of baseball in NL Parks with no idea of what that actually means.

 

"There's a guy on base, that means we bunt, right coach?"

 

Molitor only played in a few interleague series at the end of his career, and has been AL only as a coach as well. I hate to jump to conclusions, but for as smart as he is, his team has been doing a lot of dumb things in these games.

 

It is especially odd because they seem to have been playing a national league style in the AL and done so quite well.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

 

I thought there was a lot of red in the seats, but part of it is red seats.

Cincy has a tough time drawing fans for night games, too. 

[jorgenswest]

Nice game from May. With an average defensive catcher he might have a shut out through 6.

[stringer bell]

Santana needs to get it going.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

c'mon Eddie...

[stringer bell]

Doesn't have to throw a strike

 

Don't think it was.

[Kirby_waved_at_me]

If GameDay is to be believed that called third strike was about a foot off the plate...