Game Thread: Twins @ Angels, 7/23/15, 2:35 PM CDT

[Circus Boy]

 

Santana=Stopper

 

Santana is... The Rubberband Man.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Huge win, now just gotta take 2 out of 3 against the Yanks to get everything going again!

Going into this nine game set, I said 4-5 would be a success.

 

Winning two of three at home against the Yankees would make that a reality.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Sorry i missed all the fun.

 

Thanks for coverin' for me and all!

[JB_Iowa]

Rhett Bollinger ‏@RhettBollinger  · 17m17 minutes ago 
Ervin Santana has opened the second half of the season with 15 2/3 straight scoreless innings.

[twinsnorth49]

So all the Twins needed for an win was for me to stay out of the game thread. That should make people pretty happy.

 

Geez it's going to suck not having Santana available for the playoffs.

[Craig Arko]

So all the Twins needed for an win was for me to stay out of the game thread. That should make people pretty happy.

Geez it's going to suck not having Santana available for the playoffs.

Nah, it was me staying out of the game thread.

 

However. Playoffs? Don't make me find Jim Mora.

[JB_Iowa]

I'm thinking there may be something to the time zone theory.

 

Most of these guys have little kids.  They're not used to starting at 9 p.m. Central.  No wonder they look "unenergetic".

 

Did much better today at a reasonable hour.

[spinowner]

 

You are doing it wrong. Always look like you are doing something without actually doing it.

It's not what you look like when you're doing what you're doing. It's what you're doing when you're doing what you look like you're doing.

 

[twinsnorth49]

Nah, it was me staying out of the game thread.

 

However. Playoffs? Don't make me find Jim Mora.

Whadd'ya mean? They're the wildcard leaders.

 

For all my moaning about them this week they were one Perkins out from going 3-3 on the trip.

[DaveW]

I'm thinking there may be something to the time zone theory.

 

Most of these guys have little kids. They're not used to starting at 9 p.m. Central. No wonder they look "unenergetic".

 

Did much better today at a reasonable hour.

Easy to look good when your pitching allows zero runs

 

Still concerned with the lineup, if Plouffe doesn't hit that home run this game may still be going on now, of course having dozier out today hurts, and hunter while struggling is much better than Robinson.

 

Sano looks a bit shaky these last two games, hopefully just a little rust, however that walk he drew was huge.

[DaveW]

Whadd'ya mean? They're the wildcard leaders.

 

For all my moaning about them this week they were one Perkins out from going 3-3 on the trip.

3 games up in the WC race (for #2)

[spinowner]

 

It's going to be part of the process. MLB pitchers are going to throw him absolute junk until he adjusts.

That's what the Cardinals did to Buxton starting with his first at bat.

[twinsnorth49]

3 games up in the WC race (for #2)

That still counts as leading.

[DaveW]

That still counts as leading.

I know, I was more pointing out that the twins have a nice lead in the race. Which helps a ton during a tough stretch.

[ashbury]

Easy to look good when your pitching allows zero runs .

Yeah, Ervin is the luckiest pitcher on the team. He's always vulturing wins by being out there when the other team isn't scoring any runs.