Article: Twins vs. Tigers, 07/04/2012, 6:05pm

[IdahoPilgrim]

WHY isn't this guy playing more? Good shot, Parmelee!

[NorthwestTwinsFan]

Parmalee tattoos one to the next county, and the Twins are on the board. Verlander's reaction was priceless.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Oh, that doesn't look good. Duensing down and probably out.

[NorthwestTwinsFan]

That looked painful. Great play by Mauer though.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Man, we just can't get a starter past the 5th inning in this series. At least he was pitching well before he went down.

[NorthwestTwinsFan]

Hopefully Butera is ready to pitch an inning or two tonight.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Either Waldrop is afraid of the batters or he didn't take enough time warming up. He's nowhere near the strike zone.

[Guest USAFChief]

The long Twins nightmare that is Alexi Casilla cannot end soon enough for my taste.

[NorthwestTwinsFan]

I can't figure out why Cabrera doesn't get plunked more often.

[stringer bell]

I still don't understand why Duensing was converted back into a starter. If someone says "out of necessity" they are uttering nonsense. Duensing was great in his role. Even a joker like Swarzak is better as a starter.

Duensing had pretty good success as a starter until last year, when he was brutal against RH batters. He was better vs. RHers out of the 'pen this year and it really is too soon to tell if that will carry over as a starter.

 

Certainly tonight, he well could have held the Tigers scoreless if either they had turned the easy DP or if Span had not misplayed Prince's Texas Leaguer.

 

Let's hope he isn't out longterm with the leg injury.

[Guest USAFChief]

Mauer finally decides to take a rip at a 2-0 pitch...and flares it to left off the handle. sigh.

[Guest USAFChief]

I thought Gardy told his mouthpieces at FSN they weren't going to let Cabrera beat them.

[Dilligaf69]

Why even pitch to Miggy!....ever??

[Guest USAFChief]

It's called a "curveball," 'lexi.

[snepp]

Just got home, newsflash, Verlander ain't so bad.

[stringer bell]

While Cabrera and Verlander were probably too much by themselves for the Twins to overcome, if the Twins had made some plays they should make, this would have been a close game. Span froze on Prince's short fly ball and Carroll made two misplays. Those mistakes made a possible 2-1 game into a 5-1 defeat.

[glunn]

While Cabrera and Verlander were probably too much by themselves for the Twins to overcome, if the Twins had made some plays they should make, this would have been a close game. Span froze on Prince's short fly ball and Carroll made two misplays. Those mistakes made a possible 2-1 game into a 5-1 defeat.

I saw the replay of Span's miscue on ESPN -- he missed that one badly. Let's hope the Twins can put this behind them and win the series tomorrow.

[powrwrap]

It's called a "curveball," 'lexi.

That one was a beaut!