Game Thread: Pre-Season Exhibition Game, Twins @ Nationals, 4/1 @ 5:05 pm CT

[Squirrel]

This is not a joke, prank, fool, etc. This is the real deal, almost. Not really ST, but not regular season play. I don't know about you all, but I'm getting excited! It's still possible! Everything is still possible!

 

TWINS

Dozier 2N

Mauer 1B

Sano RF

Plouffe 3B

Park DH

Rosario LF

Escobar SS

Suzuki C

Buxton CF

 

Hughes

[spinowner]

Dang, no TV.

[Squirrel]

Really? It's showing as an MLB game of the day, so there might be free streaming

[Squirrel]

At the end of two, the Nats are up 2-0

[big dog]

Revere and Rendon are putting the wood to Phil Hughes.  3-0 Nats.  Revere has a triple and a double in two at-bats, Rendon has two doubles.

[big dog]

Plouffe doubles to the LF corner, Rosario hits a solid single to right-center, 3-1 Nats.

[big dog]

Park just laced a single to left- Rosario took 3rd, and Park took 2nd on the somewhat lackadaisical throw to third.  Great baserunning...since it worked.

[big dog]

And Escobar hits one hard.  All the hits this inning (four in a row, no outs) have been really well-hit line drives.  3-3 game.

[big dog]

Inning ends 3-3.  Buxton struck out, waving at an 82 mph breaking ball on the outside corner.  Just before that he spanked an inside fastball, pulling it a little foul.

[formerly33]

Predictions for the game:

 

Ben Revere hits second walk-off home run of his preseason exhibition career.

 

Twins lose.