Game Thread: Minnesota Twins @ Seattle Mariners 5-28 9:10 CDT

[HitInAPinch]

NO FREAKING WAY            

[Blake]

What? Heads up defense? 

[Aggies7]

WOW fantastic!

[twinssporto]

Great defense is so fun to watch.  Love it.

[glunn]

That was beautiful defense at the best possible time.

[Aggies7]

And at 1:40 eastern time, it was worth staying up for.

[jimbo92107]

That is one of the strangest plays of the year. Somehow fitting. 

[HitInAPinch]

shoot, challenge..

[twinsnorth49]

[glunn]

Right on schedule for ice cream.

[Vanimal46]

Chicken dinnah! A winning streak!!

[HitInAPinch]

oh man, great game.

[David HK]

I swear to God.  

 

I've been a Twinkie fan since I was 6, back in 1965.

 

Played peewee ball, and all the rest, even old man ball in LA in the 2000's-  and we all know how wacky that can get.

 

I have never seen the like.  Never.

 

And I'm glad we came out on the plus side of a play like that---

[Blake]

It's almost like the Twins woke up when they reached Seattle. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Twins fielders tiring of Jepsen, take matters into their own hands

[twinsnorth49]

http://67.media.tumblr.com/a031bc7bb2e6df651ccd703a856e17d5/tumblr_mksfnrywlc1r6qodso1_500.gif

[Aggies7]

It's almost like the Twins woke up when they reached Seattle.

 

Maybe it was the Starbucks

 

 

 

LOL

[LaBombo]

Wow.   Great win!

 

That said,  how the H3LL do you not challenge the arm of a rookie 3rd baseman with 6 weeks in right field,  but then end up with that kind of Dan Gladden Academy of Aggressive Base Running play to end the game?

 

Not a stellar game for the Twins from what I saw,  but if they can't play well,  having the other team play worse is a welcome change of pace.

 

Win streak at 3 and counting!

 

 

[Blake]

 

I swear to God.  

 

I've been a Twinkie fan since I was 6, back in 1965.

 

Played peewee ball, and all the rest, even old man ball in LA in the 2000's-  and we all know how wacky that can get.

 

I have never seen the like.  Never.

 

And I'm glad we came out on the plus side of a play like that---

What was cool was Dozier watching the runner at third as he chased the runner back to first. That was some heads up baseball.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

http://67.media.tumblr.com/a031bc7bb2e6df651ccd703a856e17d5/tumblr_mksfnrywlc1r6qodso1_500.gif

gosh I miss those

[LaBombo]

 

 

Right on schedule for ice cream.

 

Five minutes to spare.    Get that extra scoop.    You earned it with the fearless act of letting Kevin Jepsen set the tone for the end of your day.

[David HK]

Ahhh, whatta time to run outta likes---  

 

Chicken dinnah, boys--  

 

[Blake]

 

Twins fielders tiring of Jepsen, take matters into their own hands

Jepsen got a save and only retired the first batter. Now there's one for the trivia books.

[jokin]

Did anyone see how pumped Molly was running out of the dugout? That's the kind of unlikely win that can turn the season around... well, at least make it all more palatable. (And we didn't even need the Terry's secret weapon, Rex, to clinch things).

[twinsnorth49]

If any Mariners fans need  material on how to express themselves after witnessing a loss like that, I invite you to peruse the archived Game Threads.

 

I assure you, you will find something that captures  your feelings.

[twinsnorth49]

The only downside is that somehow the brain trust will convince themselves Jepsen came in and locked it down.

[twinssporto]

 

Did anyone see how pumped Molly was running out of the dugout? That's the kind of unlikely win that can turn the season around... well, at least make it all more palatable. (And we didn't even need the Terry's secret weapon, Rex, to clinch things).

I saw the same thing and was just going to post it too.  Molly was fired up.

[twinssporto]

 

Did anyone see how pumped Molly was running out of the dugout? That's the kind of unlikely win that can turn the season around... well, at least make it all more palatable. (And we didn't even need the Terry's secret weapon, Rex, to clinch things).

Nice to see some emotions from those guys.

[jokin]

 

Jepsen got a save and only retired one batter. Now there's one for the trivia books.

 

The only downside is that somehow the brain trust will convince themselves Jepsen came in and locked it down.

 

Jepsen's game FIP/xFIP- 6.07/7.67

[David HK]

Wow, what an ending-  I'm 'liking' all post-game posts, sort of virtually, since I'm outta 'like bullets.'

 

Reflections-  

Sad for Zuke to go down like that again, but the only silver lining there is Molly's now going to be FORCED to play Centeno.

 

Somebody, please, God, anybody, get that closer role, but Jepsen.  Give him the 7th, or even the 8th, and put Abad in there for now.  (Although if Jeps pitches then, there probably won't be anything left to save).

 

Good D and good fire by Dozier in the late innings.  Put him back in the lineup right away, but NOT IN THE GODFORSAKEN 2 HOLE!!!

 

And- what a treat to enjoy nearly a whole game with the TD crowd today.

Cheers!  (drains last of growler, smashes bottle into laptop in victory-  after posting this)