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

[Blake]

 

Great defense is so fun to watch.  Love it.

Considering the quality of Twins defense lately, I'm surprised any of us know what good defense is supposed to look like.

[twinsnorth49]

 

Jepsen's game FIP/xFIP- 6.07/7.67

Don't bother TR with trifles Jokin!

[Blake]

Every single year, I see something in baseball I've never seen before. This one really takes the cake. Weirdness and great defense all in one package. 

 

Cool.

[Puckett34]

http://i.imgur.com/degQKQb.png

[jokin]

 

Every single year, I see something in baseball I've never seen before. This one really takes the cake. Weirdness and great defense all in one package. 

 

Cool.

 

Don't forget to add bad defense into that package, too. Only one official error- but Nunez and Sano, in a just world, committed errors that weren't scored properly.

[jokin]

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/degQKQb.png

 

Longest current streak in the AL Central?  Glad you asked... that would be your MN Twins @ 3...

[Circus Boy]

 

If I'm still up at midnight.

 

Will I be happy or sad?

 

Well, as mama always said, "Nothing good happens after midnight." Except the most miraculous DP of the year.

[Circus Boy]

 

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

 

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

 

MLB Quick Pitch just announced his new contract: Ten years, $150M.

[Platoon]

I am hoping the negativity police slept in, I finished this on TiVo this morning. Wow. What an ending. But nothing will hide the fact this is a god awful baseball team! Sheesh

[stringer bell]

Not a great game, a lot of misplays by the Twins and a couple by Seattle. They played the delayed steal just right and Santana redeemed himself a bit by making a perfect throw to double up a runner at home on a fly ball to medium center field.

 

Seattle has to feel like they really let one get away--heart of the order hits three popups in four pitches and the preceding inning only got one run both times with the sacks juiced and no one out. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, they can't score with first and third and nobody out.

[HitInAPinch]

 

Not a great game, a lot of misplays by the Twins and a couple by Seattle. They played the delayed steal just right and Santana redeemed himself a bit by making a perfect throw to double up a runner at home on a fly ball to medium center field.

 

Seattle has to feel like they really let one get away--heart of the order hits three popups in four pitches and the preceding inning only got one run both times with the sacks juiced and no one out. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, they can't score with first and third and nobody out.

and I would say Seattle may not have been in it at all if it wasn't for the favorable pitching by Phil Hughes. 

[Blake]

 

and I would say Seattle may not have been in it at all if it wasn't for the favorable pitching by Phil Hughes. 

I would tell Seattle not to worry today, because Nolasco is on the mound, but with the way this series has gone, Seattle should probably worry.

Edited May 29, 2016 by Blake

[twinsnorth49]

 

Well, as mama always said, "Nothing good happens after midnight." Except the most miraculous DP of the year.

Ummm, hey.................phrasing.

[twinsnorth49]

 

I am hoping the negativity police slept in, I finished this on TiVo this morning. Wow. What an ending. But nothing will hide the fact this is a god awful baseball team! Sheesh

Stub your toe getting up this morning? Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

 

3 game win streak mister! Off to remedial celebrating class for you!

[USAFChief]

I had to miss last night's game. I see by the ol' internets the Twins won, again. It's getting old hat. Routine win, I assume? Predictable and a bit boring? Dominant pitching as usual?

[DaveW]

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

proven closer!

[HitInAPinch]

 

Stub your toe getting up this morning? Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

 

3 game win streak mister! Off to remedial celebrating class for you!

 

[Blake]

 

I had to miss last night's game. I see by the ol' internets the Twins won, again. It's getting old hat. Routine win, I assume? Predictable and a bit boring? Dominant pitching as usual?

Wow, you described the game so completely it's almost like you're psychic. 

[HitInAPinch]

 

I had to miss last night's game. I see by the ol' internets the Twins won, again. It's getting old hat. Routine win, I assume? Predictable and a bit boring? Dominant pitching as usual?

It was a fun game to watch, thanks to Mr. Hughes keeping the Mariners in the game.  IR posting coming soon   

Edited May 29, 2016 by HitInAPinch

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I had to miss last night's game. I see by the ol' internets the Twins won, again. It's getting old hat. Routine win, I assume? Predictable and a bit boring? Dominant pitching as usual?

Exactly, and don't shortchange the solid outfield defense, either.