Game Thread: ST game #19 v Cardinals, now, in progress

[Squirrel]

Looks like the Twins just got their first hits of the game in the bottom of the 3rd. Runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs.

 

No score yet in the game.

 

And now Polanco just walked ... bases loaded for Mauer.

[Squirrel]

And Mauer with a down the left field line with a double ... 2 score!

[Squirrel]

Interesting lineup today ...

 

Mauer

Dozier

Kepler

Sano

Buxton

Grossman

Park

Castro Polanco

 

Mejia started, pitching 3 (so far), gave up 4 hits, no runs, has had 6 so.

[Mike Sixel]

 

Interesting lineup today ...

 

Mauer

Dozier

Kepler

Sano

Buxton

Grossman

Park

Castro Polanco

 

Mejia started, pitching 3 (so far), gave up 4 hits, no runs, has had 6 so.

 

that looks like a legit day 1 lineup.

 

thanks for the thread, way too serious here today.

 

Did everyone eat pie yesterday?

[70charger]

Nice to hear "two run double for Mauer." Brings me back.

[70charger]

Also, Sano's gotta knock it off with these checked swings.

[Squirrel]

Bases loaded again, 2 outs, Grossman up ...

[Squirrel]

 

 

that looks like a legit day 1 lineup.

 

thanks for the thread, way too serious here today.

 

Did everyone eat pie yesterday?

I didn't ... damn it ... weather was crappy, didn't have supplies for baking, and didn't want to go out ... so no pie. But I don't need a day to eat pie ... I can eat pie any day.

[Squirrel]

Oops ... was typing that pie comment and didn't see what happened with Grossman ... but we're out of the inning now after scoring 4.

 

4-0, Twins, after 3 complete ... baseball ... love it.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Meija with 6 strikeouts.. but is he hitting his spots? Will Vogelsong be looking over his shoulder?

 

(Insert smiley-faced levity here)

[D. Hocking]

 

Did everyone eat pie yesterday?

 

We always get free pie at work on pi day - more than makes up for the annual increases not quite meeting the cost of living increases (at least for the employers who do not get the large upper management bonuses).

[Squirrel]

Ooops ... that should read scoring 3 ... sorry ...

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

thanks for the thread, way too serious here today

beware the Ides of March

[70charger]

Also, Mejia is really impressing me right now. What's he at, like 7 strikeouts? Worked out of a jam or two. He's looking really good.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Best spoken in quivering, old man voice*

 

 

*Ides of March, that is

[70charger]

Okay, now it's 8 Ks, and he's headed to the dugout. Damn good outing for Mejia.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Meija with 6 strikeouts.. but is he hitting his spots? Will Vogelsong be looking over his shoulder?

 

(Insert smiley-faced levity here)

Yes.

 

But only with runners on the relevent bases...

 

That is reason enough for any pitcher to look over the shoulder. Not doing so is an invitation to be run upon.

[TNTwinsFan]

So Mejia's in the rotation right?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We still got us a lead.

 

Oh happy day.

 

Alas, i thought of pie yesterday, but ate none. None were around...

[70charger]

Shaky camera work really makes Reed's pitches look deceptive...

 

Anyway, he keeps the K train going.

[Mike Sixel]

 

So Mejia's in the rotation right?

 

He would be in my universe. But lots of things would be different. Like pie and beer not being fattening...

[TNTwinsFan]

Is it just Spring Training or is our pitching looking better?

 

#castroeffect #pitchframingissavingruns

[Squirrel]

 

Okay, now it's 8 Ks, and he's headed to the dugout. Damn good outing for Mejia.

3.2 innings pitched, 4 hits, 8 SO, 0 R, 0 BB

[mickeymental]

 

Is it just Spring Training or is our pitching looking better?

#castroeffect #pitchframingissavingruns

yes?

[Taildragger8791]

Holy crap, Sano just took his first walk of the spring. Bringing that K/BB ratio plummeting down from infinity to a solid 12/1.

 

Wait. Does this mean 6 more weeks of winter?

[D. Hocking]

I saw this tweet:

 

Twins Daily‏ @twinsdaily  2m2 minutes ago

Byron Buxton with a line drive double to left. Mauer scores. Sano lumbers from first to third safely. Twins lead 4-0.

 

When they say "lumbers" does that mean he moves like Grizzly Bear - seems like and appears to be slow, but is actually moving quite fast - like a small car?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

We still got us a lead.

Oh happy day.

Alas, i thought of pie yesterday, but ate none. None were around...

I see how maybe you wedged that joke in there?

[youngtwinsfan]

Read on article on TD recently and it talked about how Molitor pointed out the Twins want Mejia to make more of the routine grounders back to the pitcher. Looked on ESPN play by play and there was a bunt single and infield single to Mejia.. I would like the guy to be in the rotation so I am hoping this isn't enough reason for Twins to send him to the minors, but I have a bad feeling they look at this and see their excuse for why so they can add an old washed up pitcher to the rotation instead. 

[Vanimal46]

 

We still got us a lead.

Oh happy day.

Alas, i thought of pie yesterday, but ate none. None were around...

 

You didn't look at your neighbor's windowsill to see if a pie was out there? Do people still put pies on windowsills? What year is this?

[HitInAPinch]

 

sorry.   really late to the game.......