Game Thread: Twins @ White Sox, 4/8/17 @ 1:10 PM CT

[akmanak]

We are hitting the ball well, now to get the runners in.

[diehardtwinsfan]

Calling a Dozier home run here.

[Pardon My Dinger]

 

Calling a Dozier home run here.

Had you called a 'Buxton home run,' i might have given it to you. 

[diehardtwinsfan]

I'm calling Buxton taking the first pitch in his next at bat. 

[AZTwin]

I'm calling that Miguel swings the bat at some point the next time he's up

[Pardon My Dinger]

I'm calling my mom later today. 

[diehardtwinsfan]

14 pitches for that walk...

[Squirrel]

Damn it

[mikecgrimes]

If Buxton batted third the infield would have been playing for the double play his sharp grounder would get to the outfield and the Twins would have had a big first inning, instead the games over in the second inning.  Fire Paul Molitor.

[BoofBonser]

Mistakes like that cost you the game

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Sad watching Sano try and field.

[Darius]

You never run the guy to the advancing base. Always make sure you're taking him to opposite way if you're going to make a run at it like that.

 

Any well coached 11 year old can tell you that. Awful, awful play.

[BoofBonser]

 

Sad watching Sano try and field.

Just a dumb play... you learn that when you're 8 years old 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Just a dumb play... you learn that when you're 8 years old

Yep.. when do we make the permanent switch to first?

[hybridbear]

Today's disaster looks like the Twins I expected this season. Sano holding that ball instead of throwing Garcia out at home is unacceptable. Yesterday he didn't run & now today he makes this boneheaded play, it's time for him to be benched until he learns to play with some energy.

[bighat]

Crappy play, Sano.  Just throw the ball to Castro and take the out.  Frazier's as slow as a dump truck out there, too.  Poor Mejia, rough inning, bad luck. 

[Squirrel]

Nice catch, Mauer!

[Foghorn Leghorn]

This ump is ridiculous

[diehardtwinsfan]

Mejia's start not going well as hoped.. goodness, he cannot get strike 3 for anything. 

[operation mindcrime]

Yep.. when do we make the permanent switch to first?

2019

[spinowner]

 

Nice catch, Mauer!

Tuned in just in time to see that. I don't get how players can bend their necks back and judge a ball like that. I've been told it's sort of like learning to judge where other cars are by looking in the rear view mirror but it's gotta be a difficult skill to learn.

[gocgo]

Brutal inning. This one is on sano.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Aw, they are just making it exciting.

 

Like Achilles giving the Tortoise a head start in a foot race.

[hybridbear]

So much for Mejía. Another example of why ST numbers don't matter.

[diehardtwinsfan]

Justin Haley...  Guessing Molitor has officially given up on 162-0.

[Darius]

Really fluky outing for Mejia. That 90 pitch Frazier AB, and the awful play by Sano killed him.

 

The kid's stuff looks great. He could easily be the Twins best starter this year.

[Squirrel]

Well, hmmm, I chose a fine game to go to. But ... and this is very important ... it ain't over til it's over. AND ... it's just a game.

[gocgo]

I was taught that the number one rule of a rundown is that if you don't get the out, don't let the runner advance.

[jimbo92107]

Sano did that rundown so badly, I can hardly tell you. Daddy taught me in 4th grade how to do rundowns. Ball high, wrist back, run hard, stick your fingers at the receiver's eyes. One throw only, or you're doing it wrong. Both fielders close the trap. 

[akmanak]

Yikes do you guys shift your stance on the Twins when we fall behind.