Article: Game Thread: Twins@Pirates 4/2 12:05PM

[Doubles]

 

I'm pretty sure nobody wants to know any more specifically than that.

Errrr, you're probably right.  Actually, ain't no probably. 

 

But it was The Duke, ya know.

[Monkeypaws]

Buxton is almost too quick on the gassers - he has hit at least 6-7 fastballs foul down the 3rd baseline today, and smoked a few fair. Contact is good - bat control comes next. 

[Monkeypaws]

Who is the poster with the old Metrodome scoreboard ghost "Walks will haunt" as an avatar?

 

They are the honorary poster of the day.

[woolywoolhouse]

Ten walks by Twins pitchers in 7+ innings of work. If that control is blamed on the cold... then we're in for a lot of walks at Target Field through the first half of April.

[GardyParty]

Well the twins pitchers have walked 10 batters and the twins batters have struck out 10 times this game and "we" still are only down 1 

 

unreal

[LaBombo]

 

 

But it was The Duke, ya know.

 

Yup. Very big in New York. A - #1, even.

 

 

[GardyParty]

 

Who is the poster with the old Metrodome scoreboard ghost "Walks will haunt" as an avatar?

 

They are the honorary poster of the day.

 

Wasnt that from Rube Chat?

[yarnivek1972]

Gotta make that play.

[mickeymental]

there's an open base ...

[yarnivek1972]

there's an open base ...

There’s an open space on the bench that Harrison can now grab.

[dave_dw]

 

Last year Duke had an 8.22 ERA against righties.  By all means, keep letting him pitch to righties, I don't see how this could possibly go wrong.

 

He faced 31 total righties last year (as many as batters Berrios faced yesterday alone). Duke has solid numbers against righties in his career as a reliever, I don't think he should buy a house in LOOGY-town just yet.

Edited April 2, 2018 by dave_dw

[ashbury]

This is an unfounded opinion, and basically mind-reading, but I continue to believe that Sano is averse to getting in front of sharp ground balls. He kind of hesitated on his first step, on that one just now, then when it was clear he couldn't get in front of it, he lunged.

 

He's fine coming in on slow rollers, goes well to his left or right much of the time, and is getting better at popups, but he just seems to not want to get in front of the ball. He couldn't have gotten in front of that one really, but that little hesitation bugged me.

[BoofBonser]

11 walks... how is this even a game?

[woolywoolhouse]

Eleven walks! Ironically, those 11 walks are giving me a nosebleed in frustration.

 

[Doubles]

 

11 walks... how is this even a game?

10 LOB

[Monkeypaws]

Gotta say, every game this season has been worth watching, win or lose. Only 158 more    

Edited April 2, 2018 by Monkeypaws

[ashbury]

Wasnt that from Rube Chat?

It could have been, but this place isn't.

[yarnivek1972]

He faced 31 total righties last year (as many as batters Berrios faced yesterday alone). Duke has solid numbers against righties in his career as a reliever, I don't think he should buy a house in LOOGY-town just yet.

Located in the state of Expectoration, right?

[Jerr]

 

11 walks... how is this even a game?

Gonna be a sweet/weird Twins win....just wait......

[ashbury]

Who is the poster with the old Metrodome scoreboard ghost "Walks will haunt" as an avatar?

 

They are the honorary poster of the day.

I think Parker Hageman has been known to use that.

[dave_dw]

 

11 walks... how is this even a game?

 

Somewhere in Detroit, Rick Anderson is vomiting into a waste bucket.

[BoofBonser]

I hate the leadoff 8 batter swinging on 3-1 in the 9th

Edited April 2, 2018 by BoofBonser

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

He faced 31 total righties last year (as many as batters Berrios faced yesterday alone). Duke has solid numbers against righties in his career as a reliever, I don't think he should buy a house in LOOGY-town just yet.

 

SSS this year, his righty ERA is 27.  In 2016 it was 4.16, in 2015 it was 4.29.  You have to go back to 2014 for him to have an ERA under 4 against righties.

 

So perhaps the reason he only faced 31 righties last year is because he's no longer effective against them?  And perhaps the Twins should relocate him to Loogyville BEFORE it's necessary, rather than after?

[ashbury]

 

Eleven walks! Ironically, those 11 walks are giving me a nosebleed in frustration.

 

I've seen stranger things, I suppose.

[Doubles]

Adrianza's ball may have still been in the batter's box when he kicked it.  

[ashbury]

Gonna be a sweet/weird Twins win....just wait......

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[Doubles]

poop

[Jerr]

ARRRGGGGHHHH, but they battled their cold butts off!

 

[BoofBonser]

Pretty frustrating loss, did everything necessary to complete the comeback except get that one clutch hit

[Jerr]

 

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We'll get them next time.