Game Thread: Twins @ Angels, 5/13/18 - 3:07PM CT

[Jerr]

Twins are tending to be the lead story on MLB, lately                        

[Jerr]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

 

[bighat]

Brutal - Adrianza out at home, ouch. What are the Twins challenging here?

[Aggies7]

How do you not score there

[sftwinsfan]

That is some of the worst baserunning ever, to be going on the pitch to a double to the gap and still get easily throw out.  Just pathetic.  

[bighat]

Adrianza didn't have much of a jump there, bad read on Grossman's double. Out by a decent amount too. Dang.

[bighat]

 

 

That is some of the worst baserunning ever, to be going on the pitch to a double to the gap and still get easily throw out.  Just pathetic.  

 

And he's FAST!!! Even slow guys score from 1st base on doubles.

[drock2190]

That baserunning would have made Ruben Riveria proud!!!

[OTPS300]

Great take by Wilson.

[Danchat]

Well that was a thoroughly bungled inning.

[Aggies7]

If you’re going to swing at th first pitch with the bases loaded, you probably need to hit it further than 84 feet.

[dgwills]

That was Dozier pitch too. Just missed it.

[Aggies7]

Twins have won two games this series they should have lost. This might be a loss they should have won.

[PDX Twin]

 

If you’re going to swing at th first pitch with the bases loaded, you probably need to hit it further than 84 feet.

 

Yeah, but the launch angle was amazing!

[USAFChief]

I think my mother could gave scored on that double.

 

And she passed away several years ago.

[Aggies7]

Hitting the guy hitting .146....so deserving of a loss

[Jerr]

DAMN!!!!

 

[Aggies7]

Bad loss. Very bad loss.

[Danchat]

 

Bad loss. Very bad loss.

Yeah, but the last two games were ones the Angels should have won, but we stole it from them. So overall I'm happy with a 2-2 split with this team.

 

I'm not even mad at Duke. You're not going to win games when you score a single run.

[Aggies7]

So to recap the 9th:

 

Thrown out at home on an easily scoreable play

Popped out on the first pitch with bases loaded

HBP on a guy hitting .146 to leadoff an inning

[SwainZag]

 

Bad loss. Very bad loss.

 

I actually disagree.  Angels blew more chances than the Twins did in this game.  I don't know how you can call something a bad loss when you never had the lead.

[Aggies7]

I actually disagree. Angels blew more chances than the Twins did in this game. I don't know how you can call something a bad loss when you never had the lead.

As has been said, we should have had the lead if he didn’t run the bases like Lonnie Smith. And then duke hit the worst batter on the field, on an 0-2 pitch none the less.

[SwainZag]

 

So to recap the 9th:

Thrown out at home on an easily scoreable play
Popped out on the first pitch with bases loaded
HBP on a guy hitting .146 to leadoff an inning

 

Angels pitcher walked a .083 hitter on 5 pitches.

[Aggies7]

Angels pitcher walked a .083 hitter on 5 pitches.

And what did we do with that? Our veteran Dozier hacks at the first pitch and pops out 80 feet from home.

[SwainZag]

 

As has been said, we should have had the lead. And then hit the worst batter on the field, on an 0-2 pitch none the less.

 

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.  Angels had runners on 1st and 3rd with 0 outs twice and came away with 1 run.  I would say the Angels losses in the last two games were far worse than the Twins loss today, but just personal opinion.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Bummer.

[bighat]

As others have said, the Twins have won some games they shouldn't have recently, so this loss is about as easy to stomach as they come.

 

That said, with the exception of Lance Lynn, it seems that the Twins' bats are the major offenders in Twins losses recently. It's about time Morrison starts hitting home runs. And we need to start seeing some 2-3 hit games from Kepler and Buxton pretty darn soon, if the Twins want to stay competitive.

[Aggies7]

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.  Angels had runners on 1st and 3rd with 0 outs twice and came away with 1 run.  I would say the Angels losses in the last two games were far worse than the Twins loss today, but just personal opinion.

Yep, the angels had a terrible series in many aspects

[Aggies7]

As others have said, the Twins have won some games they shouldn't have recently, so this loss is about as easy to stomach as they come.

 

That said, with the exception of Lance Lynn, it seems that the Twins' bats are the major offenders in Twins losses recently. It's about time Morrison starts hitting home runs. And we need to start seeing some 2-3 hit games from Kepler and Buxton pretty darn soon, if the Twins want to stay competitive.

Very true. The offense was pretty lame this series. This could have been a sweep as easily as we could have won 3/4

[snepp]

Can't win 'em all in dramatic fashion.