Game Thread: Indians @ Twins, 6/3 @ 1:10 CT

[Danchat]

Strat-O-Matic Report - Top of the 2nd

 

Encarnacion singles.

Kipnis triples, Encarnacion scores (1-0).

Gomes lines out to 2B.

Allen grounds out to 1B, runner holds.

Zimmer walks.

Gonzalez flies out to RF.

 

CLE is up 1-0 at the moment.

[Squirrel]

Man, Rosario is so good... he can turn pitches way off the plate into HRs like that. He's playing like an All-Star right now.

Clevenger had a look on his face that was funny. It was ‘What just happened? How’d that happen?’

[Nine of twelve]

Did you know that for his career, Babe Ruth had an amazing OPS of 1.152 against right-handed pitching but against lefties he managed only a paltry 1.128?

 

 

Pfft, and some people say he's the best baseball player ever...

AND, he was a top-flight starting pitcher. No other player has ever come close to him in overall baseball performance.

[Squirrel]

Okay, that was a great catch!

 

Of course Bux would’ve had that standing up as if just routine.

[Mill1634]

Holy cow. That catch was fantastic. 

[DocBauer]

What a catch! Thought that was a double for sure!

[Danchat]

Fangraphs told me that Zimmer was one of the defensive CFs in baseball... and I definitely believe that now.

[Blake]

LaMarre got robbed. 

 

Great catch, darn it!

 

And, walked in the door just in time to watch Mr. Gibson strike someone out.

 

And, I cannot claim I was all that surprised.

 

What a difference a year makes.

[Mill1634]

I am calling a Dozier HR here

[Nine of twelve]

I am calling a Dozier HR here

You were 1/4 correct. Or maybe 1/3 if you think in terms of RBI.

[Mill1634]

 

You were 1/4 correct. Or maybe 1/3 if you think in terms of RBI.

Whatever, I'll take it!

[Danchat]

That's 4 great PAs in a row for the Twins, and now Rosario's up. This is the offense I was expecting from the Twins this season.

[DocBauer]

Just put the bat squarely on the ball Sano!

[Danchat]

Strat-O-Matic Report - Bottom of the 2nd

 

Morrison flies out to deep center.

Escobar strikes out.

Kepler doubles.

Grossman reaches 1st on error by 1B Alonso, Kepler to 3rd.

LaMarre singles, Kepler scores, Grossman to 2nd (1-1).

Wilson strikes out.

 

The Strat-O-Matic game is tied at 1-1.

[Mill1634]

Fantastic first trip through the order

[Danchat]

Strat-O-Matic Report - Top of the 3rd

 

Lindor grounds out.

Brantley strikes out.

Ramirez doubles to left.

Encarnacion flies out to center.

[Nine of twelve]

Looks like we're getting the good Gibson again today. I know this has been said before, but it seems like his performance is finally starting to catch up with his talent.

[glunn]

I hope that the Twins stay patient at the plate and wait for pitches that they can hit hard. Clevinger looks tired to me. Let's keep piling up runs then get the their bullpen.

[glunn]

Good eye by Kepler there.

[Danchat]

Strat-O-Matic Report - Bottom of the 3rd

 

Dozier singles to left. 
Rosario strikes out looking.

Sano grounds into a double play.

 

(Game still tied 1-1)

[kydoty]

Irony is some dude at the game who calls himself Tim Bob being asked to name as many tools as he can.

[glunn]

 

Strat-O-Matic Report - Bottom of the 3rd

 

Dozier singles to left. 
Rosario strikes out looking.

Sano grounds into a double play.

 

(Game still tied 1-1)

How does Strat-O-Matic deal with pitch counts and bringing in relievers?

[Nine of twelve]

I'm Nine of twelve but Gibson is Twelve of twelve.

[Danchat]

 

How does Strat-O-Matic deal with pitch counts and bringing in relievers?

I'm the manager of both teams, so I will try to keep things as realistic as possible. Unless a pitcher is struggling, I'll keep them going until somewhere in the 3rd time facing the lineup where that 100 pitch limit is hit.

 

Of course, if you play this game with no intent for maintaining realism and just winning, you can do something like have Johan Santana pitch 9 innings very time out because he's just that good.

[PDX Twin]

Any chance that Gibson gets an extension?

[Jham]

Who are you, and what have you done with Kyle Gibson?

[diehardtwinsfan]

I like this version of Kyle Gibson.

[Circus Boy]

This is really pleasant to see on Gamecast. (I'm at work, but I'm the boss, so I can sneak peaks on the interwebs.) Keep tossing BBs, Gibby.

[Danchat]

Strat-O-Matic Report - Top of the 4th

 

Kipnis doubles to left center.

Gomes HRs, Kipnis scores (CLE 3-1).

Allen strikes out.

Zimmer strikes out.

Gonzalez walks.

Lindor pops out to SS.

 

Cleveland leads 3-1... Gibson is doing much better in real life.

[Nine of twelve]

I think the pitcher may have been able to throw LaMarre out if his 3B hadn't run into him.