Game Thread Twins @ Tigers 11am cdt 9/19/2018 ad

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I heard tell today is talk like a pirate day on the radio. That true? Or was i a victim o' fake news?

 

I always miss it, just as i almost always miss fluff fest celebrating the invention of marshmallow fluff as a food item.

 

Does a game with an opener not really start until the second inning?

 

Today's game thread is devoted to such deep questions...

 

Line ups to follow, but we got a 4 run lead already so this should be posted sooner rather than later...

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Er... Noon i guess.

 

Was on the west coast Saturday...

 

Realized during the 6th inning i was in radio range and heard the end of last night's game on WCCO in Iowa and Illinois. Just passed into Indiana and eastern time a little while ago, so um, make fun of my mistake mericlessly.

 

Oh yeah. Line ups:

 

Twins

Gabriel Moya (L)

 

1. Logan Forsythe ( R) DH

2. Jorge Polanco (S) SS

3. Jake Cave (L) CF

4. Robbie Grossman (S) LF

5. Max Kepler (L) RF

6. Tyler Austin (R ) 1B

7. Ehire Adrianza (S) 3B

8. Willians Astudillo (R ) C

9. Gregorio Petit (R ) 2B

 

Tigers

Spencer Turnbull (R )

 

1. JaCoby Jones ( R) CF

2. Christin Stewart (L) LF

3. Nicholas Castellanos ( R) DH

4. Mikie Mahtook ( R) RF

5. Ronny Rodriguez (R ) 3B

6. James McCann ( R) C

7. Jim Adduci (L) 1B

8. Dawel Lugo ( R) 2B

9. Pete Kozma ( R) SS

 

Gametime Forecast: 72°F • Mostly Cloudy •

[sampleSizeOfOne]

And Anderson followed Gardenhire to Detroit, eh?

 

Good for them.

 

Is that where Dougie Baseball landed too?

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

And Anderson followed Gardenhire to Detroit, eh?

Good for them.

Is that where Dougie Baseball landed too?

Yeah, I think he manages one of their minor league teams. 

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6-0 Twins in the blink of an eye... I mean the refresh of a browser.

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Yeah, I think he manages one of their minor league teams.

Thanks!

 

Nice to know he landed on his feet.

[Mike Sixel]

Wow, the Tigers are really bad at this game. Wow.

[jimmer]

 

Wow, the Tigers are really bad at this game. Wow.

Wow, our announcers are really bad at announcing this game.  Wow. :-)

[jimmer]

 

Yeah, I think he manages one of their minor league teams. 

He is their AAA manager.

[jimmer]

It's now the 5th inning and our announcers are STIIIIIIILLLLLLLL complaining about the opener concept.

 

Talking about it every inning.

[wavedog]

Starter or Primary nice to Gonsalves figure some stuff out and pitch solidly.  Not sure if it is the Detroit bats or him pitching well but good to see some 0's put up.    That is the benefit of bringing him up and get some innings under his belt.   

[Doomtints]

The Tigers lineup today has just one hitter to worry about.

 

[Mike Sixel]

This game is exhibit A for why September stats are so misleading. 

[SF Twins Fan]

He's thrown 6 shutout innings and on only 78 pitches but it looks like Molitor will be taking him out of the game....

[slash129]

 

Starter or Primary nice to Gonsalves figure some stuff out and pitch solidly.  Not sure if it is the Detroit bats or him pitching well but good to see some 0's put up.    That is the benefit of bringing him up and get some innings under his belt.   

 

He basically faced the equivalent of the players that he saw in MiLB, save Castellanos.  AAAA and only in the rotation next year if the Twins are as bad or worse than they are this year.

[FormerMinnasotan]

So the Tigers really have helped boost the confidence of Kohl Stewart and Stephen Gonsalves. They have pitched a combined 12 innings, gave up 4 hits, 0 earned runs, walked 4, and struck out 9.

[wavedog]

Looks like Busenitz can't even get these AAAA hitters out

[MN_ExPat]

You know, I'm kind of disappointed.   Young man makes his MLB debut this season, struggles (a lot), but finally has a nice game... and the wolves are still howling and nipping at his Achilles, waiting for him to stumble and in stumbling become thus consumed.

 

So what if it is a pretty poor Detroit lineup.   Is it really that important?   He pitched a nice game, can't folks say something positive for once?

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Winnah.

 

Yawn.

[mickeymental]

 

You know, I'm kind of disappointed.   Young man makes his MLB debut this season, struggles (a lot), but finally has a nice game... and the wolves are still howling and nipping at his Achilles, waiting for him to stumble and in stumbling become thus consumed.

 

So what if it is a pretty poor Detroit lineup.   Is it really that important?   He pitched a nice game, can't folks say something positive for once?

agreed. it's not like pitchers from other teams never bolster their stats by facing subpar lineups. six mlb shutout innings are six mlb shutout innings.

[Doomtints]

 

The Tigers lineup today has just one hitter to worry about.

 

And that guy drove in the Tigers runs. Funny.

 

Next time, Molly, just walk the dude!

[Mike Sixel]

 

You know, I'm kind of disappointed.   Young man makes his MLB debut this season, struggles (a lot), but finally has a nice game... and the wolves are still howling and nipping at his Achilles, waiting for him to stumble and in stumbling become thus consumed.

 

So what if it is a pretty poor Detroit lineup.   Is it really that important?   He pitched a nice game, can't folks say something positive for once?

 

I'm very happy for him! Doesn't change any of hte other comments' validity, imo.

[Circus Boy]

Rip Van Winkle time, asleep at the PC. Forgot the early start. Very pleasant to see the win. As Nuke LaLoosh sez: "I like winning. It's like, better than losing."

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And in response to a query i made in yesterday's game thread, i took a moment to look at our remaining schedule. All postponed games have been made up, it seems, so we can win out for a 500 record. Wouldn't that be nice?