Spring Training - Game 2 - 3/4 - @Tampa Bay

[Seth Stohs]

The Twins have a split-squad double-header today and lots of guys are playing.

 

Here is the lineup for the Twins against the Rays today:

 

Alexi Casilla 2B

Jamey Carroll SS

Trevor Plouffe LF

Chris Parmelee 1B

Danny Valencia 3B

Brian Dinkelman RF

Steve Pearce DH

Drew Butera C

Joe Benson CF

 

Pitchers: Terry Doyle, Scott Diamond, Luis Perdomo, Aaron Thompson, Lester Oliveros, PJ Walters, Casey Fien

[Parker Hageman]

Here's Tampa's lineup, according to Tampa Bay Time's Marc Topkin:

 

For the Rays:

Rhymes 3b

S. Rodriguez ss

Joyce rf

Keppinger 2b

Mangini 1b

Lobaton c

Salazar cf

Beckham dh

Feliciano lf

Hellickson p

[Seth Stohs]

Listening to the Rays' broadcast. Game to begin at 12:05 CST.

[Seth Stohs]

Alexi Casilla singles under the glove of Hellickson on the first pitch.

[Thrylos]

Casilla to second after Carroll groundout. Plouffe grounds out to third, Parmelee HBP. Men on 2md and 1st 2 outs

[Thrylos]

Valencia Grounds out to end the innings

[Seth Stohs]

Good to see Terry Doyle get the start today in Tampa for the Twins. I like that he's starting in that he'll see more big league hitters. The Twins have (obviously) a big decision to make on him and it'll be good to see him against good hitters. Hopefully he steps up.

[Seth Stohs]

Doyle hit Sean Rodriguez. Rays announcers say it happens a lot. Joyce got another grounder to 1B for a force out at 2B.

[Thrylos]

Good to see Terry Doyle get the start today in Tampa for the Twins. I like that he's starting in that he'll see more big league hitters. The Twins have (obviously) a big decision to make on him and it'll be good to see him against good hitters. Hopefully he steps up.

Yeah. And good to see him return the favor after Parmelle was drilled, and hit Sean Rodriguez with a pitch too

[Seth Stohs]

Are you listening? Parmelee barely got hit. It took a minute to realize it hit him. That wasn't a purpose pitch in any way.

[Seth Stohs]

Solid Twins debut for Terry Doyle. Three ground ball outs to 1B, a fly out to RF, a strikeout. He hit Sean Rodriguez with a pitch. The lone negative was the 2-out, 2nd inning walk to Jeff Salazar. Came back to get a pop up to shallow right. Two innings, no hit, no runs, 1 BB, 1 K. 1 HBP.

[Seth Stohs]

Alexi Casilla singled in his second at bat, so he's 2-2.

[Seth Stohs]

Trevor Plouffe lined to RF for an RBI single to give the Twins a 1-0 lead.

[Seth Stohs]

Scott Diamond in for the 3rd inning. Got the first out, then gave up a single. Then gave up another single, but Brian Dinkelman threw out the runner trying to go to 3rd base. However, Matt Joyce singled in a run. Diamond gave up one run on three hits in the third inning.

[Thrylos]

Perdomo in now. Let's see how he does

[Seth Stohs]

Perdomo strikes out the first batter on three straight called strikes. But Jeff Salazar took his first pitch and blasted a home run.

[Seth Stohs]

Perdomo came back with a strikeout of Tim Beckham and a ground out back to himself. Not too shabby.

[Thrylos]

Perdomo 2K a GO and a solo HR

[Seth Stohs]

PJ Walters got out of some trouble with a nice 4-6-3 double play.

[Seth Stohs]

Chris Parmelee with a two-run homer off Burke Badenhop. It scored Matt Carson who was pinch-running for Trevor Plouffe. Plouffe had singled and went 2-3 on his day.

[Thrylos]

first Twins action ever for Oswaldo Arcia. In at LF replacing Dinkelman

[Seth Stohs]

PJ Walters pitched a 2nd inning.

[Seth Stohs]

Arcia's in RF, right?

[Thrylos]

Arcia's in RF, right?

Right (on both counts)

[Thrylos]

Vasquez getting lit up pretty well...

[Thrylos]

JR Towles homers. That's his 3rd RBI this ST. Butera a step closer to AAA

[Seth Stohs]

JR Towles with an opposite-field, wind-aided, two run homer in the top of the 9th to give the Twins a 5-3 lead.

[Thrylos]

Crap, Chang has been having a tough luck with injuries... I hope this is nothing