Article: MIN 6, DET 4: Berrios Figures It Out, Bullpen Barely Hangs On

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Another example how Lady Luck can overcome players that choke in the clutch and a manager who hasn't a clue.
Inning #1 - Kepler on @B ZERO out.
No sacrifice to move Kepler to 3B to score on a sac fly
Polanco looks slow and strikes out looking on a Fastball that was inches away from the previous curve ball.
Missed opportunity. Bailed out by Cruz and Rosario.
Same inning Rosario on 2B, Two out.
Gonzalez bounces a low and away Curve to 1B for the final out
Inning #2 - Garver on 2B, ZERO Out.
No sacrifice by Schoop. He pops out to 1B. Wasted at bat.
Buxton picks up the slack and plates Garver
With one out, both Kepler and Polanco choke and fly out.
ATTN: MANAGER, BENCH COACH, HITTING COACH = 5 players saw a total of 9 pitches.
What's up with that - in the second inning?????
INNING #3 - ONE out, Gonzalez on 2B, Garver on 1B.
Schoop chokes and grounds a low and away curve ball into an inning ending double play.
Missed scoring opportunity.
ATTN: MANAGER, BENCH COACH, HITTING COACH = 5 players saw a total of 10 pitches.
Not including Garver who saw 5 pitches himself - and walked.
What's up with that - in the third inning?????
INNING #4 - Buxton on 1B ZERO out.
NO sacrifice, no attempt to steal 2B
Kepler chokes and grounds into a double play.
The DP is followed by 2 singles, before Rosario pops out to SS n a low and away Fast ball.
INNING #5 Garver on 2B, TWO OUT.
A hit means a run and Schoop grounds out to 3B on the first pitch he sees, a slider inside.
INNING #6 - Polanco on 2B via single and wild pitch. Two Out.
Cruz whiffs on a low inside slider on his 9th pitch of the at bat.
INNING #7 - Cron on 1B ZERO out.
No sacrifice, runner is not advanced.
Gonzalez flys to LF, Garver hits a DP to 2B.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
ATTN MANAGER, BENCH COACH, PITCHING COACH, BULLPEN COACH:
Poor decision on bringing May in to face 1 batter in the 7th and then haul him out again to begin the 8th.
Poor decision on bringing in Parker to start the 9th, since he worked on Saturday.
FLAVINE => Get some arms Baldelli can trust, otherwise this is a repeat of Molitor's bullpen use.

 

This is satire, right? Twins had 14 hits yesterday and half of them were for extra bases (5 doubles and 2 HRs). Guys were making lots of hard contact and it was paying off for them. 2 walks, only 4 Ks from the lineup with 6 runs on the board.