Game Thread: Twins @ Blue Jays, 5/8/19, 6:07 CT

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Oh hey yeah, shutout streak too!

 

 

#CanItgetAnyWorse

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Oh hey yeah, shutout streak too!

 

So, ... jinx...

[Gibby]

 

  Dick jinxed it.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Zoinks!

 

 

Gibby!

 

Mow 'em down inning, and not a nibble in sight!

That’s a lawn mower

 

 

(In case you were wondering)

[FlauerPauer]

Nice comeback by Gibson after giving up the dinger.

[Mill1634]

KKKKKKKKKKyle is rolling

[stringer bell]

I predict Gibson will allow at least one more homer, but he might set a career high in Ks, probably next inning.

[ashbury]

Twins hitters are in a slump. No HR in, what, 2 innings now.

[Blake]

Hard to believe this is the same Toronto team that beat the Twins like a drum a few weeks ago.

[PseudoSABR]

Polanco is pretty, pretty good.  That extension is looking mighty good.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Polanco four hit game

 

Guaranteed one more at bat, since it’s only the sixth

[Brock Beauchamp]

They scored?!?!?!?!

 

WTF GIBSON

[MNT1996]

almost 20 year age difference in the Cruz vs. Luciano match up

[Gibby]

 

They scored?!?!?!?!

 

WTF GIBSON

 

  He annoys me more than any other Twin.

[Blake]

 

Polanco is pretty, pretty good.  That extension is looking mighty good.

Yep.

[PseudoSABR]

YAWN

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Oh my

[Brock Beauchamp]

Good thing they pulled the infield in on that pitch.

[h2oface]

Cruz either gets multiple hits, or no hits. Maybe two games with one hit, and one of them was a pinch hit single at bat.

 

[MNT1996]

This line up just isn't fair

[David HK]

Man, I like this.

 

R I S P, with less than 2 outs, and they're making 'em count.

 

Give up a run, get 2 back.

 

This is nice.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Cruz either gets multiple hits, or no hits. Maybe two games with one hit, and one of them was a pinch hit single at bat.

This is a good example of how perception betrays reality.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=cruzne02&t=b&year=2019

 

Cruz has six one-hit games.

[MNT1996]

Blue Jays, Orioles...The Twins really like hitting against birds

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Man, I like this.

 

R I S P, with less than 2 outs, and they're making 'em count.

 

This is nice.

The Twins are way waaaaay past RISP concerns tonight

[Brock Beauchamp]

Can the Twins decline to bat for the rest of the game so their flight home can leave two hours earlier?

[Blake]

 

Blue Jays, Orioles...The Twins really like hitting against birds

They have a bird hunting license, I guess.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Damn, Gonzalez. Four feet from yet another two run homer.

[h2oface]

 

This is a good example of how perception betrays reality.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=cruzne02&t=b&year=2019

 

Cruz has six one-hit games.

.... and 4 of those are in the last 9 games, and then I was more accurate..... so excuuuuuuuuussssssssseeeeee mmmmmeeeeeeeeee.

[Danchat]

Holy cow, I love this lineup! And we haven't even had Tortuga play for the last couple weeks!

[kydoty]

Somewhere near St. Cloud, some jackass sporting a mullet and a Megadeth t-shirt is telling everyone he knows that this is all solely because Joe Mauer is no longer on the team.