Game Thread Rays vs. Twins 6/27/19 12:10 PM CST

[MVP Nick Punto]

At least this ump is consistently bad

[TwinsCD]

Again, that's not a strike, blue.  Never once crossed the plate.

[Jake24]

Sano is a joke

[Aggies7]

Good gracious miggy

[amjgt]

Good gracious miggy

Too be fair. It was definitely not a strike

[Jake24]

I dont care if it was a strike or not. If its close enough to get called he has to make contact. He is toast.

[Aggies7]

Too be fair. It was definitely not a strike

Listening at work and I swear to god I heard that he swung

[amjgt]

Cy Yarborough

[MVP Nick Punto]

I dont care if it was a strike or not. If its close enough to get called he has to make contact. He is toast.

He was screwed either way on that one. Swing and probably strike out, or don't and let the ump eat your lunch

[Aggies7]

Wow do we need everyone back asap

[Graig Nettles]

So Tampa is one of those teams who uses "Openers". I was wondering why Yarborough only has 4 starts this year. 

[TwinsCD]

SWING THE GD BAT!!

[amjgt]

There are people that work in factories for 10 hour shifts and Bremer is acting like Cave couldn’t possibly even jog to 2nd base because of this 6 hour game

[FLTwinsGuy]

Buxton should be back soon..any word on marwin? Ive read nothing on him

[VATwinsFan]

1 extra base hit and 22 Ks.

[70charger]

 

1 extra base hit and 22 Ks.

 

'Bout sums it up, yeah.

[MVP Nick Punto]

8/62 .129 BA this game. We had no business even taking it this far

 

Edit: 8/61 .131, sorry

 

Edit 2: wow, that was TB, actually, sorry. We were 9/60 .150, we should've taken this easily

[MNT1996]

Good fight. I don't think any one was really expecting us to sweep the Rays and we won the season series against their very good pitching staff. Onto Chicago.

[Danchat]

 

8/62 .129 BA this game. We had no business even taking it this far

Edit: 8/61 .131, sorry

Our pitchers deserve some credit, they pitched one heck of a game. The bullpen has been surprisingly resilient lately.

[amjgt]

Listening at work and I swear to god I heard that he swung

On this rare occasion, no.

[70charger]

Bats really let us down here. Pitching was actually pretty damn good.

 

Twins take the season series from the Rays 5-2!

[USAFChief]

Too be fair. It was definitely not a strike

To be fair, he swung through an 89 MPH FB on 3-1 that had plenty of zone.

 

In so done with Sano. When the injury situation resolves, send his @$$ to Rochester.

[Darius]

Disappointing outing Harper. Throw strikes and give the team a chance.

 

Even so, I think we get out of that inning with Rosario and LF. That’s a play he makes at home.

 

Way too many GIDPs in overtime. ExhibitA in the argument that strikeouts can often be beneficial (or at least less detrimental than a ball on the ground).

[Mr. Brooks]

I don't get why you don't let Gibson go one more.

I'm willing to be patient with Baldelli, I think he'll be a good manager, but that is a real head scratcher.

[USAFChief]

I don't get why you don't let Gibson go one more.

I'm willing to be patient with Baldelli, I think he'll be a good manager, but that is a real head scratcher.

I'm guessing the thought was he can still pitch Sunday in Chicago.

[USAFChief]

Disappointing outing Harper. Throw strikes and give the team a chance.

 

Even so, I think we get out of that inning with Rosario and LF. That’s a play he makes at home.

 

Way too many GIDPs in overtime. ExhibitA in the argument that strikeouts can often be beneficial (or at least less detrimental than a ball on the ground).

They struck out 22 times. 3 GIDP total, 2 in "overtime."

 

But maybe you're right, they needed twentyFIVE Ks.

[Mr. Brooks]

I'm guessing the thought was he can still pitch Sunday in Chicago.

I would think he could throw up to 30 pitches and still be able to start Sunday.

[Danchat]

 

To be fair, he swung through an 89 MPH FB on 3-1 that had plenty of zone.

In so done with Sano. When the injury situation resolves, send his @$$ to Rochester.

But Chief, he still has an OPS of .800! 

 

Since June 17th he's 3 of 39 (.077) with 3 walks and 23 strikeouts. This is ridiculous. This especially hurts because Cave has been almost as bad the past week and Schoop's at-bats are starting to look bad too.

[Aggies7]

There are people that work in factories for 10 hour shifts and Bremer is acting like Cave couldn’t possibly even jog to 2nd base because of this 6 hour game

Haha so true, I did 11 hours today. Game didn’t start til I was on hour 5 and I was still there when it ended!

[yarnivek1972]

18 ****ing innings and nothing to show for it...nice job ryne

Yes, let’s “blame” a pitcher working his third straight day and not an offense that failed to score in 17 consecutive innings.