Game Thread: Twins @ Oakland 7:07 PM PST (9:07 PM CST) 7/02/2019

[MNT1996]

Meija has potential. Hopefully he can be a reliable 7th inning guy.

[David HK]

 

What?

Uh-oh......

 

Here we go...

[ScrapTheNickname]

Castro, into the Valley of dead center!

[DiscGolfer]

hmm, just like that only down by 1

[operation mindcrime]

Wow Castro!!!

[MNT1996]

9 Twins in double digit HRs (And 2 others have 9)

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

9 Twins in double digit HRs (And 2 others have 9)

I think Buxton will hit 20 yet this year, too.

[MNT1996]

Polanco seems to be in a bit of a power slump. Only slugged .398 in June. He had a SLG of .618 in April and .582 in May.

[jz7233]

 

I think Buxton will hit 20 yet this year, too.

I am not sure about that.

[David HK]

I give Mejia credit for that outing.

[mickeymental]

rabbit ball.

[TribeAZ13]

UGGHHH, if the Indians dont inexplicably allow the dubious distinction of the only team EVER to lose back to back shutouts by 12+ runs or more. Orioles should have been an easy sweep for a team playing so well like CLE vs an actual AAA club in Baltimore.  Tribe would be only 5 behind if you guys dont complete the comeback today..even still, making up 4 games in three weeks aint bad.  it will be interesting to see what unfolds down the stretch.  Tribe has also had the most wins in MLB post all star break by a large margin past 5 years..  Twins have been remarkably consistent all year. Not a single losing streak that set u back .  our head to head games are gonna be what matters, should be fun! hope you all are well! Cheers

[TribeAZ13]

i watch a ton of Twins games bc I like you guys and you have great announcers..well, announcer.  Bert is a legend but not a great voice imo, lol...and the guys sure do talk about the tribe a lot...think there is a lot of mutual respect there tho... between the organizations..and the Twins frontoffice did so brilliant last couple years, they im sure know what CLE is capable of.  All the idiot national media pundits have awarded the Central already, which is just silly to say that about any division first wk of june

[MNT1996]

Looks like the Twins are coming back to reality after a (probably) over-achieving April/May. With Cleveland starting to play to their potential it might get a little dicey with the Indians starting to close the division lead gap. Hopefully the Twins can play some better ball. 

[TribeAZ13]

 

At this point if the Twins make the playoffs I wouldn't know who to put out there for the opening game. Odorizzi is trending downhill and Berrios doesn't really have "Ace" stuff. We need to get a dominant starter at the deadline.

You could prob call the Tribe and see what top prospects they'd take for Bauer lol...if it were top prospects id do that as an indians fan actually..bauer is gone anyway and despite his rough stretch he is a #1 and would be your best starter instantly

[David HK]

I can't tell the difference between Magill and Morin. Aren't they the same guy?

 

**Edit** Whoever it was, I'm glad he pitched around the Dangerous Chris Herrmann.

 

**Another edit** Oops, and I see he pitched around the Dangerous Robbie Grossman as well.

[TribeAZ13]

In all seriousness, the Twins could not get a better arm (nor could any team looking for a starter) than Bauer. Prob would not trade within the division, but Tribe is getting healthy... Kluber is throwing already WAY ahead of schedule and Danny Salazar is back after the break....and reports have been he looks GOOD in AAA 

[TribeAZ13]

That pitch to castro was filth

[David HK]

Welp.

[TribeAZ13]

I literally almost died when kepler hit that... dear god, we will take kepler for bauer... there

[howeda7]

Ugly loss to the Twins reject special Herrman, Grossman and Hendricks. Odorizzi and Perez having a race to see who can turn back into a pumpkin faster. Get MadBaum and Smith here ASAP.