Game Thread Intro "Boomer" Twins @ Brewers 1:10pm 8/14/2019 ad

[HawksNest]

Man, I hate the NL

[rghrbek]

Gee almost time to think about pinch hitting...

[Darius]

And we wonder why Gibson nibbles around the strike zone. When he throws it over, not so good things tend to happen.

I don’t know what the deal is. They showed a graphic during the game. Gibson has the second highest swing and miss rate on his breaking pitch in the MLB (exactly 50%). It’s higher than Corbin and Clevinger (widely considers to have some of the best breaking stuff in the game).

 

He’s got the stuff. He just didn’t trust it. He’s forced to throw a fastball eventually, and catches too much of the plate.

[rghrbek]

Wow...c'mon Mitch make em pay

[John Kelsey]

Thanks Gio!

[SpicyGarvSauce]

Could go for another Garv bomb....

[Darius]

Schoop got a meaningful hit?

Eh, one on first, one out in the top of the fourth....not high leverage enough for Schoop.

[PDX Twin]

Pitching around Gibby with the base open?

[mrtwinsfan]

Gibson T.Y. Gio 

[MNT1996]

Garver please break the bases loaded curse

[stringer bell]

Bases loaded. Uh oh.

[mrtwinsfan]

 

Eh, one on first, one out in the top of the fourth....not high leverage enough for Schoop.

Expecting Double play there , not a 2b

[nokomismod]

I wouldn't want to pitch to Kirk I mean Kyle Gibson either

[rghrbek]

 

Eh, one on first, one out in the top of the fourth....not high leverage enough for Schoop.

 

It is a one run game, and for this guy?  That is as high leverage as he is gong to get.

[VATwinsFan]

At least Gibson hasn't walked the Brewers' pitcher to the load the bases.

 

Yet.

[PDX Twin]

Gonzalez's Gio-coordinates must be off.

[rghrbek]

Gio's pitch count off the charts high

[John Kelsey]

Chased ball four three times. 

[bighat]

Bases loaded, Garver strikes out and it's very possible the Twins don't score this inning. Unreal.

[VATwinsFan]

I guess you can't bomba every at bat.

[MNT1996]

I'm starting to wonder if teams are just going to start pitching the Twins into bases loaded situations if this continues

 

Edit: Nevermind!

[PDX Twin]

 

Chased ball four three times. 

 

I can't like this, but I agree with it. Maybe because RBI is no longer an important statistic?

[IndyTwinsFan]

Gonna blow this bases loaded situation. I can see it already.

[Darius]

Garver is slowly developing a Schoop-level ability to create an out in a monster situation.

[bighat]

 

 

Chased ball four three times. 

 

Bad AB.

 

"This team isn't good with the bases loaded" isn't an excuse for anyone, not sure why people keep saying that, like it's something the Twins can't control.

 

Someone needs to teach these guys how to make contact and hit sac flies.

[TouchEmAllGuy]

Hip Hip.... Jorge!!!

[John Kelsey]

Hip hip!

[SpicyGarvSauce]

A BASES LOADED HIT!!!!

[rghrbek]

Big for Jorge

[MNT1996]

It's a miracle!