Game Thread Our Twins vs. Red Sox 9/4 7:10 AM HKT (or 9/3 6:10 PM CDT)

[FlauerPauer]

Magic Number: 19

 

Indians announcers are audibly sad.

[ashbury]

Chicago 6, Cleveland 5. Final.

[LVTwinsfan]

Indians lose, really need this game

[FlauerPauer]

Romo for the 9th?

[jz7233]

 

For a team that preaches analytics... why bring Rogers in when he has been terrible in back to back games...

Not only that, he needs to get 4 outs this time.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

So yeah, a big boy foul ball, there ...

 

yikes

[FLTwinsGuy]

Good god i think im going to have chest pains

[FlauerPauer]

No one is fooled by Rogers tonight.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I thought we might get a called strike there

[ashbury]

BIIIIIIIIG K.

[ScrapTheNickname]

This just reminds me that the Red Sox, the Yankees, and the Astros play in rinky-dink ballparks.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Romo for the 9th?

Just thinking exactly the same thing.

[LVTwinsfan]

Stealing totally meaningless there

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

slider!

[FlauerPauer]

Wunderbar

[IndyTwinsFan]

No one is fooled by Rogers tonight.

But we kinda got away with it this inning.

[AZTwin]

Rogers already at a lot of pitches. Let’s put Graterol in and see if he can handle the pressure. Indians lost so wouldn’t be the end of the world and we can see if we can trust him when it matters most

[drock2190]

Rodgers makes me nervous for the 9th after that performance

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Good god i think im going to have chest pains

Chest pains and playoff atmospheres go hand in hand ... Watch out.

[LVTwinsfan]

Rogers already at a lot of pitches. Let’s put Graterol in and see if he can handle the pressure. Indians lost so wouldn’t be the end of the world and we can see if we can trust him when it matters most

romo

[twinssporto]

 

Good god i think im going to have chest pains

Pace yourself.  The playoffs are going to be much more stressfull. The ALCS games against the Yankees will be epic! Real pukers.   

[ashbury]

Insurance runs, please!

[Darius]

Can't lose sleep on a HR from a guy like Devers, kid is a helleva player

Our potential playoff opponents have a few decent hitters in their own right.

 

My point is this: there have been a lot of discussions lately about the bullpen turning a corner, even becoming an advantage. I’m still wondering how our bullpen will hold up against quality offenses in the playoffs. We’ll see an offense equal to or better than Boston in the playoffs (Houston/New York). All the August numbers against Detroit and Chicago mean almost nothing. I need to see it against a high-end offense.

[ashbury]

Red Sox announcers pointing out that they were rooting for the White Sox tonight too.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Insurance runs, please!

The more, the better!

[FLTwinsGuy]

O hits since Porcello exited the game

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Our potential playoff opponents have a few decent hitters in their own right.

My point is this: there have been a lot of discussions lately about the bullpen turning a corner, even becoming an advantage. I’m still wondering how our bullpen will hold up against quality offenses in the playoffs. We’ll see an offense equal to or better than Boston in the playoffs (Houston/New York). All the August numbers against Detroit and Chicago mean almost nothing. I need to see it against a high-end offense.

The other side of the coin is you have just one team to home in on, not several, and you can go deep into matchups and such that way.

 

It might be Houston, but all resources will be aimed at Houston.

[drock2190]

Workman had a serious problem with homeruns throughout his career but this year he's been unhittable with the juiced ball. Baseball is weird.

[jz7233]

Clearly Red Sox has a much better bullpen.

[FlauerPauer]

Kris just said Rogers is coming back for the 9th. If I were Rocco, I'd definitely have someone up and warm.