Game Thread: Twins @ Red Sox, 9/4/19 @ 6:10pm CT

[FlauerPauer]

Keep the train rolling, Caveman!

[LVTwinsfan]

Rosario should steal home

[bighat]

Awful time to ground into a DP there CaveMan.

[FlauerPauer]

Rats.

[FlauerPauer]

6-2 Tribe. Double rats.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

not to mention, the Twins haven't won anything yet. They dont have room to needlessly rest anyone, least of all the guy they consider their #1 starter.

Should be doable to skip a Berrios start. Some 5.5 game leads have been made up in September, but Cleveland looks shaky.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Red Sox now have—count’em—twenty one (21) pitchers on their team.

 

#SeptCallups

#NeverGiveUp

#DontEverGiveUp

#JimmyValvano

 

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2019/09/boston-red-sox-active-roster-includes-21-pitchers-i-dont-feel-bad-about-it-alex-cora-says.html?fbclid=IwAR00phYgPl5r4nKQny85Ua2AFlAwcDUl6Pu7a8osTghZ2S7FanqdxCDJUWo

21 is WAY more than 19

[bighat]

At least the Twins are starting to make Rodriguez throw some pitches.

[wabene]

Rope from Schoop

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Cave and Kepler switched fielding positions? Kep’s leg still bothering him?

[John Kelsey]

E Rod is laboring. 

[Squirrel]

It’s Turtle time!

[wabene]

It’s Turtle time!

A mammalian amphibophile

[FlauerPauer]

Astudillo is probably the last guy I want up in that situation.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

A mammalian amphibophile

and that’s about how I would describe that plate appearance.

[Squirrel]

Waa waa

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Waa waa

Sad trombone? Yup

[Richie the Rally Goat]

It’s Turtle time!

[jkcarew]

I think that it's become pretty obvious that when pitching every 5th day Berrios can't sustain a high level of performance late into the year. The Twins almost have to shut him down at this point and hope a few weeks rest can get him back on track for the playoffs. Also, in future seasons the team needs to treat him like they have Pineda and give him a couple of breaks during the seasons.

Just think what a great reliever he’d be!

[Squirrel]

Sad trombone? Yup

Heh, not sure how you put that sound into words, but I guess I did okay since you got it.

[Halsey Hall]

Jim Kaat is probably right, better off pitching on 3 days rest than 5.  The extra day off didn't help, and a pitcher has better control with less time off.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

If the scores hold up, it will be the first time since Aug. 11 that the Twins have lost on the same day Cleveland has won. August 11 was the series finale the last time the two teams played each other.

[FlauerPauer]

Since the 5th inning last night, majority of the at-bats have just been bad. Time to pick it up, bombasquad!

[bighat]

Welp, looks like the stars aren't aligned in the Twins' favor tonight. Never fun to watch a soft-tossing lefty dominate this team. Nor is it fun watching guys blow opportunities with men on base every inning.

[wabene]

Canon!

[Aggies7]

What an incredible inning of defense

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Oh, and also.., Gold Glove

[FlauerPauer]

That was one heck of a play by Jose!

[Richie the Rally Goat]

I mean is it going to get to the point in baseball where we have 7 man rotations? What is going on? You can't tell me Walter Johnson wasn't bringing the heat. Those rotations of the past were three or four man rotations and they still played around 150 games a year. Shouldn't, with all these technological advancements, pitchers be getting stronger?

https://theaceofspaeder.com/2019/01/24/walter-johnson-probably-threw-88-mph/

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Berrios with the glove!

 

Hope that sparks us...