Game Thread: Twins vs Cleveland 7:10 PM EDT (6:10 PM CDT) 9/7/2019

[bighat]

Load the bases in the 3rd - pop-up to LF.

 

2nd and 3rd with nobody out in the 4th - disasterous hitting and baserunning and get nothing.

 

Anyone going to step up today!?!?!

[VATwinsFan]

Hold it together Mr Odorizzi

[ScooterDance]

A little light on the strikeouts.

Maybe so but 137 pitches through 5 is still in play

[Don Walcott]

Sano would've probably got injured!

And broken Perez’s leg.

[bighat]

 

 

Cevale is really walking a tightrope. Just a little nudge and he falls off.

 

Yeah but the Twins are all looking around waiting for someone else to nudge him.

[VATwinsFan]

 

And broken Perez’s leg.

And trigger an earthquake.

[IndyTwinsFan]

More unbelievably frustrating squandering going on.

I've nearly reached a point where I can almost foresee our complete squandering of legitimate scoring opportunities. That state of events needs to change if we expect to win the division and do anything positive in the playoffs.

[VATwinsFan]

Jakester is dealing.

[operation mindcrime]

And broken Perez’s leg.

Touche!

[MNT1996]

Man would it be nice for Jake to step into the Ace role. Looking good so far

[Don Walcott]

Maybe so but 137 pitches through 5 is still in play

A little heavy on the pitch count, too.

[operation mindcrime]

And trigger an earthquake.

That couldn't be measured on the Richter scale!

[LaBombo]

I've reached the point where a Twins game seems just a little incomplete without either a squirrel cameo or a wacky Astudillo outtake.

[Nine of twelve]

Odo 10 K's in 14 outs. (Now 15.) Strong!

[Don Walcott]

Yes, Jake!! Just keep it up, the bats will get going!

[IndyTwinsFan]

Load the bases in the 3rd - pop-up to LF.

 

2nd and 3rd with nobody out in the 4th - disasterous hitting and baserunning and get nothing.

 

Anyone going to step up today!?!?!

The way things have been going lately, I'm not betting on it. That being said, I hope I'm completely wrong on that thought.

[Don Walcott]

Frustrating? Yes. But this is still a really fun team to watch.

[bighat]

Of all the times to hit a cold streak offensively, hitting a low point when Cleveland comes to town with 3 weeks to go in the season is pretty terrible timing.

[IndyTwinsFan]

This weak ground ball and strikeout offense is getting more than a little stale. It's also not scoring many runs, either.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Of all the times to hit a cold streak offensively, hitting a low point when Cleveland comes to town with 3 weeks to go in the season is pretty terrible timing.

It would be more tolerable if it wasn't almost everyone going cold at the same time.

[IndyTwinsFan]

This weak ground ball and strikeout offense is getting more than a little stale. It's also not scoring many runs, either.

Long fly outs fall into the same category.

[LaBombo]

After all these years, there's still nobody in MLB who converts the routine outcome that is the humble fly out into a stinging disappointment in quite the way that Dick Bremer does.

[Nine of twelve]

 

It would be more tolerable if it wasn't almost everyone going cold at the same time.

The most likely explanation for this, by far, is not poor batting. It's good opposing pitching.

[IndyTwinsFan]

After all these years, there's still nobody in MLB who converts the routine outcome that is the humble fly out into a stinging disappointment in quite the way that Dick Bremer does.

He was clearly anticipating a bomba, but was sorely disappointed.

[Nine of twelve]

 

He was clearly anticipating a bomba, but was sorely disappointed.

It has happened this way more times than anyone can count.

[Nine of twelve]

And by the way, the blue jerseys are better than the red ones except they have the b. ugly 1960's script on the front.

[IndyTwinsFan]

The most likely explanation for this, by far, is not poor batting. It's good opposing pitching.

Maybe partially. My take is that when opposing pitchers know a team is scuffling at the plate, they tend to get more aggressive and take more chances with their pitch selection and location than they might otherwise be or do.

 

It's also far from the first time we experienced this situation.

[ashbury]

The most likely explanation for this, by far, is not poor batting. It's good opposing pitching.

Well then we might be in trouble, if October arrives, because you run into a lot greater proportion of that.

[bighat]

Now would be a very good time for the Indians to mimic the Twins' recent woes and ground into a double play. It should even out, right? Only fair?

[VATwinsFan]

So does anyone else think Puig is liable to come through for Cleveland?