Game Thread "Odysseus" Twins vs Royals 1:10pm cdt 9/22/2019ad

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 things to think about...

 

1. I got a friend who closed on a house earlier this week. So please forgive me if i have a one track mind.

 

2. Final regular season Twins home game. I hope we win.

 

3. Scoring runs by getting home. Sorry! That was too easy.

 

4. High Culture. See game thread title.

 

5. Pop culture, an incomplete list:

 

"Slimey? Mudhole? My home this is!" Strong are we with the force, but are we yet Jedi?

 

Kansas City

 

0. Jorge Lopez (R ) P

1. W. Merrifield (R ) LF

2. A. Mondesi ( S ) SS

3. Jorge Soler (R ) DH

4. Hunter Dozier (R ) 3B

5. Ryan McBroom (R ) RF

6. C. Cuthbert (R ) 1B

7. Bubba Starling (R ) CF

8. H. Arteaga (R ) 2B

9. Nick Dini (R ) C

 

Minnesota

 

0. Martin Perez (L) P

1. Luis Arraez ( L) 2B

2. Jorge Polanco ( S ) SS

3. Nelson Cruz (R ) DH

4. Eddie Rosario ( L) LF

5. Mitch Garver (R ) C

6. M. Gonzalez ( S ) 1B

7. Miguel Sano (R ) 3B

8. Jake Cave ( L) RF

9. LaMonte Wade Jr ( L) CF

[tvagle]

No Sunday Funday lineup...Rocco goes for the win!?!?!?

[mrtwinsfan]

 

No Sunday Funday lineup...Rocco goes for the win After last nights Debacle

 

[mrtwinsfan]

[bighat]

Rocco clearly going for the win here today, like this lineup. Here's hoping the Twins bash and mash.

 

Perez is a wild card here. Crossing fingers!

[Bomba2026]

After that____fest last night, Rocco better want to win this one and every game to come! No Kepler:( Even a blind dog finds a bone, so congrats to Mr Wade on his Bomba. Let's get to 300 today!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Rocco clearly going for the win here today, like this lineup. Here's hoping the Twins bash and mash.

 

Perez is a wild card here. Crossing fingers!

Kansas City sure is fielding a right heavy line up.

 

Not sure how much that means...

[stringer bell]

Pérez needs a good game. It would be nice to reduce the magic number again today.

[Circus Boy]

Magic number's at four. It takes the whole team to win. Yesterday it took the whole team to lose -- we hit well for one inning and pitched well for four innings, and that was it. Win the series today and we're pretty much golden.

[mrtwinsfan]

Dozier has 2 h,r,s  off perez,  Cruz has 2 against k,c, guy,  be nice to see 400  today at home

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Cmon Perez! Prove me wrong!

[PDX Twin]

 

 be nice to see 400  today at home

 

If the Twins hit 400 homeruns today, I'm confident of a win!

[wsnydes]

Good AB from Merrifield. Too bad he's wearing the wrong shade of blue.

[wsnydes]

If the Twins hit 400 homeruns today, I'm confident of a win!

Didn't watch last night, eh?

[wsnydes]

*sigh*

[PDX Twin]

Did that ball hit Polanco on the foot?

[wsnydes]

*sigh again*

[wsnydes]

Did that ball hit Polanco on the foot?

Even for a bloop, that was kind of a weird play.

[FlauerPauer]

Perez is such a bozo. I really hope that his option is declined, but knowing the FO, he'll be picked up since he has Texas ties to the FO...

[FlauerPauer]

Nice play, Sano!

[LVTwinsfan]

The Twins are attempting to win the division and go to the playoffs with no starting pitching.

[tvagle]

Looks like a Bullpen game again

[tvagle]

It helps to catch the strikes...yeesh

[tvagle]

Time for a McChair

[wsnydes]

It helps to catch the strikes...yeesh

1B was open too. Should have run just to force a throw.

[70charger]

30 pitches and a lot of nibbled fingernails.

 

It was ugly, but it was scoreless.

[mickeymental]

whew. season almost over.

[PDX Twin]

 

Looks like a Bullpen game again

 

What do you mean? Perez is on track to complete 3 whole innings with his pitch count.

[mrtwinsfan]

Goofy inning for perez,  lucky to get out of it,  Did he check the runners on that double steal  ?  anyone notice,

[LVTwinsfan]

Good damage control, will cost him an inning, but I guess five is all you expect from starters nowadays