Spring Training - Game 8 vs Cardinals

[Parker Hageman]

Jason Marquis squares off against his old team. Here's the lineups, courtesy of LaVelle Neal:

 

CardinalsRafael Furcal, SS

Skip Schumaker, 2B

Lance Berkman, 1B

John Jay, CF

Tony Cruz, C

Daniel Descalso, 3B

Matt Carpenter, RF

Shane Robinson, LF

Zack Cox, DH

Adam Wainright, RHP

Twins

Ben Revere, LF

Jamey Carroll, SS

Joe Mauer, DH

Chris Parmelee, 1B

Ryan Doumit, C

Sean Burroughs, 3B

Brian Dinkelman, RF

Joe Benson, CF

Alexi Casilla 2B

Pitching: Jason Marquis, RHP

 

Oh, LaVelle also offers this wonderful nugget:

 

Spring training games are fake ones before the real ones start, but it would be nice for the Twins to remember what it's like to score runs. They have been shut out in back-to-back fields and have yet to homer in Target Canyon, er, Hammond Stadium.

 

Eesh...

[Thrylos]

Marquis got out of the first inning after a walk and a single

[Thrylos]

Carroll hit one to the warning track. Ball must be flying out

[Thrylos]

Marquis 1-2-3 second. Two long flyouts to CF and a LO to Casilla

[Thrylos]

Wainwright with 2 perfect innings against the Twins so far

[Thrylos]

Marquis: double, single, walk, Cardinals up 1-0 mid 3rd

[Thrylos]

Benson just got his 1st hit of ST in 10 PA with a single off Sam Freeman

[Thrylos]

Silly baserunning error by Revere (going too far off base of a shallow pop up) has him doubled up to end the inning for the Twins

[Twins Fan From Afar]

Silly baserunning error by Revere (going too far off base of a shallow pop up) has him doubled up to end the inning for the Twins

I think that's already his second dumb move (other was a pickoff) in a small number of times on base.

[Thrylos]

PerKKins 1-2-3 inning with 2 Ks

[Thrylos]

I think that's already his second dumb move (other was a pickoff) in a small number of times on base.

Yeah... I think that if he continues this, his 25-man roster spot might not be that secure... long Spring; we'll see

[Thrylos]

Mauer grounds out, Parmelee reaches on a wild pitch strikeout, Doumit singles, Burroughs lines out to CF swinging at 1st pitch. 2 outs men on 1st and 2nd

[Thrylos]

Dinkelman walks bases loaded with 2 outs for Benson

(Btw, Pridie got a 50-day suspension today - unrelated)

[Thrylos]

Benson walks to score a run. 1-1. Bases still loaded

[Thrylos]

Lexi strikes out and leaves the bases loaded.... 1-1 end of 4

[Thrylos]

Capps just pitched a gopherball to Furcal Cardinals up 2-1

[Thrylos]

top of 4th over. Capps had 2Ks. Cardinals up 2-1

[Thrylos]

1-2-3 5th for the Cardinals. Twins still down 2-1. Doom in to start the 6th

[Thrylos]

Doom: single, single. Cardinals on first and second no outs

[Thrylos]

infield fly (Nishioka made the catch), Strike out, ground out. Still 2-1 Cardinals mid 6

[Thrylos]

Twins go down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 6th (Hughes, Hermann, Burroughs)

[Thrylos]

Casey (oh so) Fien: Fly out, Ground out, walk, K. Mid 7th Cardinals up: 2-1

[Thrylos]

Ramirez single, Mastroianni sacrifices him to second, Nishioka single, Ramirez out at the plate, 2 outs for the Twins

[Thrylos]

Carson out to end the 7th. Twins down 1-0

[Thrylos]

Tyler Robertson: Ground out, single, double play ball, Nishoka almost gets drilled, double play broken, force out at second

[Thrylos]

Stolen base for the Cardinals in a close call at second

[Thrylos]

Double, runner scores. 3-1 Cardinals

[Thrylos]

Chris Herrmann just got drilled on the throwing hand by a foul ball. Stays in the game

[Thrylos]

Strikeout. Inning over. 3-1 Cardinals mid 8th

[Thrylos]

Guerra gets 2 ground outs and a strikeout. Mid 9th. Twins down 3-1