Astros vs Twins, Game 1, 9/28 1pm Central

[USAFChief]

ANother absolutely pathetic AB from Rosario.

[jun]

It's really sad to be a Twins' fan in the playoff.

[denarded]

Uggh. Losing to Astros and Dusty Baker = Losing to Yankees

[KirbyDome89]

 

I go back to the trade deadline. It was sooooo easy to see this bullpen was 2 or 3 arms short. Waiver wire pickups and 84 MPH fastballs don't work in the post season.

Hiding subpar arms in the pen is this FO's version of "pitch to contact." 

 

It doesn't work against good teams.

[Aggies7]

 

That first swing by Rosario right there is why I so badly miss the old baseball when I was growing up. Swing as hard as you can when you are trailing by 3 runs? What happened to baseball? Seriously. What happened to baseball and how do we get it back?

He made it better by not bothering to run out his ground ball 

[h2oface]

 

The good news is that berrios, who is always a basket case, has the ball tomorrow 

 

Does it really matter, when your offense gets no hits?

[USAFChief]

 

Didn’t even leave the box. A great headline for this game.

Failure to launch.

[freshinthehouse]

Rosario can't be on another team soon enough.  Dude is just never gonna get it.

[umterp23]

Not running out a weak grounder and walking to bench...bench his f....king butt tomorrow...lack of hustle all year is embarrassing. Garbage

[Vanimal46]

Lol Astudillo PH? Of ****ing course.

[HokieRif]

I get the bullpen frustrations, but this game is all to blame on the offense.  You cannot expect to win any game with 2 3 hits in a ballgame, and consistently fail to score runners in scoring position.  I'm frustrated with Romo, but the whole offense needs a pep talk.

[Aggies7]

Now here come the hits lol

[Aggies7]

Isn’t there ANYONE else that can bat

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Now if we can only make it to 50 pages...

[Vanimal46]

Isn’t there ANYONE else that can bat

I believe they called up a guy named Alex Kirilloff today.

[T_J]

What a wonderful pinch hit choice...

[Aggies7]

JOKE

[USAFChief]

So much blame to go around.

[Mill1634]

Huge ****ing L. I'm spend emotionally. See you tomorrow, sadly

[T_J]

Why doesn't Rocco trust Jeffers to hit?

[h2oface]

I hate Astudillo.

How Astudillo and Romo have fans here amazes me.

[LVTwinsfan]

2 home losses in a row for the first time this season

[ashbury]

No words. See you tomorrow.

[umterp23]

1st pitch swinging once again is TERRIBLE baseball!!!!!! Deserve to lose after 1st inning can’t score and let grienke off the hook...tortuga a fan favorite of crappy plate discipline , not me

[nicksaviking]

I think I would have preferred Pineda to pinch hit. But maybe that's just hindsight.

[Krabby5]

17 playoff losses in a row.  SEVENTEEN

 

think about that

[amjgt]

 

I believe they called up a guy named Alex Kirilloff today.

 

I mean, he's a lefty, but it's not like our righties had done much against that guy

[Vanimal46]

I think I would have preferred Pineda to pinch hit. But maybe that's just hindsight.

That Astudillo call is embarrassing.

[Bandit34]

The only thing that cheers me up is knowing that the streak has absolutely nothing to do with the Yankees. You can clearly see that today. We are a very sad team. Probably the worst streak in all sports. 

[Diesel]

What an awful loss. Still have never seen a Twins playoff win.