GAME THREAD: 4/20/21 Minnesota Twins @ Oakland A's, Doubleheader, Game 1 @ 5:30 CDT

[Mike Sixel]

 

Great pitch. Down and in to a lefty.

Garver is such a terrible catcher.

 

I'd rather blame the awesome FA pitcher.....but to each their own.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Walp.

 

That coulda gone worse.

 

But i suppose it also coulda gone better, too.

[bighat]

Shoemaker's a real hot-head apparently. Dude is out there feeling pretty darn angry every start. Not saying it's bad, it's just different from what we've typically seen from Twins pitchers.

[stringer bell]

Ankle-high splitter to LH batter—great pitch. Knee high splitter to same—horrible pitch.

[MNT1996]

This just feels like a chaotic wildcard year for the Twins. Hope I'm wrong though

[cHawk]

Willians Popfly Astudillo

[Mike Sixel]

 

This just feels like a chaotic wildcard year for the Twins. Hope I'm wrong though

 

At this point, even a wildcard looks like progress from here.....

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Garver!!

[MNT1996]

Donaldson's swing is a thing of beauty 

[FlauerPauer]

 

Shoemaker's a real hot-head apparently. Dude is out there feeling pretty darn angry every start. Not saying it's bad, it's just different from what we've typically seen from Twins pitchers.

 

At least he isn't apologizing out there. Give me some fire!

[bighat]

Gotta get 1 back here, 1st and 3rd and 1 out.

[bighat]

Terrible out by Cruz.

 

Twins lead the league in non-productive outs. Did last year too.

[USAFChief]

Cmon Nelson, you gotta be better than that.

[cHawk]

****

[stringer bell]

Ouch, looked like there was a chance for a crooked number and.......,nothing.

[Aggies7]

Expectations lowering by the second

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Wait for it...

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Oh right.

 

Only 7 innings. I keep forgetting that.

[stringer bell]

Looks to me like Shoemaker practically gives extra bases to base stealers.

[cHawk]

WTF WAS THAT

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

WTF WAS THAT

That was a bad fielding play compounded by a losing attitude?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We seem to be a bit out of sync...

[Aggies7]

Can we be concerned yet

[Mill1634]

Picking up a ball with your barehand is like the second thing taught to tee-ballers. What are you doing Sano?

[stringer bell]

Not feeling confident about this. Thorpe might get his innings soon.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Finally we turned it.

[wavedog]

The funk continues ....

[Mill1634]

Astudillo to Polanco to Sano, just like we all predicted 2.5 weeks ago

[USAFChief]

I ask again...I know Rocco doesn't make anyone take BP. Do they take infield before every game?

 

Because the infield play is too sloppy to explain.

[Cap'n Piranha]

so Donaldson/Cruz/Buxton probably only get one more at bat each at this point?  I'm not optimistic about getting 3 runs today.