Game Thread Twins vs Orioles 5/24/2021 6:40 CDT

[Cap'n Piranha]

That'll do pig.

[wavedog]

That was a pretty bad at bat by Cruz there.  Swung at balls and watched strikes.  Had an opportunity to advance the runner with that high outside strike but watched it go by.  

[SwainZag]

Well...tie game.  

[Aggies7]

Now that we got our extra inning slump buster yesterday, might as well try again 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

6 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Why is garlick the most clutch guy on our team 

Someone has to be...

Just glad he is as clutch as he is.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Now that we got our extra inning slump buster yesterday, might as well try again 

It will have to wait another night 

[SwainZag]

Garv Sauce!!!!

[AceWrigley]

Oh yeah, throw me some Garv sauce!

[RickOShea]

Garver smiling like he just scored his first prom date

[sampleSizeOfOne]

More insurance run(s)!

[gil4]

8 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

Gordon says, "I could have done that."

It took me a minute - I didn't realize Nick was playing and thought you were talking about our radio guy. He could have done it too (probably a bit more efficiently.)

 

[Aggies7]

This fella is chucking up some cookies

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, gil4 said:

It took me a minute - I didn't realize Nick was playing and thought you were talking about our radio guy. He could have done it too (probably a bit more efficiently.)

 

oh yeah, should probably clarify any Gordon reference, sorry.

[AceWrigley]

What is this, we're tacking on runs now?

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

This fella is chucking up some cookies

Yeah, he's got really good numbers on the year (1.65 FIP 2.5 ERA, 10.5 K/9 somehow), but he doesn't throw a fastball and he tops out at 85 MPH... I have no idea how that works in the modern game. He looks like a semi-knuckleballer.

[SwainZag]

Hello Mr Wells

[Brock Beauchamp]

18 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

That really stinks. Hoping for Alcala to be trustworthy late in games and he seems to fail an awful lot 

That was a really difficult position to put Alcala. He really shouldn’t have returned to the mound after 40 minutes. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I finally figured out why Astudillo is always taking his hat off to field popups and such!

 

He was keeping in practice so he would get his mask off as catcher.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

Yeah, he's got really good numbers on the year (1.65 FIP 2.5 ERA, 10.5 K/9 somehow), but he doesn't throw a fastball and he tops out at 85 MPH... I have no idea how that works in the modern game. He looks like a semi-knuckleballer.

It worked for Sergio for over ten years. 

[stringer bell]

The Orioles are not very good. That said, even when the Twins won over 100 games in 2019, they failed to close the deal and sweep teams, so I expect Baltimore to win at least one game in this series. 

[SwainZag]

Team must have loaded up on Wheaties during that rain delay.   They have as many hits in this inning as they had the 7 before the rain.

[Danchat]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

It worked for Sergio for over ten years. 

I suppose, I thought he at least threw a fastball around 90, though I know he didn't throw it a lot. 

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

It worked for Sergio for over ten years. 

Yeah but being named Sergio gives you performance CRED.

[shortround81]

Well,. I'll be d*****! I wonder who is gonna close

[Aggies7]

What is even happening 

[D. Hocking]

I feel like Chief and Son of Chief being there is inspiring them.

I also feel I can go to bed now.  If they lose now, I don't want to see it.

[LaBombo]

4 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Yeah, he's got really good numbers on the year (1.65 FIP 2.5 ERA, 10.5 K/9 somehow), but he doesn't throw a fastball and he tops out at 85 MPH... I have no idea how that works in the modern game. He looks like a semi-knuckleballer.

A little bit like Trevor Hoffman, the intimidating HoF closer who entered home games to the ominous strains of AC/DC's Hells Bells in anticipation of him blowing away hitters with his 72 MPH changeup...

[AceWrigley]

Wells is our secret plant on the Orioles staff.

[Danchat]

Holy cow, boys! Slow down! 6 for 8 in RISP - it's about time we had a game like this!

Oh, and by the way, the Wild are up 3-1 at the end of the 1st. Looks like Minnesota sports went nuts the last 30 minutes!

[Cap'n Piranha]

Ummm...why is Cruz batting here?  We don't need more runs, he has a sore wrist, and you're going to be taking him out in the bottom of the 9th anyways.  This is incomprehensible by Rocco right here.