Game Thread: Tigers @ Twins - 4/3, 3:05pm

[notoriousgod71]

This interview is awesome! Someone youtube this next to Telly and Gomez!

[GCTF]

Escobar interview < Carlos Gomez interview.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Hey - the Detroit Tigers have learned to play "Twins Baseball"!

[jay]

And Coke gets his butt kicked by two of the lightest-hitting middle infielders in baseball. But platoon splits are still for cybermetric dweebs who got a wedgie every day in school...

 

You're such a geek.

[notoriousgod71]

Did Dick just say one of the biggest hits in the history of the ballpark?

 

Other than a couple Thome hits I can't really think of any big hits here.

[PseudoSABR]

Eduardo Escobar! He sure got lucky.

It gets the run home regardless. He certainly did his job.

[Guest USAFChief]

Just for a second I was sure that ball would bounce over the fence and Dozier would get sent back to third. Yet another piece of good fortune. The Twins are due for some. We win! We win!

[glunn]

This is a good day for the Twins, and hopefully a good omen for the balance of the season.

 

It was fun sharing this victory with you my friends!

[jay]

Early momentum. WE'RE cominnnnnnnnnnn'!

[notoriousgod71]

Escobar interview < Carlos Gomez interview.

 

My opinion on this team completely changed following that interview. These guys are awesome!

[Guest USAFChief]

Escobar on pace for 162 Ribeyes!

[Riverbrian]

That ending is so... Baseball... How can u not love this game.

 

Corriea... Escobar... Ramirez... Thumbs up...

 

Mauer... Morneau... Willingham... Doumit... Nothin...

 

Just the way you draw it up.

[DaveW]

Didn't see the game, how did Correia look? Can't complain with 2 runs over 7 IP, we all hate the contract but who knows, if he can eat some innings and have a somewhat respectable ERA maybe he can be a solid #5 guy for us over the next two years. (Or be tradeable)

[Top Gun]

Twins win! May there be many more.

[Craig Arko]

This is why we watch baseball.

[twinsfaninsaudi]

Player of the game: Kevin Correia!!

[big dog]

Great win! Daughter and I screaming with Victory Joy! The Tiggers threw two starters who each are probably making more $$ than our entire starting rotation. Very glad to take a game.

[glunn]

Player of the game: Kevin Correia!!

 

Too bad he did not get the win.

[ashbury]

Comment on the ESPN site, apparently advice to Leyland: Don't Do Coke.

[COtwin]

Nice Win. Pleased with Kevin's first outing, seems to be exactly as advertised. The defense stood up behind him except for one or two, minimized damage. Great to see the bench pull through for us.

[Riverbrian]

Didn't see the game, how did Correia look? Can't complain with 2 runs over 7 IP, we all hate the contract but who knows, if he can eat some innings and have a somewhat respectable ERA maybe he can be a solid #5 guy for us over the next two years. (Or be tradeable)

 

Correia was great... The Tigers strung a couple of weak singles together for the runs. Nobody tagged him over 7 innings.

[LaBombo]

You're such a geek.

 

Yup. With the Snorg t-shirts, Star Wars action figure collection, and wedgie scars to prove it...

[stringer bell]

Two games in frigid Target Field. No one has come close to hitting one over the fence (Escobar's was probably the closest) and not much solid contact has been made by anyone. It is deadball-era ball and small mistakes are magnified.

 

Correia and Worley have looked okay, but the hitters have been poor. I think I'll believe the weather has a lot to do with both situations.

[jokin]

Comment on the ESPN site, apparently advice to Leyland: Don't Do Coke.

 

Valverde, I believe, is still available...

[jokin]

Two games in frigid Target Field. No one has come close to hitting one over the fence (Escobar's was probably the closest) and not much solid contact has been made by anyone. It is deadball-era ball and small mistakes are magnified.

 

Correia and Worley have looked okay, but the hitters have been poor. I think I'll believe the weather has a lot to do with both situations.

 

Yup, save Correia for April and September

[glunn]

According to CBS Sportsline --

 

The announced attendance was 22,963, the smallest crowd in terms of tickets sold since Target Field opened in 2010.

 

Let's hope that this is the lowest attendance for this season -- a lot of people missed the opportunity to see a great win.

[Twinsoholic]

I agree that Correa is the player of the game, but one guy who deserves mention as offensive player of the last couple of innings is Trevor Plouffe who drew two walks--he scored on one and Carroll scored on the other. Also, you got to love being able to pinch hit Wilkin Ramirez. He was a beast in spring training, and he's going to get a lot of pinch hitting opportunities.

 

Now, about Correa. 7 innnings is outstanding, and Burton and Perkins looked awesome. On to face the Orioles now.

[glunn]

I agree that Correa is the player of the game, but one guy who deserves mention as offensive player of the last couple of innings is Trevor Plouffe who drew two walks--he scored on one and Carroll scored on the other. Also, you got to love being able to pinch hit Wilkin Ramirez. He was a beast in spring training, and he's going to get a lot of pinch hitting opportunities.

 

Now, about Correa. 7 innnings is outstanding, and Burton and Perkins looked awesome. On to face the Orioles now.

 

I think that there is one more game with the Tigers before facing the Orioles.

[Brock Beauchamp]

On to face the Orioles now.

 

Bert, is that you?

[Twinsoholic]

I'm excited for the Twins to play the Orioles I guess. So, one more against the Tigers. Gardy's guys need to extend the momentum and win the first series of the season against Leyland's club.