GAME THREAD: Rays @ Twins 12:05 Sunday 3/20/2022 (free on MLB.TV again)

[Otto von Ballpark]

Time: 12:05 PM CDT
TV: MLB.TV or Bally Sports North
Radio: MLB Audio

No introduction, other than to say it's another free MLB.TV game with no blackouts because it's spring training.

Also Dylan Bundy makes his spring Twins debut.

Twins lineup
1. Arráez 2B
2. Urshela 3B
3. Sanó DH
4. Kirilloff 1B
5. Jeffers C
6. Gordon LF
7. Lewis SS
8. Cave CF
9. Celestino RF

SP: Bundy RHP

Rays lineup
1. Brett Phillips (L) CF
2. Taylor Walls (S) 3B
3. Josh Lowe (L) RF
4. Rene Pinto (R) C
5. J. Aranda (L) 2B
6. Greg Jones (S) SS
7. Tristan Gray (L) 1B
8. Ryan Boldt (L) LF
9. Grant Witherspoon (L) DH

SP: Colby White RHP

 

 

[Otto von Ballpark]

Ryan Boldt, batting 8th for the Rays and playing LF, is a Minnesota native (Red Wing).

Played at AAA last year, has yet to make his MLB debut (not on the 40-man roster).

[LastOnePicked]

A way-too-early take, but Bundy sure looks good to me. Wow.

[PDX Twin]

#4 will always be Bob Allison to me, but I hope Lewis ends up getting it retired!

[ashbury]

This game appears to be in the bag.  We've brought our closer in, for the third inning!

[PDX Twin]

A RUN! A RUN!

[stringer bell]

Gamecast had Jeffers’ fly ball over the fence. Was it close?

[ashbury]

5 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

A RUN! A RUN!

Yeah. On a base hit by Sano that comes on a play to the SS that didn't get made, by a player who only just tasted AA ball last season.  Our guy wouldn't have slipped and fallen, and would have had a chance to make the play.  Oh well, it's Spring.

[Squirrel]

24 minutes ago, ashbury said:

This game appears to be in the bag.  We've brought our closer in, for the third inning!

So much so, I'm getting out the vacuum cleaner to, well, vacuum

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Gamecast had Jeffers’ fly ball over the fence. Was it close?

Gamecast now is capable of Bremergasms.  Nope, just warning-track, barely.

[ashbury]

"Make a play, Royce."  -- T. Rogers

6-3 to just get the batter. Nice.

[AceWrigley]

Royce Lewis . .  from the hole . . . throws him out. Nice play.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Impressed that the frugal Rays have a pitcher named Leatherman. I would have assumed they’d have a Pleatherman instead.

[PDX Twin]

4 minutes ago, Otto von Ballpark said:

Impressed that the frugal Rays have a pitcher named Leatherman. I would have assumed they’d have a Pleatherman instead.

Must be good with the glove ...

[ashbury]

25 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Must be good with the glove ...

Either that, or a real jack-of-all-trades.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'm having a hard time describing how much I hate these Rays uniforms and hats.

[ashbury]

13 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm having a hard time describing how much I hate these Rays uniforms and hats.

Yeah, needs to be blue from head to toe.

 

[LVTwinsfan]

36 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm having a hard time describing how much I hate these Rays uniforms and hats.

At least they don’t wear gold helmets for some of their home games

[stringer bell]

Was it really Lewis Thorpe that put up that two-inning line?

[The Mad King]

Garza puked...?

[Cornholio]

Watching Lewis at bat, it appears he has gone away from the big leg kick.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Did we win yet?

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 hours ago, ashbury said:

Yeah, needs to be blue from head to toe.

 

The color wasn’t the problem. It’s that… logo… thing…