GAME THREAD: Twins vs. Tigers, 4/26/22 @ 6:40pm CT

[AceWrigley]

How many TV screens in Detroit got pelted with shoes!?!

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Sano almost totally botched that. Don’t overlook that fact

Urshela also botched it, he ran towards 3rd while Larnach clearly was staying at 3B. I think Sano was running only because Urshela was.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Gamecast says Haase made an error what happened.

Bad outfielding, horrific baserunning and horrendous throwing 

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Gamecast says Haase made an error what happened.

You'll have to watch the video. It's too incomprehensible to describe in words.

[AceWrigley]

Is this some kind of cosmic adjustment to atone for last year?

[gil4]

2 minutes ago, Danchat said:

This is not a sustainable way of winning games... but boy, it's fun to watch other teams self-destruct!

It might be. How many times to we play the Tigers, White Sox, and Royals? 

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, AceWrigley said:

How many TV screens in Detroit got pelted with shoes!?!

How many got thrown out a window?

[twins_89]

A stat that makes me scratch my head, Thielbar leads the Twins in pitching appearances while having a 15.19 ERA.

[wabene]

1 minute ago, AceWrigley said:

Is this some kind of cosmic adjustment to atone for last year?

Yes, and more to come.

[AceWrigley]

Maybe we should re-name our home park "Off-Target Field".

[stringer bell]

Two games in the last four where the opposition self-destructs. Oh my!

[notoriousgod71]

Ruben Rivera impressed with that base running display. 

[wabene]

The illustrious Central Division!

[Steve71]

Let's see.  Men on 1st and 2nd, one out.

Sano smokes a line drive to right center.  Grossman appears to misjudge the ball's velocity, and kinda drifts back and then vainly stabs for the ball which barely ticks the top of his glove and rolls to the wall.

Larnach, the runner on 2nd, was holding to see what happened and somewhat inexplicable did not try to score, retreating to 3rd.  Ushela did not see this and also went to 3rd.  Sano advance to 2nd on the throw towards the plate (way up the 1st base line on a wierd relay throw). 

So now the Catcher has the ball, and he sees Larnach camped on 3rd and Ushela heading there too.  He hesitates, double pumps, and then instead of throwing the ball the 2nd where Ushela was retreating , he lightly tosses the ball over the 3rd baseman's head into short left.  Meanwhile, Sano recognized that Ushela was retreating to 2nd and starts wandering back towards 1st.

Larnach scores easily from 3rd on the overthrow, and Ushela also chugs around and scores with a belly flop.  Ball cutoff by the 3rd basemen who apparently does not know the score and tried to tag Sano, who by now was making his way to 3rd base, but the game was already over.

You really should watch the replay, but that is the best I can do.

[notoriousgod71]

5 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

How many TV screens in Detroit got pelted with shoes!?!

Less than minnesota after the wolves game. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I forget... Do these wins count more or less than other wins?

 

Oh yeah.

 

Winnah!

[twinssporto]

7 minutes ago, wabene said:

I'm gonna overlook that

Me too!

[Mill1634]

26 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

If the Twins win this game, it'll be because Sano hits a walkoff homer. I have no doubt in my mind. 

I will be taking half credit for this call. 

[Aggies7]

9 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Urshela also botched it, he ran towards 3rd while Larnach clearly was staying at 3B. I think Sano was running only because Urshela was.

You’re right, he totally did break for third. 
 

edit: the relay throw was awful, might have thrown everyone’s timing off 

[twinssporto]

7 minutes ago, gil4 said:

I'm glad it didn't

Me too Gil! Me too!

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, notoriousgod71 said:

Less than minnesota after the wolves game. 

I usually reserve the TV pelting in reference to Vikings Super Bowl appearances.

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, notoriousgod71 said:

Less than minnesota after the wolves game. 

Like but don't like.

[Steve71]

Incredibly, if Cleveland fails to come back from current 3-0 deficit, the Twins will have a 2 game lead with zero contributions from Palanco, Correa and, largely, Sano.  If 1 or 2 of those guys start clicking and the starting pitching continues to flourish, they could be dangerous.

[twinssporto]

4 minutes ago, Steve71 said:

Let's see.  Men on 1st and 2nd, one out.

Sano smokes a line drive to right center.  Grossman appears to misjudge the ball's velocity, and kinda drifts back and then vainly stabs for the ball which barely ticks the top of his glove and rolls to the wall.

Larnach, the runner on 2nd, was holding to see what happened and somewhat inexplicable did not try to score, retreating to 3rd.  Ushela did not see this and also went to 3rd.  Sano advance to 2nd on the throw towards the plate (way up the 1st base line on a wierd relay throw). 

So now the Catcher has the ball, and he sees Larnach camped on 3rd and Ushela heading there too.  He hesitates, double pumps, and then instead of throwing the ball the 2nd where Ushela was retreating , he lightly tosses the ball over the 3rd baseman's head into short left.  Meanwhile, Sano recognized that Ushela was retreating to 2nd and starts wandering back towards 1st.

Larnach scores easily from 3rd on the overthrow, and Ushela also chugs around and scores with a belly flop.  Ball cutoff by the 3rd basemen who apparently does not know the score and tried to tag Sano, who by now was making his way to 3rd base, but the game was already over.

You really should watch the replay, but that is the best I can do.

Nice recap Steve. You will do the next game thread intro!

Congrats!!

Go twins!

[gil4]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

I will be taking half credit for this call. 

I thought you had nailed it. It was sitting at In play, run(s) for quite a while with no details. Now I know what the delay was. We are now waiting for the video because some guy has to write a headline for that play - Sano's game-winning whatever the heck that was.

[twinssporto]

2 minutes ago, Steve71 said:

Incredibly, if Cleveland fails to come back from current 3-0 deficit, the Twins will have a 2 game lead with zero contributions from Palanco, Correa and, largely, Sano.  If 1 or 2 of those guys start clicking and the starting pitching continues to flourish, they could be dangerous.

So true. Was thinking the same thing!

[Aggies7]

Just now, gil4 said:

I thought you had nailed it. It was sitting at In play, run(s) for quite a while with no details. Now I know what the delay was. We are now waiting for the video because some guy has to write a headline for that play - Sano's game-winning whatever the heck that was.

“Flop Off Winners”

[RpR]

9 minutes ago, Steve71 said:

Let's see.  Men on 1st and 2nd, one out.

Sano smokes a line drive to right center.  Grossman appears to misjudge the ball's velocity, and kinda drifts back and then vainly stabs for the ball which barely ticks the top of his glove and rolls to the wall.

Larnach, the runner on 2nd, was holding to see what happened and somewhat inexplicable did not try to score, retreating to 3rd.  Ushela did not see this and also went to 3rd.  Sano advance to 2nd on the throw towards the plate (way up the 1st base line on a wierd relay throw). 

So now the Catcher has the ball, and he sees Larnach camped on 3rd and Ushela heading there too.  He hesitates, double pumps, and then instead of throwing the ball the 2nd where Ushela was retreating , he lightly tosses the ball over the 3rd baseman's head into short left.  Meanwhile, Sano recognized that Ushela was retreating to 2nd and starts wandering back towards 1st.

Larnach scores easily from 3rd on the overthrow, and Ushela also chugs around and scores with a belly flop.  Ball cutoff by the 3rd basemen who apparently does not know the score and tried to tag Sano, who by now was making his way to 3rd base, but the game was already over.

You really should watch the replay, but that is the best I can do.

Thanks

[Longdistancetwins]

My MLB feed ended with the win, so I got no replay—of all the absurd moments not to be able to view it again!

[RpR]

I wonder , if Detroit had not screwed up and the Twins lost, who would have gotten his butt reamed on that one.