Game Thread: Twins @ Baltimore, 5/4/22 @ 6:05pm CT

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, Richie the Rally Goat said:

The real Gary Sanchez stood up

Nobody would have made that play

[jimboeau]

Hopefully his last start. 

[Huddy]

There's the Bundy I remember.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Nobody would have made that play

Dazzle made it sound like a huge butcher

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Dazzle made it sound like a huge butcher

He’s usually wrong, and he’s wrong this time too 

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Nobody would have made that play

It was a tough hop, but I think it was catchable. 

Not a good throw from Gordon, which in turn helped lead to not a good throw from Correa. 

 

[Mill1634]

It's bad enough to give up 6 runs to the O's in an inning, but then as a manager to see your team rally back and send that same guy back out there is just baffling. 

[CRF]

3 minutes ago, jun said:

Bundy reminds me of J.A. Happ.

I was thinking Homer Bailey. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Thanx Rocco , You  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[Danchat]

The defense has been bad, but it's going to be hard working around a guy throwing 89 MPH and giving up consistently sharp contact. Reminds me too much of Happ and Shoemaker...

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

It was a tough hop, but I think it was catchable. 

Not a good throw from Gordon, which in turn helped lead to not a good throw from Correa. 

 

No way

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We got 4 innings to come back 5 runs.

 

We can do this.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

It's bad enough to give up 6 runs to the O's in an inning, but then as a manager to see your team rally back and send that same guy back out there is just baffling. 

As is usually the case, leaving a starter in to "eat innings" doesn't work.

You end up using the pen anyway, only now you're in worse shape score wise.

[Sielk]

This is starting to feel like one of those 2021 games where misplays and horrible luck and bad managerial decisions all come together to sink the Twins. 

Let's hope they can rally again!

After Gray is back I want Bundy out of the rotation. Really. I sort of understand how Rocco wanted to save the pen and squeeze more out of Bundy (though I disagreed) but Bundy has now screwed up twice in a row and he doesn't have the track record that would earn him the benefit of doubt. 

One of the biggest mistake last year was trotting out Happ and Shoemaker every fifth day until it was too late. Unlike last year, we have better options now. Don't make the same mistake twice. 

[cHawk]

Me: I can’t wait to check the score on the Twins game!

Me after checking the score:

[KirbyHawk75]

Not watching but looks like Bundy sucks again.  That has to be deflating for the team.  Make a come back and then watch the same pitcher come out and give up more runs.  

[Winston Smith]

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

He’s usually wrong, and he’s wrong this time too 

Dazzle was a replacement level player that scored a couple big runs in the WS. He would like everyone to think he was a great player and he wasn't.

[CRF]

Bundy may have pitched pretty well his first few starts, but for me, the last two put him at the top of the DFA list. 

[LVTwinsfan]

The biggest mistake in that inning was sending Bundy back out there

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Winston Smith said:

Dazzle was a replacement level player that scored a couple big runs in the WS. He would like everyone to think he was a great player and he wasn't.

Blasphemy 

[Schmoeman5]

Rocco just gave away any chance the Twins may have had. I understand last time Bundy gave uo 4 in the 1st and they gave him the opportunity to right the ship. But tonight the Twins answered a 6 spot with 4 of their own, only to send Bundy back out. Not sure of that decision

[bighat]

This Twins team grounds into more double plays than any team I've ever seen.

[cHawk]

****ing really Correa?

[wsnydes]

6 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

It was a tough hop, but I think it was catchable. 

Not a good throw from Gordon, which in turn helped lead to not a good throw from Correa. 

 

I agree.  He could have also gotten in front of it better.  He wasn't going to get the out there anyway.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

Dazzle was a replacement level player that scored a couple big runs in the WS. He would like everyone to think he was a great player and he wasn't.

He led off the tenth of game 7 ‘91 with a hustle double on a bloop to center. 

[Mill1634]

My god, this stadium is so stupid. I cannot believe that the MLB approved it. 

[Mill1634]

383 foot fly out....to direct left field. Just dumb. 

[USAFChief]

Just now, wsnydes said:

I agree.  He could have also gotten in front of it better.  He wasn't going to get the out there anyway.

I think if he catches it he had a shot. In any case there's no reason to give up the plate to block the throw, in that case he absolutely doesnt get the out.

[bighat]

Just now, wsnydes said:

I agree.  He could have also gotten in front of it better.  He wasn't going to get the out there anyway.

It looked to me like the ball that Correa threw hit just the lip of the grass, just bordering the dirt. It appears that Sanchez was ready for the ball if it would have hit the dirt - but it didn't, mainly because the throw was offline.

I know Sanchez isn't exactly Drew Butera out there defensively but I don't blame him for what happened on that relay.

[MadHits]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I agree.  He could have also gotten in front of it better.  He wasn't going to get the out there anyway.

Did you see the replay from the outfield camera? The ball went 4ft or more to Gary's left after hitting the edge of the grass.