Game Thread: Twins @ Kansas City, 5/22/22 @ 1:10pm CT

[Rosterman]

Somehow today's lineup doesn't seem to be the best lineup. 

Is it construction? Wrong guys on the bench in the same game?

Is the Royals pitching that good?

 

[stringer bell]

7 minutes ago, Montdak said:

Just went over the fifty pitch mark to get two outs.  New pitcher up from the minors  proves up with a bonehead defensive play.  Why didn’t Rocco take Cano out when the left hander comes up with BL?  Cuz he likes to leave a guy in pitching right-handed when he can’t throw strikes and is over forty pitches to get one out?  Bang zoom three runs. The whole day shaped up to be like a forfeit.

Going into this series, Santana, a switch hitter,  had been basically helpless as a left handed hitter (he was the hitter up with the bases loaded). Secondly, the Twins currently only have one lefty in the 'pen.

[glunn]

It would be nice to score at least one run today.

[h2oface]

7 minutes ago, Rosterman said:

Somehow today's lineup doesn't seem to be the best lineup. 

Is it construction? Wrong guys on the bench in the same game?

Is the Royals pitching that good?

 

Yes, yes, no, Just my opinion. Add relief pitching decisions in a close, winnable game.

[Vanimal46]

What a read by Arraez on that Polanco chip shot. 

[KirbyDome89]

8 minutes ago, TheLeviathan said:

Also, what's more tried and true in baseball than the Sunday afternoon get-away lineup of scrubs?

Add to that a SS and CF, positions that typically don't sit often, having mandatory days off; it creates a less than ideal situation. Nonetheless, it's still disappointing seeing B squad lineups when we all likely agree that this team needs every W they can get. 

[h2oface]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Going into this series, Santana, a switch hitter,  had been basically helpless as a left handed hitter (he was the hitter up with the bases loaded). Secondly, the Twins currently only have one lefty in the 'pen.

And they just sent back Smeltzer, the only lefty starter (brief lefty starter).

I guess that's........ all right.

[Mill1634]

If only we didn't decide that this game was over in the 6th inning...

[bighat]

Twins gonna come back and win this? Should score at least 1 more here without even trying this inning.

[Parfigliano]

Maybe a diff game if Kepler hits that instead of cue shot in 1st inning.  Baseball...she a cruel mistress.

[TheLeviathan]

2 minutes ago, KirbyDome89 said:

Add to that a SS and CF, positions that typically don't sit often, having mandatory days off; it creates a less than ideal situation. Nonetheless, it's still disappointing seeing B squad lineups when we all likely agree that this team needs every W they can get. 

I actually don't mind the lineup.  I am more irritated we left Cano in to die in a one run game.

That and Kepler's putrid at-bat.

[CRF]

If someone could just go yard, we'd be right back in this thing!

[glunn]

That was not even close to a strike.

[PseudoSABR]

1 hour ago, Parfigliano said:

I get that you have to play the "subs" its a long season.  Dont get habitually playing them all in same game.  That seems to be a Twins tradition.

Because the alternative is always handicapping your team, which in my mind, ends up in more losses.  If we can run the A lineup/bullpen out there 80 to 90 % of the time, that's going to win us a lot of games.   

[bighat]

Awful strike call by the ump - that's two glaring calls today that are detrimental to having a competitive ballgame.

[Danchat]

Awful strike one call, should be 3-0...

[PseudoSABR]

1 minute ago, TheLeviathan said:

I actually don't mind the lineup.  I am more irritated we left Cano in to die in a one run game.

That and Kepler's putrid at-bat.

I've been gone for the weekend; how taxed is the bullpen exactly? 

[stringer bell]

Welcome back Trevor (unfortunately it was 2021 Trevor).

[bighat]

 

Awful situational hitting (if you even want to call it that) by an obviously overmatched Larnach.

[glunn]

Maybe the Twins should try to trade for Barlow? His stuff looks very good.

[mrtwinsfan]

Garlick can share the taxi to st paul with Cano

[Danchat]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Garlick can share the taxi to st paul with Cano

Good idea, right after he hits a HR!

[bighat]

GARLICK!!!

[Aggies7]

This is why you don’t punt on a game in the 6th inning 

[mrtwinsfan]

it worked, 

[glunn]

Just now, glunn said:

Maybe the Twins should try to trade for Barlow? His stuff looks very good.

And maybe not.  Go Twins!

[bighat]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Garlick can share the taxi to st paul with Cano

Don't think so.

[Mill1634]

GARLICK!

[Parfigliano]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Garlick can share the taxi to st paul with Cano

Didnt he just HR

[Vanimal46]

Garlick!!!!!!