Game Thread: Twins v Tigers, 5/25 @ 12:10 local time

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

This loss is on the hitters - horrid RISP and got dominated by Detroit's bullpen. The loss is not a huge deal since they snatched a couple wins the last week that we'd usually lose, but I'm still concerned about the offense. We've got to get Lewis back up in the lineup.

I'm still thinking the bats will come around, but the concern is definitely growing.

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Correa, Kepler, and Sanchez. Horrible at bats.

and we got a visit from the old blowpen today. 

I guess, the ol' "you can't win them all".

Sanchez AB wasn't horrible. It was a pretty normal AB. 

[Jerr]

Arrghhh......

[shortround81]

Season's over. Team sucks. See ya next Spring

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, wsnydes said:

I'm still thinking the bats will come around, but the concern is definitely growing.

Buxton will get better. Larnach will outhit what they were getting from Gordon. Jeffers is the only real weak link at this point, and he's not that weak compared to all the catchers. 

[wsnydes]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

Buxton will get better. Larnach will outhit what they were getting from Gordon. Jeffers is the only real weak link at this point, and he's not that weak compared to all the catchers. 

Agreed.  I expected the bats to be doing better by now though.  And that's what has me concerned.  And against bad teams.

[h2oface]

17 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Sanchez AB wasn't horrible. It was a pretty normal AB. 

So..... normal to weakly pop out foul with bases loaded and two outs for the final out in the 10th on a pitch outside the zone that you could have taken and seen another that you might like better with a 2-1 count? Right after you took a great 91 mph non-sinking sinker to hit right down the middle in a lefty righty desired matchup. OK. Normal it is. You can have normal if you like. I guess it is kinda normal for the Twins to come up empty with the bases loaded and no outs. It seems to be happening a lot this year so far.

[stringer bell]

Sánchez has a nice run for a couple weeks, less so in the last week. 

[USAFChief]

I gave you guys the opportunity to send me to this, and all future games. Nobody could be bothered. 

SEE what happens? Hhhhmmmmm???

 

 

[Schmoeman5]

 

18 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

 

 

[Rosterman]

Well, thankfully not a lot of guys on base for the other team when they hit THREE homers.

Provus on the radio sounded like he was going to have a panic attack when Correa was hit on the knob of the bat (thought it was the hand).

Bases-loaded. No outs. Against a bad team. With some of your better batters. 

Baseball is one strange game.

And let's stop with the runner on second thing.

[Schmoeman5]

Bad loss today. Need each and every winnable game. Lots of question marks regarding today's loss

[Squirrel]

Eh, can’t win them all

[wsnydes]

25 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I gave you guys the opportunity to send me to this, and all future games. Nobody could be bothered. 

SEE what happens? Hhhhmmmmm???

 

 

I thought we had a gentleman's agreement that you'd go and we'd settle up later!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

I thought we had a gentleman's agreement that you'd go and we'd settle up later!

Nobody ever called me a gentleman before! Thanks!!

[wsnydes]

5 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Nobody ever called me a gentleman before! Thanks!!

Well, you ruined that by screwing up your end of the deal, so....

[Danchat]

1 hour ago, h2oface said:

Well......... the hitters didn't give up 3 homers.

Yes, but you should usually win games where your pitchers only give up 3 earned runs in 10 innings, especially when you have the bases loaded 0 outs in the 10th inning. 

[Drunk_Goose]

2 hours ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Bad loss today. Need each and every winnable game. Lots of question marks regarding today's loss

Can't win them all pal and there will be more games like today that is for certain. I wouldn't say a lot of question marks neccessarily. Which ones are you referencing?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

13 hours ago, USAFChief said:

Nobody ever called me a gentleman before! Thanks!!

Has anyone agreed with you before, either? Can't expect everything new all at once...