Game Thread: Twins @ Blue Jays, 6/5/22 @ 12:37 CT

[wsnydes]

Excellent response by Gordon.

[Brock Beauchamp]

That was probably the most casual triple I’ve ever seen in my life. 

[Mill1634]

Nick Gordon is proving that he belongs as a utility man the past week or so*

 

*This statement is subject to change at any time

[stringer bell]

Have a day Jermaine!

[Puckett34]

PALACIOS!!!

[Mill1634]

Congrats to Jermaine! Completely changed the outlook of the game in the last 3 plays.

[wsnydes]

Palacios gets an atta boy!

Congratulations on your first big league RBI!

[rwilfong86]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Have a day Jermaine!

Love seeing a great defensive play followed up with a big hit

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

That was probably the most casual triple I’ve ever seen in my life. 

Are you complaining he didn’t run hard enough to get an in-the-park home run? ?

[Mill1634]

Arraez is so fun to watch

[Brock Beauchamp]

Gausman is being BABIPed to death. I’ll take it. 

[rwilfong86]

Twins came to play today, let's score a couple more

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

That was probably the most casual triple I’ve ever seen in my life. 

Yup. Arraez gets a stand-up triple on the same play. 

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Gausman is being BABIPed to death. I’ll take it. 

They're running that pitch count up, Gausman may not make it through 4 the way he is pitching

[Squirrel]

T’ronno has their BP up

[CRF]

Gausman doesn't have it working today...we HAVE to throw another crooked number up there. 

[Puckett34]

Jorge!!

[PDX Twin]

Have the White Sox been teaching the Blue Jays to play defense?

[Brock Beauchamp]

Good god. 

[Mill1634]

Chapman is one of the best defenders in the game. Not an error I don't think, but that's a play he usually makes. 

[wsnydes]

14 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

Yup. The righties for Toronto may give him lots of trouble today

I'm still worried that the lefties may too.

He's not faced a lineup this good yet.

[Jerr]

15 minutes ago, TeJayDubz said:

Hernandez is known for having an absolute cannon in RF. I give Miranda props against the majority of the league I feel he makes that, but I agree you can't make that out there. 

I don't think anyone in the Twins fandom loves, or even likes what they're doing. I justify it as picking the lesser of two evils and protecting their investment. Maybe with two days off we get him for 3/4 instead of 2/3. If Buxton breaks 100 games this year I'll be content knowing he played as much as his body let him without going on the IL.

IF we get him for 3/4's of the games IF.

[Danchat]

Weird how we got dominated by Berrios, yet have decimated Kikuchi and Gausman. So much for the Twins going into complete tailspin in this series!

[stringer bell]

By every stat and metric, Gausman is a superior pitcher to Berríos. After the Polanco homer, the Twins did nothing. Today, after the fielding error, they’ve really made Gausman work. They have had some good fortune as well. 

[PDX Twin]

Just now, Danchat said:

Weird how we got dominated by Berrios, yet have decimated Kikuchi and Gausman. So much for the Twins going into complete tailspin in this series!

We have only gotten three outs at this point, two of them on a remarkable and improbable play. I wouldn't start counting poultry just yet.

[Puckett34]

2 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Weird how we got dominated by Berrios, yet have decimated Kikuchi and Gausman. So much for the Twins going into complete tailspin in this series!

 

some salt for the jinx.  lol

[stringer bell]

Prediction: The Jays will score at least five runs. The Twins need to keep scoring. 

[rwilfong86]

I sure hope Larnach can do more than strike out with RISP today. 

[Danchat]

2 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

We have only gotten three outs at this point, two of them on a remarkable and improbable play. I wouldn't start counting poultry just yet.

Well, yes, I suspect the Blue Jays will score more, but my first statement is a fact at this point. If we do lose this one you could consider it a "tailspin", but not a 'complete' one since we did blow them out in the first game.

[mrtwinsfan]

WE LET GAUSMANN OFF THE HOOK,