Game Thread: Twins @ Diamondback, 6/19/22, 3:10 PM CDT (1:10 PM PDT)

[Puckett34]

 

Happy Father's Day to all who celebrate!

The Twins have gotten through the gauntlet that was Toronto, New York and Tampa. Won a Seattle series and now have a rubber match vs the Diamondbacks this afternoon.

 

This year marks one of my person firsts of my now five Father's Day.  My wife and I were able to take our nearly five your old son to his first Twins game.  He did enjoy the Twins beating the Royals the Sunday prior to Memorial Day.  Although I think he enjoyed the Mall of America (Lego Store and Nickelodeon Universe) more. Hopefully his love (or tolerance) for baseball will continue to grow.  He also started t-ball three weeks ago.

 

Here are some random facts about Father’s Day:

1.)  Became a national holiday in 1972 when then President Nixon signed legislation designating the 3rd Sunday in June to be known as Father’s Day. Although the first Father’s day was celebrated on June 19th 1910, it was recognized by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966.

2.)  Washington was the first state to celebrate the day.

 

Pitching Probables:

Minnesota: Christopher Archer RHP 1-2, 3.35 ERA, 37 K, 1.34 WHIP

Arizona: Merrill Kelly RHP 5-4, 3.68 ERA, 61 K, 1.35 WHIP

 

Lineup

MIN:

1. Luis Arraez (L) 2B

2. Byron Buxton (R) CF

3. Carlos Correa (R) SS

4. Max Kepler (L) RF

5. Gio Urshela (R) 3B

6. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B

7. Gary Sanchez (R) C

8. Trevor Larnach (L) LF

9. Jose Miranda (R) DH

0 P Chris Archer

ARZ:

1. Jordan Luplow (R) RF

2. Alek Thomas (L) CF

3. Josh Rojas (L) 3B

4. Christian Walker (R) DH

5. David Peralta (L) LF

6. Buddy Kennedy (R) 2B

7. Pavin Smith (L) 1B

8. Geraldo Perdomo (S) SS

9. Jose Herrera (S) C

0 P Merrill, Kelly

Weather: 98 F 34 C (Its a dry heat)

First Pitch; 3:10 CDT

Go Twins!

 

 

 

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Buxton is back!

 

(Let there be rejoicing of the much variety)

[stringer bell]

Nice intro! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads among us. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

14 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Nice intro! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads among us. 

And to those dads no longer among us... Er fond memories of 'em, i mean.

[CRF]

I like the intro...I like todays line up...and I hope all the dads out there have a great Fathers Day! Try and stay cool and hydrated while you're grilling those burgers later!

[Doctor Gast]

Happy Father's Day to all!  We're going to win, go Twins!

[Nine of twelve]

Correction on the heading: gametime is 3:10 PM MST. 

[PDX Twin]

5 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Correction on the heading: gametime is 3:10 PM MST. 

I think it's 1:10 MST. Arizona stays on ST in the summer and is thus the same time as California next door. It's 1:10 here in Portland...

[Nine of twelve]

Just now, PDX Twin said:

I think it's 1:10 MST. Arizona stays on ST in the summer and is thus the same time as California next door. It's 1:10 here in Portland...

Correct. Thank you for correcting my incorrect correction.

[Nine of twelve]

Another hit for Arraez. Bored with it; he does that all the time.

[PDX Twin]

The way Arraez hits, it is as though there are fewer fielders out there than for any other batters. Eight fielders cannot cover all of fair territory, but with some hitters you would think they could. Not our Luis! There ARE gaps, and he will find them!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

14 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Correct. Thank you for correcting my incorrect correction.

Does that mean the game done started already?!

[stringer bell]

Exceptional bat to ball skills for Arraez. He’s an incredibly tough out. 

[stringer bell]

They did not hit the ball hard, but got a run. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Happy Father’s Day! Back to playing with my kids

they only barely tolerate baseball, and never on TV

[sampleSizeOfOne]

17 is prime. 

 

I expect we'll see some prime Archer pitching today.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Exceptional bat to ball skills for Arraez. He’s an incredibly tough out. 

If i can believe it, is it really incredible?

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Exceptional bat to ball skills for Arraez. He’s an incredibly tough out. 

Yep. Willie Keeler, Rod Carew, Tony Gwynn. (And there have been others.) He's the latest in the series.

[wsnydes]

Happy father's day to the dad's.  

Nice way to spend the day with the US Open and Twins baseball!

[wsnydes]

I like the idea of sandwiching Kirilloff between Urshela and Sanchez.  Two veteran bats like those should protect him a bit.

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Happy father's day to the dad's.  

Nice way to spend the day with the US Open and Twins baseball!

Yep, trying to stay up on both. Got my 18 holes in early this AM. 

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Yep, trying to stay up on both. Got my 18 holes in early this AM. 

I was too busy to get out this weekend, but I got a bonus round in during the week, so it evens out I guess.

[Nine of twelve]

Dick talking about the roster limitation of 13 pitchers. What's to prevent a team from listing a pitcher as an outfielder? Kind of evens things out with the Angels being allowed to count Ohtani as a DH.

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Buxton is back!

 

(Let there be rejoicing of the much variety)

Question:  Why doesnt Buxton bat 3rd?

[Doctor Gast]

As always I don't like Sanchez catching Archer

[Parfigliano]

44 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Correct. Thank you for correcting my incorrect correction.

AZ doesnt change time period.

[lecroy24fan]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

Dick talking about the roster limitation of 13 pitchers. What's to prevent a team from listing a pitcher as an outfielder? Kind of evens things out with the Angels being allowed to count Ohtani as a DH.

They also have Lorenzon who can pitch and plays OF on occasion. So they could carry 15.

 

Not that I heard the convo since Ballys is glitching again and I currently have no picture or sound on my tv.

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

AZ doesnt change time period.

The Indian reservations in AZ do go to DST. I'm sure that makes for some confusion.

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Question:  Why doesnt Buxton bat 3rd?

Likely to get him as many PAs as possible.

[Parfigliano]

25 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Yep. Willie Keeler, Rod Carew, Tony Gwynn. (And there have been others.) He's the latest in the series.

Tony O was other world before the knees and for a few years after.