Game Thread Twins @ White Sox 7:10pm cdt 7/4/2022 ad

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

How can we tell if he's awake?

Dunno, but the HP ump could tell.

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

and now they bring him in to face Gordon. Someone make it make sense, please

They didn’t have LaRussa’s insights available. 

[Schmoeman5]

11 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Why would you bunt the best hitter on the team and a top 10 hitter in baseball to raise your chance of scoring by a little over a 10th of a run?

Top Ten hitter in baseball? He's the 3rd best hitter on the Twins. So the Twins have 3 of the best hitters in all of baseball? They should win 120 games with a lineup like that

[chpettit19]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

Doubt it. Maybe if this was the 8th inning going into the 9th, but with a runner on 2nd and the disaster in Cleveland with a similar situation, I don't think you mess around with it. Win tonight, worry about tomorrow tomorrow. White Sox have also burned through their top 4 relievers and we know Hendricks is surely down tomorrow. 

And he's been up a couple times in the pen. Twins tend to not have the guys who do that available the next day even if they don't get in the game so they may already have Duran crossed off tomorrow's list anyways.

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Doubt it. Maybe if this was the 8th inning going into the 9th, but with a runner on 2nd and the disaster in Cleveland with a similar situation, I don't think you mess around with it. Win tonight, worry about tomorrow tomorrow. White Sox have also burned through their top 4 relievers and we know Hendricks is surely down tomorrow. 

I would agree with this

[Montdak]

Unless they let Pagan keep pitching and he walks the first two batters this should be a big win. 1 1/2 on Cleveland and one on the Sox.  Could set them up for the whole month.

[IndianaTwin]

Engel’s on second, so this should work out great with a fly ball to center. 

 

[Aggies7]

Nasty pitch for strike 3

[AstrosTwins]

101 on the inner black. Not much your going to do with that.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Engel’s on second, so this should work out great with a fly ball to center. 

 

They can have 3 fly balls to center AFAIC.

[Schmoeman5]

The White Sox just look so lethargic.  I bet the Sox fans are twice as brutal on Tony Larussa as Twins fans are about Baldelli 

[Mill1634]

Correa's arm is so damn good

[IndianaTwin]

Not sure if Miranda makes that play, so the defensive substitution of pinch running Gordon seems to have been beneficial there. 

[USAFChief]

Correa is a really good SS.

[Mill1634]

please don't do this to me...

[Aggies7]

Don’t do this to me, Duran 

[h2oface]

I don't understand calling all the breaking balls. Just fastballs up the ladder at 103 would seem to be a better strategy.

[Aggies7]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

please don't do this to me...

Hahaha you got me by a second 

[Montdak]

Why is it like pulling teeth all the time even with Duran now?

[USAFChief]

Stupid Rocco. I knew he should have went with Megill!

[USAFChief]

Why would you just "let him go?" If you throw him out the game's over.

[Vanimal46]

5 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

The White Sox just look so lethargic.  I bet the Sox fans are twice as brutal on Tony Larussa as Twins fans are about Baldelli 

They’re living the 2018 Twins season. The talent is there but they can’t get out of their own way. They haven’t been a concern all season long. 

[mrtwinsfan]

nice win boys

[Richie the Rally Goat]

[AstrosTwins]

More exciting that it needed to be in the 10th but it is still a win. Nice start to the series!!

[operation mindcrime]

46 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

I am ready to be hurt again

Not tonight!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy 4th!!!! \m/

[Mill1634]

TWINS WIN!!!

Huge to win that game with Bundy going and getting to the Sox top bullpen arms and coming away with a W like Cleveland did to us last week. HUGE day in the standings.

Until tomorrow,

ENJOY YOUR CHICKEN!

[Aggies7]

Good effort running out that third out. There will be a managerial change in Chicago 

[USAFChief]

Winnah.

[Vanimal46]

 

Im pretty full from 4th of July festivities… But there’s enough room for chicken!