Game Thread: Twins @ White Sox, 7/6/22 @ 1:10PM CT

[umterp23]

should be a gift of a run

 

[Cap'n Piranha]

Kepler should be safe.  Anderson did not have the ball in his glove when he tagged him.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Jackie Robinson would have made that tag.

[USAFChief]

Gift run. Terrible baserunning overcome by even worse infield play.

[stringer bell]

Can they charge Kepler for running out of the baseline? 

[Cap'n Piranha]

What is La Russa talking about?  This is as open and shut as they come.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Can they charge Kepler for running out of the baseline? 

He didn't. 

[MMMordabito]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

What is La Russa talking about?  This is as open and shut as they come.

He's probably asking the crew chief where the bathroom is.

[Danchat]

MLB gameday is confused, and so am I since I just checked in. What happened?

[USAFChief]

There's your run, Ryan. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

Terrible PA by Gordon.  Lynn is struggling with his command, he just had to come back out, and you swing at a bad 2-0 pitch.  Make him work for crying out loud.

[umterp23]

Lazy flight ball out and you get one run with bases loaded a little league defensive play by Sox. Once again, you can step on the opponents throat and we let them up to breathe.  We will lose more than we win with lack of clutch hitting

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 hour ago, BH67 said:

Byron Buxton, he of a career .304 BABIP, is at only .214 so far this year.  No matter how different his hitting approach from past seasons, significant regression to the mean should occur going forward, which would be huge down the stretch.  Other perspectives on this are welcome.

Good comment, hopeful, and no additional perspective to add. 

but in the spirit of the game thread and impending sweep of the Southsiders, I did make you this: 

[umterp23]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Terrible PA by Gordon.  Lynn is struggling with his command, he just had to come back out, and you swing at a bad 2-0 pitch.  Make him work for crying out loud.

When Gordon thinks he can be a full-time member of Bomba squad, you get lazy fly balls

[USAFChief]

Just now, Danchat said:

MLB gameday is confused, and so am I since I just checked in. What happened?

Are you ... Tony LaRussa?

 

.

 

 

Based juiced, 1 out. Kirilloff taps ground ball towards Anderson in the shift. Anderson "tags" Kepler going by (with his glove which doesn't contain thr ball) and throws to 1st completing DP. 

Twins challenge, overturned. 1-0 Twins. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

2 minutes ago, Danchat said:

MLB gameday is confused, and so am I since I just checked in. What happened?

Twins had the bases loaded, and Kiriloff hit a tapper to Anderson who was shifted to the right of second.  Anderson, instead of throwing to second (since his momentum was coming towards home), attempted to tag Kepler, and then throw to first to complete the inning ending DP.  However, Anderson removed the ball from his glove prior to tagging Kepler with the glove, which means no tag out was recorded.  So the Twins got the run, were awarded runners on second and third, and Kiriloff was forced out at first.

[BH67]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Good comment, hopeful, and no additional perspective to add. 

but in the spirit of the game thread and impending sweep of the Southsiders, I did make you this: 

 

Aw, shucks.  I am deeply honored at a 95 percent confidence level.

 

[mrtwinsfan]

If Larussa makes it to the All star break , ill be schocked !!!!,  not all on him but he has zero control of these einsteins on his squad

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, BH67 said:

 

Aw, shucks.  I am deeply honored at a 95 percent confidence level.

 

Hang around us for long and that confidence level will regress to something more reasonable. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Hang around us for long and that confidence level will regress to something more reasonable. 

[stringer bell]

11 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Kepler...what the ?

 

Just stop running. No GIDP. Run scores.

 

Edit: we got lucky. 

I don’t know what Kepler was thinking. Definitely should have stopped and then the worst that could happen would be a force out. Maybe he thought he could get past Anderson. 

[RpR]

19 minutes ago, BH67 said:

Bases loaded, and here come the rookies on a roll.

More like a bounce to the short stop.

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, twinssporto said:

Good morning Twins fans and welcome back to another Game Thread extravaganza! The mighty Minnesota Twins take on the Chicago White Sox this afternoon and will try to go for the sweep in Chicago. After last nights exciting win and great pitching performance from Winder, Joe Ryan will take the mound today against former Twin and now White Sox starting pitcher Lance Lynn.

Joe Ryan is having a great year so far. Heading into today's game Ryan brings with him a 6-3 record with a 3.00 ERA.  Lynn on the other hand has been less exciting with a 1-1 record and a 4.50 ERA. Minnesota now has a 4.5 game lead over Cleveland and a 6.5 game lead over the third place White Sox heading into todays matchup. 

This series has been fun to watch! We've seen a triple play, multiple home runs and some decent pitching and defense from Minnesota. I'm expecting more excitement today...Speaking of excitement, I'll be listening to the game on the radio today while at work. I must be old school but I still love to listen to baseball games on the radio. I think that is a trait for only the die hard baseball fans.

Wether you are watching on TV or listening via radio, please don't hesitate to participate in today's game thread! 

Let's GO Twins! Sweep the Sox!

Today's lineups:

TWINS:

1. Luis Arraez, DH

2. Jorge Polanco, 2B

3. Byron Buxton, CF

4. Max Kepler, RF

5. Alex Kirilloff, LF

6. Nick Gordon, SS

7. Jose Miranda, 1B

8. Gio Urshela, 3B

9. Ryan Jeffers, C

SP - Joe Ryan, RHP (6-3, 3.00 ERA)

 

WHITE SOX:

1. Tim Anderson, SS

2. A. Vaughn, 1B

3. Luis Robert, CF

4. Jose Abreu, DH

5. Gavin Sheets, RF

6. Eloy Jimenez, LF

7. Yoan Moncada, 3B

8. Leury Garcia, 2B

9. Seby Zavala, C

SP - Lance Lynn, RHP (1-1, 4.50 ERA)

WEATHER: Partly Sunny and 74 degrees. 8% chance of rain with 10mph winds. 

Vegas line: CWS - 115

Love radio baseball

[USAFChief]

Pretty bad pitch to Abreu  

[Cap'n Piranha]

I would have considered an IBB there with Gavin Sheets and his sub-.700 OPS up next.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Maybe this is just a me thing, but since Ryan is the one who committed the error, that run should be earned.

[RickOShea]

So, how's our Cy Young boy doing ?

[stringer bell]

Gave the run back. Technically it is unearned, but it is all on Ryan. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

The crowd at Guaranteed Rate had a collective Bremergasm on that routine flyout.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

I would have considered an IBB there with Gavin Sheets and his sub-.700 OPS up next.

Or don't hang a 2 strike slider middle middle. Lucky it wasn't a dinger.