GAME THREAD: 7/12/22, Twins vs Brewers, 6:40 PM CT

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, Irishman said:

I guarantee Twins lose tonight.   They suxs!  
I am going to bed.   

4 runs down in the 6th? You’re really going out on a limb.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, Irishman said:

I guarantee Twins lose tonight.   They suxs!  
I am going to bed.   

Sleep well, and dream of long homers!

[Aggies7]

Yankees just blew a 3-0 lead to the REDS in the 9th inning. 

[Montdak]

Naturally they gave up the  three run inning by  pitching carefully to the low end of the order, walking them and having to pitch to the top.  When are they going to stop doing that? I missed how they got this one extra run now but would guess walking the lead off hitter.

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Yankees just blew a 3-0 lead to the REDS in the 9th inning. 

Could fall to 35 games over .500!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Montdak said:

Naturally they gave up the  three run inning by  pitching carefully to the low end of the order, walking them and having to pitch to the top.  When are they going to stop doing that? I missed how they got this one extra run now but would guess walking the lead off hitter.

Infield single.

Followed, of course, by bad pick off putting him on second for the RBI single. 

[Danchat]

Suddenly, we have a chance here…

[operation mindcrime]

Grand slam for the tie?

[USAFChief]

We don't have anyone on this team that can knock in runs.

[Mortimerkenny21]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

We don't have anyone on this team that can knock in runs.

Not tonight I guess.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

We don't have anyone on this team that can knock in runs.

We do in bunches. The bunches just aren’t as frequent

[Mortimerkenny21]

9 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

We do in bunches. The bunches just aren’t as frequent

Alright bottom of the 7th, I'm ready for the bunches of runs! Should be fun!

[USAFChief]

11 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

We do in bunches. The bunches just aren’t as frequent

Mid July and only 2 Twins even in the 40s.

 

It's HR or nothing. 

[mrtwinsfan]

5  left on base last 2 innings,   

[Danchat]

8 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Mid July and only 2 Twins even in the 40s.

 

It's HR or nothing. 

The Brewers also have only 2 guys over 40 RBIs...

[mnfireman]

So why did they have Celestino and Garlick replace Kepler and Gordon to face a righty? 

And how does Celestino and Garlick give us better OF defense over Kepler and Gordon?

I guess the decision was made in the 7th that this was the throw-away game...

[Danchat]

3 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

So why did they have Celestino PH for Kepler to face a righty? 

And how does Celestino and Garlick give us better OF defense over Kepler and Gordon?

I guess the decision was made in the 7th that this was the throw-away game...

Kepler left the game with an injury, I believe he fouled a ball off his foot. Pinch hitting Garlick over Gordon against a wild lefty made sense to me, might as well try to get the game close.

[mnfireman]

I now see that Garlick hit for Gordon in the 6th, decision to throw game away was made an inning earlier than I thought.

[USAFChief]

11 minutes ago, Danchat said:

The Brewers also have only 2 guys over 40 RBIs...

Tellez 55.

 

[mnfireman]

3 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Kepler left the game with an injury, I believe he fouled a ball off his foot. Pinch hitting Garlick over Gordon against a wild lefty made sense to me, might as well try to get the game close.

Thanks, didn't realize Kepler got hurt. 

Trying to watch on GameDay @ work and I actually had to go do some work....

[Montdak]

Three run lead for them.  Late.  So they don’t  walk anybody.  Don’t even threaten to.  Works well.  Could the Twins pitchers take note?

[mnfireman]

2 hours ago, USAFChief said:

Mid July and only 2 Twins even in the 40s.

 

It's HR or nothing. 

There are 67 players in MLB with 40+ RBI; 67 players / 30 teams = 2.23 per team. 2 is roughly league average, plus RBI is a meaningless stat (just ask the so-called experts).