Game Thread: Twins @ San Diego Padres, 7/31/22, 3:10pm CT

[Danchat]

Bundy got to start the 6th and Gray didn't? Weird. At least he got a quick hook.

[gil4]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

KC's Mendoza line batter hit the game winning home run.?

Which one?  (I assume a team as bad as they are has several to choose from, especially when they have already started the sell-off.)

[Rik19753]

Sigh. It's going to be 4-2 Padres by the end of the inning.

[mrtwinsfan]

Roccos logic is usually no 3rd time  thru means pull him, so im asking myself ?  profar was the only hitter who did damage up until then, , so why wait till he burns ya and then pull hiim ??  myself not a fan of this crazy thinking, 

[h2oface]

Padres lickin' the chops now. They can't wait to get to Pagan.

[The Mad King]

Anyone else having an issue where bally suddenly jumps from the Twins game to women's beach volleyball??

Then I have to switch over to the opponents broadcast, and they all generally suck

[ashbury]

Came back, looked at the box score, saw that Miranda and Arraez had HRs.  Cool, back to back.  Rechecked the line score.  So how do you score just one HR in one inning and the next guy does it the next?  Had to check the play by play to discover that Arraez led off the fifth.  Ell oh Ell.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 minute ago, gil4 said:

Which one?  (I assume a team as bad as they are has several to choose from, especially when they have already started the sell-off.)

Sal Perez

[gil4]

12 minutes ago, RpR said:

why was he out of baseball for several years?

From Wikipedia: After going unsigned for the 2020 season, on October 29, 2020, Beckham signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox organization.[30] Beckham spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Charlotte Knights. He played in 45 games, hitting .279 with 11 home runs and 32 RBI's. He became a free agent following the season.

 

[RpR]

I know what happened, SD is wearing those camoflage jerseys so all the pitcher sees is a floating bat and white pants.

[ashbury]

5 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Bundy got to start the 6th and Gray didn't? Weird. At least he got a quick hook.

Maybe he reads TD and decided to demonstrate his reasons.

[cHawk]

Respect the Byron, Grisham

[ashbury]

41 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Does that make Beckham OPS over .650?  Askin for a friend

Yeah, I didn't think it through yesterday.  Should have set it at .668 to be safe.

[Rik19753]

Just saw on the broadcast that Pagan leads all AL RPs in K/9. It is such a misleading stat. If he knew how to get outs in any other way he would have a much lower ERA.

[cHawk]

Well ****

[bighat]

Pagan about to load the bases here?

Edit: whoop, no he gave up a hit and is likely to give the lead back in a jiffy here. 

Unreal this team feels they can continue to give away game after game. Make the trades already! 

[Rik19753]

1 minute ago, cHawk said:

Respect the Byron, Grisham

Isn't Grisham supposed to be fast? As good as Buxton is I don't see how you don't go there unless you have a plodder at third.

[kydoty]

Everybody in the building, including Buxton, thought that was going to be a sac fly.  Except Grisham.

[Doctor Gast]

19 minutes ago, cHawk said:

You know, I’ve been wondering that same thing

Beckham bounced around from TB, BAL, SEA and did pretty well, 2019 he was suspended because enhancement drug. He signed a minor league contract w/ CWS in 2020 and became a free agent again this year.

[bighat]

And there goes the lead. 

Why was Celestino playing that right-handed batter so deep? 

[h2oface]

.....lickin' their chops.

[mrtwinsfan]

Payback  ===   we win it against Taylor Rogers,   Be nice!!!!

[Irishman]

With 2 men on bases Padres were able to score runs.  With bases loaded Twins failed to score runs.    Bummer!  

[h2oface]

How do you spell relief? 

Not P-a-g-a-n.

Could Bundy have done worse?

[KirbyDome89]

Pagan and melting in high leverage, name a more iconic duo....

[big dog]

11 minutes ago, The Mad King said:

Anyone else having an issue where bally suddenly jumps from the Twins game to women's beach volleyball??

Then I have to switch over to the opponents broadcast, and they all generally suck

No, but that alternative sounds pretty good to me right now. 

[Rik19753]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Payback  ===   we win it against Taylor Rogers,   Be nice!!!!

The Twins ARE nice. Which is why they will grant Rogers with a 1-2-3 9th.

[h2oface]

Padres know why they didn't want him anymore.

[Nine of twelve]

Classic Bremer:

"Popped up behind first."

Celestino catches it in medium RF.

[bighat]

Pagan gets out of the inning with 0 earned runs and his ERA goes down to 4.75. 

Good job buddy, hope that's the last we see of you in a Twins uniform. 

Pa-GONE.