Game Thread: Twins @ Royals, 4/2/23 @ 1:10 CT

[wsnydes]

Here's today's lineup as the Twins go for the sweep in KC!

[Joe A. Preusser]

Twins 7

Royals 0

 

This has been an AI chatbot prediction.

Just kidding.  

[wsnydes]

5 minutes ago, Joe A. Preusser said:

Twins 7

Royals 0

 

This has been an AI chatbot prediction.

Just kidding.  

I can tell that this isn't an AI prediction since it has the score as something other than 2-0!

[FlyingFinn]

Wow, look at that. Another good lineup. Jeffers was a lock to give Vasquez a day off. Very happy to see Buxton back out there.

[Dave The Dastardly]

Wow! Two light-hitting line-ups with 2 RBIs between them. Going to be a slug-fest today!

Shrewd Observation: The use of three hyphenated words in one 14-word (snuck another one in there) comment. That's a -21 PWU.

[cHawk]

Through my highly scientific and thorough research and analysis, my final score prediction is a 2-0 Minnesota Twins victory.

[stringer bell]

It’s time for a comfortable win. Comfortable enough for Pagán to make his first appearance. 
 

8-4 Twins. First to go deep is Larnach. Pagán yields two in one-plus inning. Kepler, Gordon and Gallo all get their first hits. 

[cHawk]

2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

It’s time for a comfortable win. Comfortable enough for Pagán to make his first appearance. 
 

8-4 Twins. First to go deep is Larnach. Pagán yields two in one-plus inning. Kepler, Gordon and Gallo all get their first hits. 

The Twins' offense scores 8 runs? That's a bold prediction.

[AlwaysinModeration]

Isn’t it obligatory to start the game-thread with “your first-place Minnesota Twins”?  By the way Dave, I can tell you  over-hyphenated this morning.

[CRF]

I'm looking for Ryan to go 6 solid innings, and we score just enough runs to win the game and sweep. 

[Dave The Dastardly]

23 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

It’s time for a comfortable win. Comfortable enough for Pagán to make his first appearance. 
 

8-4 Twins. First to go deep is Larnach. Pagán yields two in one-plus inning. Kepler, Gordon and Gallo all get their first hits. 

Pagan comes in with Twins up 8-0, promptly gives up 4 runs, then reloads the bases before Rocco gives him the hook and a bus ticket home.

Miranda is second to go yard. Gordon 3rd. Kepler gets a hit to the opposite field, Gallo goes full Sano (3 strikeouts) and I run out of Jameson by the 8th inning, unsure if I should be ecstatic or depressed. That's when I get comfortable and blissfully fall asleep on the couch, 100% confident than not even the Twins can blow a 4-run lead with Duran warming up.

We're Number One!

 

For now.

 

[wsnydes]

23 minutes ago, AlwaysinModeration said:

Isn’t it obligatory to start the game-thread with “your first-place Minnesota Twins”?  

It's my game thread opener, I'll start it the way that I want to!  😆

[AlwaysinModeration]

7 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

It's my game thread opener, I'll start it the way that I want to!  😆

Or the chatbot will, that is…

[Squirrel]

19 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

It's my game thread opener, I'll start it the way that I want to!  😆

Lol, for some reason, this popped into my head when I read that …

 

[FlyingFinn]

Duran was unavailable yesterday. Slept wrong and his neck hurt. Not sure if he's available today according to the pregame show.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Lol, for some reason, this popped into my head when I read that …

 

Well, that was the tone I had in my head as I was typing it.  So, you're not wrong!

[Mike Sixel]

Another brewery day for me..... Plus my wonderful wife is making scones right now....

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Another brewery day for me..... Plus my wonderful wife is making scones right now....

With all of this talk of pastries thus far this season, we may have to impose a rule that they must be shared with the class!

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

With all of this talk of pastries thus far this season, we may have to impose a rule that they must be shared with the class!

Better than the dentist talk, while I was there!

[Nine of twelve]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Better than the dentist talk, while I was there!

One time I was experiencing mouth pain so I called my dentist. There was nothing available in the morning but they scheduled a tooth-hurty appointment that afternoon.

[cHawk]

Kepler will hit a home run here.

[cHawk]

Not a homer, but not an out.

[Squirrel]

5 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

One time I was experiencing mouth pain so I called my dentist. There was nothing available in the morning but they scheduled a tooth-hurty appointment that afternoon.

Where’s my groan emoji … 🙄 … close as I could find

[Nine of twelve]

Just now, Squirrel said:

Where’s my groan emoji … 🙄 … close as I could find

I appreciate the compliment.

[cHawk]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Where’s my groan emoji … 🙄 … close as I could find

😤?

[cHawk]

Ryan made that at-bat interesting, to say the least.

[Craig Arko]

Ryan looked surprised Kepler caught up to that. :)

[RickOShea]

12 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Where’s my groan emoji … 🙄 … close as I could find

Look out comedy central!

[rwilfong86]

Jeffers, woohoo!

[stringer bell]

Break it open!!!