Game Thread: Twins @ Marlins, 4/5/23 @ 12:10 CT

[mrtwinsfan]

Larnach.   YAY

[James]

Alright Pablo!

[HawksNest]

Wow, heck of a start for Pablo against his old team! LOVE to see it

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, FlyingFinn said:

Giving up on Miranda's hitting already?

No, but on a good offense he's hitting 7th.

Good offenses need a couple three really good hitters. 900 OPS or better. 

[CRF]

Think Lopez goes out for the 8th?

[MN_ExPat]

Pablo throwing gas 

[Puckett34]

Let Lopez start the 8th.

[KirbyDome89]

18 Ks combined through 7 innings. Maybe blackouts aren't such a bad thing after all....

[USAFChief]

Nice job Lopez.

 

Now let's put a couple on the board.

[USAFChief]

Just now, Puckett34 said:

Let Lopez start the 8th.

No chance, IMO.

[James]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Nice job Lopez.

 

Now let's put a couple on the board.

Let's get Pablo that W!

[MN_ExPat]

Just now, KirbyDome89 said:

18 Ks combined through 7 innings. Maybe blackouts aren't such a bad thing after all....

It's a pitcher's duel... I love this stuff.

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

Man Lopez is getting tons of swing and misses on that new sweeper and is now throwing 95-97 versus 93-94? I'm not saying that's what will happen, but that is the foundation for a jump from a #2/#3 to something closer to a #1/#2. 

They should let him go to 100 pitches. 4 strikeouts and against the bottom of the order. They should at least let him start the inning.

[Puckett34]

Just now, USAFChief said:

No chance, IMO.

You're likely right.  If he were closer to 80 pitches, maybe. 88 probably too much

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

2 minutes ago, Puckett34 said:

You're likely right.  If he were closer to 80 pitches, maybe. 88 probably too much

Why is 88 too much

[stringer bell]

Welcome to 1968. 

[Squirrel]

9 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

My fear is that Larnach will suffer a minor injury, and be lost for season.  

Well, don’t jinx it!

[Squirrel]

5 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

No chance, IMO.

He’s only at 88 pitches. I’d let him at least start the 8th. But that’s me

[MN_ExPat]

3 minutes ago, OptimisticTwinsFan said:

Why is 88 too much

I don't think it's a matter of "too much", but would likely dictated by who is coming up the next inning.  It's also early in the season.  However I am partial to pitchers and I say let him eat .

[HawksNest]

Man, Gallo got 3 cookies that AB

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

Well, don’t jinx it!

I wish I had that influence.

[Puckett34]

1 minute ago, OptimisticTwinsFan said:

Why is 88 too much

Pretty close to the magic 100 pitch count number and usually need more than 12 pitches to get through an inning?  Couple that with a lefty leading off the bottom of the 8th in a tie ball game.  I'd send Lopez out, but I doubt he does.

[KirbyDome89]

2 minutes ago, MN_ExPat said:

It's a pitcher's duel... I love this stuff.

Eh, not counting this game Miami has scored 2 or fewer runs in 5/6 games and 3/5 for the Twins. That's a lot of dueling, buy hey, if you can find a silver lining I'm kinda jealous.  

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Welcome to 1968. 

That'd be just fine with me. My age back to double digits!!

[Squirrel]

Just now, RickOShea said:

I wish I had that influence.

Saying it could jinx it … don’t you know anything about superstitions and baseball???????

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, MN_ExPat said:

I don't think it's a matter of "too much", but would likely dictated by who is coming up the next inning.  It's also early in the season.  However I am partial to pitchers and I say let him eat .

The bottom of the lineup is coming up and Lopez has struck out 4 in a row if not now then when

[Puckett34]

Just now, OptimisticTwinsFan said:

The bottom of the lineup is coming up and Lopez has struck out 4 in a row if not now then when

Probably never.  Couple that with it only being his second start of the year and probably isn't stretched out enough.

[MN_ExPat]

3 minutes ago, OptimisticTwinsFan said:

The bottom of the lineup is coming up and Lopez has struck out 4 in a row if not now then when

Well, I was with you... I would at least have looked at bringing him back out again.

However, the prudent thing would be to go with a new pitcher.

Adulting sucks 

[Craig Arko]

As good as these Marlins starters are (and they’re really good), both Maeda and Lopez looked pretty good too.

[USAFChief]

There went the immaculate inning.