Game Thread: Astros v Twins: 4/7 @ 3:10pm

[wavedog]

Gray is pitching great - hopefully Correa can come through this time

[RickOShea]

A drag bunt, is not Ru Paul trying to push the ball past the pitcher.

[Aggies7]

I swear to god I remember like two times CC has come through for us. Gonna be a long 6 years

[stringer bell]

Very familiar with Correa. Ugh.

[h2oface]

Great Correa. 1-14 against Houston. Only 1 out with runner in scoring position.....

[ashbury]

Correa going after a ton of pitches outside the zone.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

You got this, Larnach!

[Aggies7]

Correa is saving the big hit for that mid September series in Cincinnati I guess

[h2oface]

How is it that Larnarch gets so many bad calls? Bad calls on all parts of the plate. Inside, outside, high, low. He has a great eye, and gets screwed.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Great Correa. 1-14 against Houston. Only 1 out with runner in scoring position.....

Looks like he's repaying some personal clubhouse bets.

[CRF]

There seems to be a correlation between not scoring any runs...and losing games. 

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I swear to god I remember like two times CC has come through for us. Gonna be a long 6 years

His WPA for today is down to -0.159. For the season, -0.19.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

You got this, Larnach!

Shoulda specified what this was...

[mrtwinsfan]

Correa  , Pressing a little ?  usually dont see him swing at pitches out of the Zone, 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, CRF said:

There seems to be a correlation between not scoring any runs...and losing games. 

A correa-lation 

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, h2oface said:

How is it that Larnarch gets so many bad calls? Bad calls on all parts of the plate. Inside, outside, high, low. He has a great eye, and gets screwed.

Gallos walk was closer than that 2-0 pitch was

[CRF]

Damn...Gray is pitching a nice game...and we can't do squat at the plate for him. 

[ashbury]

"Pasta Diving" Correa.

[h2oface]

No platinum glove this year......

[jkcarew]

IMO...after that inning, and considering the competition, it's easy to argue that this has been (so far) the best start yet of the season.

[cHawk]

I just checked the score.

0 runs.

On five hits.

That pattern has gone on for far too long. It pisses me off.

[h2oface]

87 pitches for Gray. If Baldelli pulls him..........

[twins_89]

Last season Correa wasn't all that great for the first 100 or so games. I remember it seemed like a real possibility that he would pick up his player option due to his subpar performance. I'm a bit concerned that we are seeing a similar trend this season.

[PDX Twin]

If the Twins get into an RBI situation, Gray should be begging to pinch hit. (Is that legal? Can a pitcher already in the game PH for a field player?)

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Gallos walk was closer than that 2-0 pitch was

I believe Larnach doesn't get the benefit of the doubt on close pitches by the umpire.  Once he establishes himself and shows he has a good sense of the strike zone, he'll probably get those called in his favor.  It shouldn't matter, a strike is a strike and a ball is a ball, but that's not life in baseball.

[stringer bell]

87 pitches for Gray. I wonder if he gets a chance to start the 7th.

[PDX Twin]

Just now, twins_89 said:

Last season Correa wasn't all that great for the first 100 or so games. I remember it seemed like a real possibility that he would pick up his player option due to his subpar performance. I'm a bit concerned that we are seeing a similar trend this season.

Except that this year he has no incentive to improve in September.

[h2oface]

Umpire giving away strikes to Houston!!

[h2oface]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

I believe Larnach doesn't get the benefit of the doubt on close pitches by the umpire.  Once he establishes himself and shows he has a good sense of the strike zone, he'll probably get those called in his favor.  It shouldn't matter, a strike is a strike and a ball is a ball, but that's not life in baseball.

Machines are emotionless and honest, and don't guess.

[RickOShea]

Another Denton Young performance against the Twins.