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

[ashbury]

Let's get a run now so Gray isn't stuck with the no-decision.

[stringer bell]

Let's get Sonny a W. I really doubt Rocco will send him out for the eighth.

[Hrbowski]

Sonny is putting on a pitching clinic! Filthy stuff

[Craig Arko]

Hats off to Gray; a heckuva job.

[Aggies7]

It looks like sonny hates Rocco’s guts lol

[ashbury]

3 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

I see what you did there. 

A Cy of relief that someone caught it.

[Aggies7]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[Aggies7]

CC is lucky he doesn’t play on one of the coasts. 

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

It looks like sonny hates Rocco’s guts lol

Rocco does nothing, zilch, nada, against the front officer's wishes regarding overall pitching strategy.

[stringer bell]

That 1-0 pitch was the one, Trevor.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

15 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Thank you, Random Wild Pitch gods!

I didn't know they existed.

Pretty sure tie score is their way of saying "you're welcome"

[Aggies7]

What a quick unraveling of a threat 

[ashbury]

It's a tribute to Byron's talent that I was surprised he didn't make it to second on that dying quail.

[LaBombo]

You have to admire a megastar like Correa being just being one of the guys with the Twins and struggling at the plate like everyone else.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

officer's

Should the r be there?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, LaBombo said:

You have to admire a megastar like Correa being just being one of the guys with the Twins and struggling at the plate like everyone else.

That is dedication.

And perhaps good pitching?

[LaBombo]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

It's a tribute to Byron's talent that I was surprised he didn't make it to second on that dying quail.

There was also a tribute from Tucker, who fired an almost no-look throw to second that you probably don't make unless you see the runner as a serious threat to turn the single into a double.

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, LaBombo said:

You have to admire a megastar like Correa being just being one of the guys with the Twins and struggling at the plate like everyone else.

That's the germ of a RandBalls Stu article.

[stringer bell]

The shortstops aren't having a very good game.

[MMMordabito]

What a great Friday!

[ashbury]

7 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Should the r be there?

An appropriate moment for the Speling Pollice to arrive.

[twins_89]

In the last 3 games Maeda, Lopez, and Gray have combined to pitch 19 innings giving up 3 ER with 30 SO. It would be nice to get a win after losing the last two games where we got great performances from our starting pitchers.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, MMMordabito said:

What a great Friday!

Some would argue it’s only a Good Friday 

[stringer bell]

Need to score here fellas!

[Parfigliano]

Maybe next inning the Twins can get a walk, couple of errors, a wild pitch and score.  Doesnt look like its happening with their bats.

[stringer bell]

Hitting the ball over the fence is permitted BTW.

[LaBombo]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

That is dedication.

And perhaps good pitching?

There's definitely some from Column B at work today.

But I'm a crabby old get-off-my-lawn fan who's oldschool enough to hope for a little more bang for the 200 million bucks.

[stringer bell]

I think Miranda might have broke his bat.

[ashbury]

Nice 2-0 swing by Miranda.

[John Belinski]

I do not know who is worst either Rocco for not moving runner over in 7 inning in a tied game or Correa for hitting into double play. Rocco should know Correa can not hit under pressure and Correa is just not hitting at all so far this season. If Twins are behind 10-0 then maybe Correa will get a hit.  It is so sad the Twins will have to play him for many years. Same thing happened last year when Twins needed a hit from Correa during the first half of the season he would hit into double play, but after Twins were out of playoff race he started to get worthless hits.  I just wonder how good the Twins could be with a real manager.