GAME THREAD: Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox; 04/18/2023, 6:10pm Central Daylight Time

[Vanimal46]

[cHawk]

One run is better than zero

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, Nine of twelve said:

Gray struggles mightily but somehow the Sox only score one. And then after looking totally helpless we get one almost by accident. That's baseball.

😎      Amen,

[Aggies7]

I’m still baffled by what happened the other night in that first inning, from this offense. Jhonny Brito must feel pretty low. Someone said he was tipping his pitches, but I’m quite confident he could have yelled out what he was throwing and wouldn’t have given up 9 runs to this aggregation 

[jkcarew]

If we can replicate the bases-loaded-with-less-than-two-outs-and-Correa-batting scenario 2 or 3 more times, we’re going to win this thing.

[stringer bell]

Home plate ump is not very consistent. Probably to the net benefit of the Twins. 

[rwilfong86]

It's amazing this is a time game with as many runners Boston has and how bad the Twins have been

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

In past seasons, Gray would have probably been removed by now, and certainly right here 

[RickOShea]

I see Pagan has given up on sunflower seeds in the bullpen, tonite.  He's slurping down a bowl of NE clam chowder, tonight.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

But defensible to go to the bullpen at this point, after 5

[stringer bell]

Pitching around seven hits and two walks. 

[Aggies7]

Miranda…ooof da

[RickOShea]

What's cora's nickname?

[Aggies7]

a whifffff

[wsnydes]

Reading through this thread, you'd think the score was 10-1!  Lol!

[ziggy]

Gray faced 7 batters 3 times tonight. Maybe Rocco has been reading T.D. and is taking hints to leave the pitcher face the lineup more than twice. 

[jkcarew]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

What's cora's nickname?

Joey.

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, ziggy said:

Gray faced 7 batters 3 times tonight. Maybe Rocco has been reading T.D. and is taking hints to leave the pitcher face the lineup more than twice. 

Maybe?  It's the most poorly kept secret around that he does!

[jkcarew]

HIP, HIP…..

[Schmoeman5]

Nice outing by Sonny (I want to go deeper) Gray

[stringer bell]

I know the Twins don’t like to spend money on relief pitchers, but I wonder if an extension for the “other López” might be in order. 

[Aggies7]

Lol Kepler making some of us eat crow.

 

for now.

[Nine of twelve]

Kepler.

 

 

As expected.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Kepler did something good.

Still don’t like him. 

[Danchat]

Kepler jinx successful!!

😁

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

They pulled Sale instead of giving him one more batter? lol

[RickOShea]

Kepler can't even drive the ball into the stands.  another of those cheap bullpen shots.  What a loozer!

[CRF]

All kep does is hit homers! No, really...all he does is hit homers. Lol!

[wabene]

54 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

How do the Yankees cheat? Draft, trade for, and/or sign better players?

It's the Yankees, it's fun to accuse them of anything

[Sutter50]

Just now, CRF said:

All kep does is hit homers! No, really...all he does is hit homers. Lol!

It's Keplers fault