Cubs (Stroman) vs Twins (Varland): 5/14/23, 1:10pm

[rwilfong86]

4 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Pagan threw 23 pitches. I don't think he'll be back out.

Lopez was warming up in case they got another hit or two and it got close. Now that they are up six, and given that Moran and Sands threw yesterday, I'm guessing it's Alcala.

Hopefully Alcala gets both innings, but I could also see a Jax confidence inning. 

Lopez still got the call despite the lead

[Parfigliano]

No Gallo grabbing hammy

[IndianaTwin]

Just now, rwilfong86 said:

Looks like Gallo might have tweaked the hammy.😭

Yeah, looked like it. 

[CRF]

Not good...Gallo grabbed his hammy on that play. Hope he's ok. 

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

Lopez still got the call despite the lead

I'm guessing because he had warmed up. Rocco doesn't tend to warm guys up and not use them. 

Edit to add: I don't mind a quick nine pitches. Would have been a bummer if he needed 20 or so. 

[rwilfong86]

1 minute ago, CRF said:

Not good...Gallo grabbed his hammy on that play. Hope he's ok. 

They can't afford to lose that bat on the west coast trip

[rwilfong86]

Just now, IndianaTwin said:

I'm guessing because he had warmed up. Rocco doesn't tend to warm guys up and not use them. 

You're probably right. Only took like 9 pitches so we'll see what they do for the 9th

[Parfigliano]

Lopez 9 pitch inning.  Channel that into non blowout game.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Those Dodgers pitching matchups are pretty exciting. 

[Parfigliano]

Stay healthy AK.

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

Wow -- I love players with line drive launch angles. So many balls in gaps that fall for hits where Gallo can hit it 103 exit velo but he gets under it and it's in the air a mile high and caught. It's easy to see how he was such an XBH machine in the minors. 

[rwilfong86]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Those Dodgers pitching matchups are pretty exciting. 

I actually like our chances in all 3 games to be honest. 

[Parfigliano]

Twins scored a guy on an out.  More of this please.

[CRF]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Those Dodgers pitching matchups are pretty exciting. 

I like our chances against Syndergaard. Kershaw and May will be tough. If we can get to either of those two, it would be fantastic. 

[rwilfong86]

Insurance

[rwilfong86]

Another 11 spot on the Cubes

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

I actually like our chances in all 3 games to be honest. 

Not the Kershaw/Ober game. The first game is advantage Twins and I’d call the third game a draw. 

[jimbo92107]

Lunchtime. What to eat...chicken? Sure, why not.

[Jocko87]

2 minutes ago, CRF said:

I like our chances against Syndergaard. Kershaw and May will be tough. If we can get to either of those two, it would be fantastic. 

I want to see a good effort against Kershaw. Of all the things last year, that game was memorable.

[rwilfong86]

Now the Twins get to shell a position player haha poor Cubbies

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

Feels like Polanco has been taking really good ABs, but he only had 5 walks in 21 games before today. I was going to say it seemed like he'd taken a jump with his eye but maybe that's not accurate

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

Please get AK back up! 

[rwilfong86]

3 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

I want to see a good effort against Kershaw. Of all the things last year, that game was memorable.

Agreed. Hopefully they come out hungry and motivated 

[Craig Arko]

Zathras knew you would score a ton.

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

Let's go! This is hilarious. 

[rwilfong86]

This is getting ugly now

[Aggies7]

I’ll never understand why people like seeing position players pitch

[Jocko87]

I kinda wanted to see Gallo tee off on a position player but that'll do MAT.

[IndianaTwin]

1 hour ago, rwilfong86 said:

Has anyone else noticed the run differential in the AL Central this season? This is nuts

Looks like it's going to get nutser. 

[rwilfong86]

This will inflate the run differential stats even more now 😂