Game Thread: Twins (López) v Angels (Ohtani), 5/21 @ 3:07pm CT

[USAFChief]

42 minutes ago, CRF said:

Remember all those great Oriole teams from the 60's and 70's? Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, Paul Blair, Mark Belanger, Dave Johnson, Elrod Hendricks...and the pitching staffs with Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally...I'm sure I'm forgetting a whole bunch of guys. Those were some great teams. 

Also the subject of the greatest bar trivia question ever:

What team scored more runs in the first inning of World Series game 1 than their opponent scored in the entire World Series?

[Squirrel]

It seems like Ohtani may not make it deep in the game. Throwing a lot of pitches. That would be good for us.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Also the subject of the greatest bar trivia question ever:

What team scored more runs in the first inning of World Series game 1 than their opponent scored in the entire World Series?

Reds 14 runs

 

[wabene]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

 

Lol, yeah right, but when that happens it's on the pitcher's shoulders at that point. 

[stringer bell]

4 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

It seems like Ohtani may not make it deep in the game. Throwing a lot of pitches. That would be good for us.

Agree and it appears the Angels have just about redone their bullpen.

[stringer bell]

Missed strike three on the 1-2 pitch.

[Squirrel]

Uh oh

[stringer bell]

The missed strike three comes back to haunt.

[rwilfong86]

So it begins. A missed strike 3 has turned into 2 on nobody out. 

[rwilfong86]

Nice play by Alex. 

[cHawk]

Good play by Kirilloff.

[lecroy24fan]

I'm cool with Willi as the backup CF for a bit.

[RickOShea]

I don't understand why a trip to the mound doesn't happen, to try and slow down the other's team momentum.

[Jocko87]

Just now, cHawk said:

Good play by Kirilloff.

Fundamentals are fun!

[h2oface]

Batting practice inning for Lopez. Lots of hard hit balls. But minor damage.

[stringer bell]

Take the lead back and make Ohtani work!!

[CRF]

The PGA club pro, Mike Block just made an ace at #15! Just jarred it! What a story!!!

[wabene]

It's hard to trust that Kirilloff is really gonna be healthy, knock on wood. If he's healthy, the kid can play no doubt. 

[rwilfong86]

I wish the Twins had a 3rd baseman like Gio Urshela

[cHawk]

I just love grounding into double plays.

[wabene]

This is not what Donnie Barrels was signed for, facing a tough righty

[Tlaker]

5 minutes ago, CRF said:

The PGA club pro, Mike Block just made an ace at #15! Just jarred it! What a story!!!

Couldn’t believe what I saw! He has been the story of the tournament!

[stringer bell]

1 minute ago, wabene said:

It's hard to trust that Kirilloff is really gonna be healthy, knock on wood. If he's healthy, the kid can play no doubt. 

I stand by my statement that if he is healthy Alex Kirilloff's floor is Will Clark defense and Mark Grace offense and his ceiling is Will Clark offense and Mark Grace defense.

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

I wish the Twins had a 3rd baseman like Gio Urshela

I’d rather have Farmer and soon Lewis than Urshela. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Urshela on the team last year, I just think our options are better now

[cHawk]

If anyone were to guess the Twins’ total team wRC+ with runners on base, what would it be?

[RickOShea]

Just now, stringer bell said:

I stand by my statement that if he is healthy Alex Kirilloff's floor is Will Clark defense and Mark Grace offense and his ceiling is Will Clark offense and Mark Grace defense.

So, does that make him a scaled down version of Paul Goldschmidt?

[wabene]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

I’d rather have Farmer and soon Lewis than Urshela. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Urshela on the team last year, I just think our options are better now

Yeah I like Gio very much, but it was a smart move to sign Farmer instead. Gotta like Farmer as well, a couple of class acts

[cHawk]

67 pitches through 4 innings is more than I like.

[cHawk]

[wabene]

Jeffers was on it, that jump was lights out