Game Thread: Twins (Varland) @ Astros (Brown), 5/31/23 @ 7:10 CT

[mrtwinsfan]

We better put up a few runs tonight, I expect Louie to give up his 2 homeruns early like usual,   Hope not but its been a Pattern every start, , ,  well at least Rocco got my Gripe about Batting C.C. and  Buck together, being its been working so well, along with Joey at Leadoff  not been working out , ,   Who Knows !!!!!!!      Go Twins !!!!!!!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

9 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Laundry is always a great game time activity

Fantastic suggestion, and i need to do it.

 

However weirdness of my scheduling, i shall be driving most of the game.

[mrtwinsfan]

Leadoff  Alex,  Best at bats on the team, ,   nobody seems to be on base for him anyway, .  

[Mortimerkenny21]

13 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Laundry is always a great game time activity

Yes, do some more laundry for good luck! And during pivotal moments that lead us to a win!

[SwainZag]

This is quite the AB for AK

[Squirrel]

Kirilloff making Brown work for it

[Squirrel]

Well, dang. 

[cHawk]

Ahem...we will need to score a run or two today.

[stringer bell]

Good at-bat AK. It looked like strike three caught the bottom of the zone. 

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, cHawk said:

Ahem...we will need to score a run or two today.

We always need to score a run or two 🙂

[stringer bell]

Nice play Willi. 

[Squirrel]

Okay, nice 1,2,3 … let’s get the bats rolling now!

[jkcarew]

54 of Farmer’s 1600 career PA have come as the cleanup hitter. I’d be willing to bet that 50+ of those came against left handed pitching.

[OvertheHill]

5ks already. Awesome.

 I’m out. 

[RickOShea]

Strikeouts, strikeouts and more strikeouts.  Gotta reduce them.  Will never overcome offense woes without cutting down on strikeouts.  big boys strike out enough, but too many of our non-power guys,  just flail away.

[CoastiePilot08]

5 K’s already. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

34 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

The Twins said he would get days off at first. 

Who gets days off?

[MABB1959]

3 hours ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

Weird lineup. Why is Buxton out again? Is there an injury issue we don't know about? I understand giving Correa a day with his plantar fasciitis. What about Lewis? Will it be 2 on, one off for awhile? 

The bigger question is why the lineup in Houston this series has included our two worst hitters as everyday players -  Taylor and Kepler. It's just mind boggling. 

 

Love it!   Buxton, Correa and Kepler deserve it. Especially Kepler yet there he is. 

[mrtwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

54 of Farmer’s 1600 career PA have come as the cleanup hitter. I’d be willing to bet that 50+ of those came against left handed pitching.

 

[wsnydes]

16 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

We always need to score a run or two 🙂

Even more sometimes.  Most times even, by average.

[Winston Smith]

Why complain about the lineup when it will be the umpires fault in the end.

[stringer bell]

There's a hit, maybe the only one.

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

There's a hit, maybe the only one.

Max- Mulligan

[wabene]

CASTRO! 

[wabene]

Brown goes down! 

Down goes Brown!

 

[Winston Smith]

NO the bases loaded!

[RickOShea]

Here you go, Julien fans!

[pierre75275]

Well

This inning is almost over.

 

[stringer bell]

The dam has to break eventually with the bases loaded.

[pierre75275]

And now ..the double play