Game Thread: Twins (Lopez) v Red Sox (Paxton), 6/19/23 @ 6:40 CT

[mnfireman]

The ever popular 1-2-3 DP to get out of the inning...

[wabene]

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[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Haha. Is this a joke? It was literally hit right at him. That play is made 99 times out of 100 by a MLB second baseman.

And MLB score keeping has become a freaking joke.

Even bremer assumed it would be an error

[USAFChief]

9 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

Julien COULD be charged with 3 errors tonight.  Love the bat potential but man he's rough in the field.

He started a huge inning for Detroit the other day with another botched easy play that was ruled a "hit."

His bat plays, but man, he's Nishioka level bad with the glove. Worse maybe. 

[Parfigliano]

15 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

Julien showing why Buxton needs to be regularly playing CF 

And Buxton showing why he shouldnt regularly be DH.

[Schmoeman5]

12 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Julien isn't the problem. That ball was a rocket, ruled a hit immediately. Now that infielders start with both feet on the dirt there will be a number of similar hits. In fact, we have already seen a number so far. No player had a shot at that ball except by sheer luck. The hitters haven't hit and now the pitching has fallen 

A 100mph+ 1 hopper off the glove does not mean it's a hit. That was a generous scorer ruling. But I do agree that he's not the problem. But Julien does look like he takes his mistakes with him. Gotta let it go

[peterukavina]

I, for one, always assumed the hitting would regress before the pitching.

Unwatchable.

[Aggies7]

Ugh, had to give in and turn my air conditioning on. 76 in the ol house 

[mnfireman]

And there's #10!! Who had Castro in the poll?

[mnfireman]

Back to back walks, does this constitute a rally??

[mnfireman]

Just now, mnfireman said:

Back to back walks, does this constitute a rally??

Missed the Gallo K in between, my bad. Solano ended it with a whimper and whine anyway.

[jkcarew]

29 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

And MLB score keeping has lost any self respect

Years ago.

[Parfigliano]

20 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Ugh, had to give in and turn my air conditioning on. 76 in the ol house 

It was 104 here today but only 97 now.  Supposed to be 108-110 Thurs-Sat

[HokieRif]

And in other news completely unrelated to Lopez, Arraez quietly goes 5-5 and Marlins hammered the Blue Jays 11-0. 

[Riverbrian]

12 hours ago, USAFChief said:

I was at that game and had a great view.  On the Gallo double, 100 percent on Watkins. Wave, then a way too late stop sign.

And with that... case closed.