Game Thread: Twins @ Braves, 5/22 - 11:10am

[Brock Beauchamp]

Lineups:

 

Twins:

Eduardo Escobar 3B

Pedro Florimon SS

Josh Willingham LF

Justin Morneau 1B

Ryan Doumit C

Chris Colabello RF

Aaron Hicks CF

Brian Dozier 2B

(Vance Worley P)

 

Braves:

Jordan Schafer LF

Ramiro Pena SS

Jason Heyward RF

Freddie Freeman 1B

Evan Gattis C

Chris Johnson 3B

Dan Uggla 2B

B.J. Upton CF

(Paul Maholm P)

[IdahoPilgrim]

Escobar, 3B

Florimon, SS

Willingham, LF

Morneau, 1B

Doumit, C

Colabello, RF

Hicks, CF

Dozier, 2B

Worley, P

[TKGuy]

Throw him right into the lineup, no thinking. Question now, should Arcia go back down to get some at-bats, or will he fine once we get out of the NL parks? I think Parmelee could use some at-bats in AAA, along with Hicks. Bring up Richardson, that would be another good story.

Escobar, 3B

Florimon, SS

Willingham, LF

Morneau, 1B

Doumit, C

Colabello, RF

Hicks, CF

Dozier, 2B

Worley, P

[TwinVike61]

Another day...another early deficit?

 

 

"same as it ever was...Is this my beautiful Twins team?" - David Byrne

[GCTF]

Another day...another early deficit?

 

 

"same as it ever was...Is this my beautiful Twins team?" - David Byrne

 

There it is.

[Top Gun]

About time we get some new blood.

[GCTF]

First strikeout by a Twins starting pitcher of a position player since Sunday!

[stringer bell]

What is Vanimal's 1st inning ERA?

[Cap'n Piranha]

What is Vanimal's 1st inning ERA?

 

I'm going to guess "Not Good".

[GCTF]

What is Vanimal's 1st inning ERA?

 

My calculator only has 8 number spaces.

[GCTF]

How did the Twins miss out on Maholm? Seems like their kind of guy. Haven't seen anything over 87 mph yet.

[Ultima Ratio]

How did the Twins miss out on Maholm? Seems like their kind of guy. Haven't seen anything over 87 mph yet.

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[ThePuck]

What is Vanimal's 1st inning ERA?

 

For this year, going into today, 12.00

[GCTF]

What is Vanimal's 1st inning ERA?

 

Serious answer is that he actually lowered his 1st inning ERA by only giving up 1 run. Was 12.00 after today 11.70

[GCTF]

One infield hit through four innings.

[Mike Sixel]

One infield hit through four innings.

 

I was just going to type this.......so they can't pitch or hit, pretty much, right now......and they have no answers in AAA or AA, it would appear, for the hitting at least. Pretty sad state of affairs right now.

[GCTF]

Getting ugly.

[IdahoPilgrim]

Serious answer is that he actually lowered his 1st inning ERA by only giving up 1 run. Was 12.00 after today 11.70

 

Well, it's progress, at least.

[edavis0308]

How long until we make an Astro's-like blowup of the pitching staff?

 

Sigh.

[Winston Smith]

How long before the Astro's pass us in the standings?

[GCTF]

Blow'd up real good.

[edavis0308]

We could only be so lucky to have Bud Norris on this team.

[James]

Yup, I'm done with this game now...

[TwinVike61]

Dan Gladden's understatement of the day: Down 8-0...they're starting to run away with it...

[PopRiveter]

I am hyped for Worley's next AAA start!

[Mike Sixel]

I really thought Worley was a number 3/4 type.......totally sold a bill of goods. I should never read anything from the Twins or Strib when it comes to assessing players. Ever.

[greengoblinrulz]

Liam Hendriks doesnt look so bad now fellas

[greengoblinrulz]

I really thought Worley was a number 3/4 type.......totally sold a bill of goods. I should never read anything from the Twins or Strib when it comes to assessing players. Ever.

Worley was a #5 starter on a playoff team in 11

Worley was a #4 starter on a horrrible team in 12

Worley becomes the ace for Mn Twins team

Sold a bill of goods.......think so!!!

[ScottyB]

I am hyped for Worley's next AAA start!

Question - Does Worley have any options left? If so, send him down when Deduno comes up and worry about Worley's replacement over the weekend. Preferably Gibson.

[Mike Sixel]

So he should be a number 3? Why isn't he?