Game Thread: Twins at Orioles 3:05pm cdt 7/1/2023 ad

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line ups not to be taken... lyin' down.

 

Minnesota:

0. Bailey Ober (R) P

1. Carlos Correa (R) SS

2. Edouard Julien (L) 2B

3. Byron Buxton (R) DH

4. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B

5. Royce Lewis (R) 3B

6. Max Kepler (L) RF

7. C. Vazquez (R) C

8. Joey Gallo (L) LF

9. M. Taylor (R) CF

 

 

Baltimore:

0. Kyle Bradish (R) P

1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF

2. Adley Rutschman (S) C

3. A. Santander (S) DH

4. Ryan O'Hearn (L) 1B

5. Austin Hays (R) LF

6. Gunnar Henderson (L) SS

7. Aaron Hicks (S) RF

8. Jordan Westburg (R) 3B

9. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

 

 

I hope we win. (discuss)

[RickOShea]

Okay, Time to add to a new chapter.  Let's keep it going and push forward.  Each game is as much a test of character as it is raw skill, IMO.

[stringer bell]

Bradish has better numbers than Kremer. A better challenge than last night.

[CRF]

Let's see if last nights game was a sign of things to come...or if we revert back to nothing-burgers. 

[RickOShea]

Would have been interesting if Minnesota could have gotten chapman from KC.  Not sure if KC would have dealt within the division.  We maybe could have sent Miranda or someone else in a combo deal.

[RickOShea]

The Gallo goblet= diving catch of a can of corn.

[stringer bell]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Would have been interesting if Minnesota could have gotten chapman from KC.  Not sure if KC would have dealt within the division.  We maybe could have sent Miranda or someone else in a combo deal.

Besides the spousal abuse allegations, he also didn't show up for the Yankees. No thanks.

[RickOShea]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Besides the spousal abuse allegations, he also didn't show up for the Yankees. No thanks.

A saw a couple of articles where he supposedly has  or in the process of cleaning up his act.

[stringer bell]

On the Kirilloff K, I heard another commentator comment that a lot of hitters have so much bigger chase zones on 3-2. Kirilloff watched three in the dirt and swung at the fourth.

[RickOShea]

If Gallo reduces his strikeout by one per game, the Twins' Town Hall meeting can be deemed a success.

[ashbury]

8 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

A saw a couple of articles where he supposedly has  or in the process of cleaning up his act.

And in Spring Training, every player arrives in the best shape of his life.

[RickOShea]

4 minutes ago, ashbury said:

And in Spring Training, every player arrives in the best shape of his life.

I'd rather give him the benefit of the doubt, then condemn him forever.  Several of the Twins favorite sons have had personal flaws.  bottom line............that;s what I read.  I have no personal insight or proof.

[IaBeanCounter]

Was Taylor's K as bad as it looks on gameday?

 

[stringer bell]

1 minute ago, IaBeanCounter said:

Was Taylor's K as bad as it looks on gameday?

 

Couldn't check his swing on a pitch about cap high. 

[stringer bell]

Maybe off topic, maybe not, Atlanta is playing by far the best baseball right now. Miami was hot coming in and Atl won last night 16-4 and they're up 5-0 in the first today.

[stringer bell]

What a catch by Hayes!!

[stringer bell]

Uh-oh, looks like a oblique for Lewis.

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Nice hit, Gallo!!!!

[SD happy]

If/when Gallo makes contact, he puts a hurt to the ball.

[Mike Sixel]

21 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Uh-oh, looks like a oblique for Lewis.

Any update? I'm at wineries and graduation parties today ...

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32 minutes ago, IaBeanCounter said:

Was Taylor's K as bad as it looks on gameday?

 

I can respond, as was watching.

 

Nah, from the front, it didn't look like he swung, as the bat barely left his shoulder.

But he completely followed through from the waist, so almost certainly the bat head passed the front of the plate... So he got called for swinging by the ump down the line.

[stringer bell]

Andy Fletcher isn't winning many friends in the Twins' dugout.

[stringer bell]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Andy Fletcher isn't winning many friends in the Twins' dugout.

And later a makeup call.

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28 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Uh-oh, looks like a oblique for Lewis.

Happened on 3rd out, so no mention as they cut to commercial. If announcers said anything, i musta been distracted...

 

So don't know...

[PDX Twin]

8 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Any update? I'm at wineries and graduation parties today ...

Which wineries?

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2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

And later a makeup call.

More mascara?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Oh right! I had been wondering where Aaron had landed after NY let him go...

 

Glad he's here.

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Ober is doing okay.

[Mike Sixel]

5 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Which wineries?

Loop d loop in white salmon. Great wine. Very small. 

[stringer bell]

Time to get more runs on the board. Ober has been outstanding.