Game Thread: Twins (Ober) v White Sox (Giolito), 7/23/23 @ 1:10 CT

[Mortimerkenny21]

A quickie 4th inning for Ober. Hurrrumph!

[Mortimerkenny21]

Leadoff walk, that will work Kep. Let's do some damage and take Giolito out this inning.

[PDX Twin]

Another unproductive AB from the DH. And all the broadcasters can talk about is how hard he hit the ball.

[CRF]

Giolito is ripe for the taking today...and we're blowing the chances. 

[IndianaTwin]

Jason Benetti on the HBP: “Just another nick in the Wallner.” 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Dangit, MAT fouled off that last ball and then took the strike. That's a bummer man.

[mrtwinsfan]

14 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

At times, Wallner has a certain 'look' in his eyes, that  make me think, his mind wanders. Just my own personal observation.

Like M.A.T. ON THAT 3RD STRIKE ,

[IndianaTwin]

Benetti on the number of check swings: “We’ve had more checks than Prague.” 

[Parfigliano]

7 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Another unproductive AB from the DH. And all the broadcasters can talk about is how hard he hit the ball.

Him as DH is a big problem.  They will continue to ignore this problem.

[IndianaTwin]

Wallner is a budding Ron Hunt. That’s 7 HBP in 113 plate appearances. That’s around 40 over a full season. In the minors, he had 43 in 1467. 

[IndianaTwin]

Julien needs to block that. 

EDIT: And it may have cost a run, given that Correa makes that play if he’s not needing to play in. 

[UpstateNewYorker]

3 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Wallner is a budding Ron Hunt. That’s 7 HBP in 113 plate appearances. That’s around 40 over a full season. In the minors, he had 43 in 1467. 

I think the Turks won the 1467 World Series. :)

(Good memory with the Ron Hunt reference,)

[IndianaTwin]

Benetti: “Julien slices a one-out single.”

[IndianaTwin]

Let’s see Solano with a 12-pitch at bat. 

[Jocko87]

2 hours ago, CRF said:

The Open Championship just ended, and Brian Harman is the winner. Congrats to him! Now, I'm ready for the Twins to win this afternoon. 

Just got home from umping, was going to watch on tape delay but now you’ve gone and spoiled it.  Thought I was safe on the baseball site. 🤣

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Let’s see Solano with a 12-pitch at bat. 

Let’s see Kepler with a 12-pitch at bat. 

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

Let’s see Kepler with a 12-pitch at bat. 

Lets see a run

[IndianaTwin]

1 minute ago, Jocko87 said:

Just got home from umping, was going to watch on tape delay but now you’ve gone and spoiled it.  Thought I was safe on the baseball site. 🤣

U.S. 3, Vietnam 0. 

[USAFChief]

I think we can all agree the lineup needs help if Donovan Dolano is in the 4 hole. 

Against a RHer no less

 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Consistent base runners but we cant drive anyone in??? C'mon boy's. I know we can do better.

[IndianaTwin]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

I think we can all agree the lineup needs help if Donovan Dolano is in the 4 hole. 

Against a RHer no less

 

Conjunctivitis effect. 

[mrtwinsfan]

We have 9 k,s  -8 l.o.b  6 hits,  zero runs,   and Giolito is done ---  after 5      

[IndianaTwin]

Mr. Anderson, I know you didn’t care for the Strike 3 call, but from your spot at SS, you should have seen that Giolito has been getting at least that much all day. 

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I think we can all agree the lineup needs help if Donovan Dolano is in the 4 hole. 

Against a RHer no less

 

Has zero buisness at cleanup,,   against a righty,  not alot of great choices ?

[SD happy]

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

Mr. Anderson, I know you didn’t care for the Strike 3 call, but from your spot at SS, you should have seen that Giolito has been getting at least that much all day. 

 

1 minute ago, IndianaTwin said:

Mr. Anderson, I know you didn’t care for the Strike 3 call, but from your spot at SS, you should have seen that Giolito has been getting at least that much all day. 

The onfield mic picked up his reaction quite well!

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, SD happy said:

 

The onfield mic picked up his reaction quite well!

I heard it in NM.

[Parfigliano]

Byron The un-DH 

[PDX Twin]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Byron The un-DH 

Or DU. Designated un-hitter.

[Parfigliano]

Wallner hit the wall

[mrtwinsfan]

Wall power ,, Good hustle