Game Thread: Twins (Lopez) v Mariners (Kirby), 7/25/23 @ 6:40 CT

[wsnydes]

Edited July 25, 2023 by wsnydes
Added Twins lineup.

[CRF]

Kirby smoked us last week, and Sea won 5-0. He had 10 k's. It was a "Lopez" game. Pablo Lopez pitched ok for 5 innings, and Jorge Lopez came in and gave up 3 runs in the 8th. We need to get to Kirby in this one. Gonna be a hot one at Target Field tonight. If you're going, make sure you hydrate. How about an easy win for a change? GO TWINS!

[SD happy]

Climactic come back wins are great and all. But, I would settle for a nice, comfortable 8-1 win tonight.

[tarheeltwinsfan]

Kirby was really good against the Twins during his last outing. If I were a Twins batter, I couldn't wait to get even with Kirby tonight. 

[nicksaviking]

Ten K's last game against Kirby, who doesn't strike many batters out. See if the Twins can keep the Nolan Ryan comparisons to a minimum today.

[Nine of twelve]

1 hour ago, SD happy said:

Climactic come back wins are great and all. But, I would settle for a nice, comfortable 8-1 win tonight.

Tonight and every night.

[wsnydes]

Twins lineup added above.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Gallo in Center.

[Parfigliano]

8 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Gallo in Center.

He's due for a no K game.

[CRF]

Time for the Gallo experiment to end. Hopefully, he gets DFA'd or moved to another sucker team by Aug 1st.  

[rwilfong86]

2 hours ago, CRF said:

Kirby smoked us last week, and Sea won 5-0. He had 10 k's. It was a "Lopez" game. Pablo Lopez pitched ok for 5 innings, and Jorge Lopez came in and gave up 3 runs in the 8th. We need to get to Kirby in this one. Gonna be a hot one at Target Field tonight. If you're going, make sure you hydrate. How about an easy win for a change? GO TWINS!

I wonder which version of Pablo Lopez shows up tonight. 

[USAFChief]

Interesting trivia: Tonight's Seattle pitcher originally made his money by inventing home cleaning devices.

[CRF]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Interesting trivia: Tonight's Seattle pitcher originally made his money by inventing home cleaning devices.

...and those dinosaurs came with like 40 attachments too!

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Interesting trivia: Tonight's Seattle pitcher originally made his money by inventing home cleaning devices.

The only thing better than Chief jokes, is Chief trivia!

[Mortimerkenny21]

8 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Interesting trivia: Tonight's Seattle pitcher originally made his money by inventing home cleaning devices.

Ah yes, the Classic II. A sweet ride, but not really built for speed, more of a pleasure cruiser.

[USAFChief]

Just now, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Ah yes, the Classic II. A sweet ride, but not really built for speed, more of a pleasure cruiser.

Yes, can be used as a boat anchor and a set of barbells also.

 

[Vanimal46]

Dyson makes their vacuums look sleek and sexy… But there’s a reason why cleaning service companies still use the old trusty Oreck XL. 

[RpR]

26 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Interesting trivia: Tonight's Seattle pitcher originally made his money by inventing home cleaning devices.

Is it my computer, or is that the Barbie model?

I know a lot of ladies who had them and traded them in on the latest greatest plastic fantastic; generally they say it was the worst thing they could have done.

You can still get parts for them.

[Vanimal46]

Also, I could get used to this lineup. Buxton taking some more time to be with the baby wouldn’t bother me a bit. 

[stringer bell]

Here we go!

[Parfigliano]

7 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Also, I could get used to this lineup. Buxton taking some more time to be with the baby wouldn’t bother me a bit. 

It would make me very happy.

[stringer bell]

Nice play AK. No one likes Kirilloff's defense this year. I've always thought he was the best option the Twins had over there. Does anyone agree that he has been a bottom quartile defender at first?

[mrtwinsfan]

36 PITCH 1ST INNING AGAINST THESE GUYS LAST TIME,,     Nice 1st tonight Pablo

[Schmoeman5]

37 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Interesting trivia: Tonight's Seattle pitcher originally made his money by inventing home cleaning devices.

Electrolux?

[Dave Borton]

Appreciate everyone here. Everyone has something to say, lots is very instructive, and there is very little rudeness.

Thanks. Let's play 2!

 

db

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, davidborton said:

Appreciate everyone here. Everyone has something to say, lots is very instructive, and there is very little insulting one another.

Thanks. Let's play 2!

 

db

 

1 minute ago, davidborton said:

Appreciate everyone here. Everyone has something to say, lots is very instructive, and there is very little insulting one another.

Thanks. Let's play 2!

Sounds good, Ernie.

db

 

[jkcarew]

Seattle is a lot like the Twins, IMO.

I like their starters, not as much their bullpen…and their lineup has some guys, but they haven’t produced consistently…and K a lot. I suspect that the 3 game difference in the records could be easily different if they played the same schedules.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Nice start!!

[RickOShea]

Very poor play by leftfielder, Oh my!

[rwilfong86]

Just missed a homer