Game Thread: Twins (López) v Guardians (Giolito), 9/4 @ 5:10pm CT

[Parfigliano]

One job Headrick.  Finish game.

[SotaSports in NM]

I wonder if the Guardians are gonna get fined for this BS? There's no precedent of it, but this is anti competitive and gives the league a bad look. I think a rule barring this will come up. I can't imagine the players association liking this, either.

[Craig Arko]

3 minutes ago, SotaSports said:

I wonder if the Guardians are gonna get fined for this BS? There's no precedent of it, but this is anti competitive and gives the league a bad look. I think a rule barring this will come up.

No, but the Twins will get to drink from their skulls.

[Cris E]

There is a rule and it says 10 runs, no restrictions. It was considered and this is the primary case for it: the situation where a team is coming off a tough series and rolling into a tougher division series with a tired pen. It was discussed and a team is allowed to give up after yielding a ten run gap.

[GCTF]

What's more annoying? Position players pitching or real pitchers without the stuff to put away same sided hitters?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, Craig Arko said:

No, but the Twins will get to drink from their skulls.

What do they drink?

[rwilfong86]

I'd like to see Headrick get through this without any more runs allowed

[GusGus11]

As fantastic as tonight has been there is still one negative

We continue to roster the same pitchers in a rotating revolving door that we know flat out cant do it.

Headrick is awful. If you cant do 18-1 mop up duty you have got to get off the roster.

[rwilfong86]

Just now, GusGus11 said:

As fantastic as tonight has been there is still one negative

We continue to roster the same pitchers in a rotating revolving door that we know flat out cant do it.

Headrick is awful. If you cant do 18-1 mop up duty you have got to get off the roster.

At 33 pitches and climbing, not sure he can finish this game 

[GusGus11]

1 minute ago, rwilfong86 said:

At 33 pitches and climbing, not sure he can finish this game 

Yup unlikely.

Id use Varland for 1 at least. Let him get his MLB bullpen feet wet.

[CRF]

Too bad they sent Sands down. This game would be perfect for him to eat some innings. 

[Cris E]

It's still 80 degrees in Cleveland, so I wonder when Tito pulls the plug on this and runs out his bench to rest the starters?

[GCTF]

3 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

What do they drink?

Anything they want would be my guess.

[jkcarew]

OMG Headrick…smh. Awful.

[mrtwinsfan]

Cya  with the Saints later ,  Headrick,    

[Parfigliano]

Joey stat padding

[CRF]

Gallo sure can hit those 60 mph heaters. 

[Parfigliano]

CLE catcher has a knack for inducing pop-ups.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

Joey stat padding

more like stat 'matressing'.

[Craig Arko]

9 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

What do they drink?

All the milk they can drink, of course.

[gil4]

1 minute ago, CRF said:

Gallo sure can hit those 60 mph heaters. 

He'd probably be a great slow-pitch softball player.  He might want to start that soon.

[GCTF]

5 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

OMG Headrick…smh. Awful.

And he's back for more. I would have guessed he'd be optioned to AAA between innings

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, CRF said:

Gallo sure can hit those 60 mph heaters. 

He's seizing his opportunity.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

4 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

All the milk they can drink, of course.

Who brings the cookies?

[jkcarew]

At this point I’d tell Headrick he’s pitching until his arm falls off. 

[CRF]

Headrick was only slightly better than Fry was. 

[Parfigliano]

Just now, jkcarew said:

At this point I’d tell Headrick he’s pitching until his arm falls off. 

Agreed.  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I had hopes for a triple play, but oh well.

[jkcarew]

5 minutes ago, GCTF said:

And he's back for more. I would have guessed he'd be optioned to AAA between innings

Failure can not be more total than that performance. Completely unprepared and completely awful. That kind of meltdown in ZERO leverage is career-shortening.

[Parfigliano]

Just now, jkcarew said:

Failure can not be more total than that performance. Completely unprepared and completely awful. That kind of meltdown in ZERO leverage is career-shortening.

You spelled ending wrong