Wild Card Game Two: Blue Jays (Berrios) vs Twins (Gray): 10/4/23, 3:38pm

[Beast]

Gray got away with a hanger there.

Kinda nervous about this one.  NGL.

[Parfigliano]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

I think MN is going to need to score some runs today....like 5 or more.

Thats alot of scoring with Sonny on mound

[rwilfong86]

Gray isn't getting the borderline calls, this is gonna be a long night

[Battle ur tail off]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

I think MN is going to need to score some runs today....like 5 or more.

This is why we bring Kenta with. If he is getting barreled up today, then make the move. We have a full stable today.

[Puckett34]

Alright Gray, c'mon

[USAFChief]

Tough start for Gray

 

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, rwilfong86 said:

Gray isn't getting the borderline calls, this is gonna be a long night

Ump was 1.46 runs in favor of Toronto yesterday....expect more of the same, which is odd, as the home team should get more calls (they do statistically)

[SS MagicMark]

No volume where I am.  What's going on with Berrios that they have Kikuchi warming already?

[Linus]

39 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Not Twins-related, but any baseball fan would appreciate this story from Portland-before-my-time. I only go back as far as the AAA Beavers in the late 1980s when they were a Twins farm club. Does anyone know the movie Battered Bastards of Baseball that is referenced here?

https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2023/10/remembering-the-magical-time-of-the-portland-mavericks-as-they-enter-oregon-sports-hall-of-fame.html

 

Yes. It’s on Netflix if you have that. 

[CRF]

Sonny isn't real sharp so far. Not dialed in yet. Gotta watch his pitch count too.

[Aggies7]

Bit of a gift from Toronto 

[Battle ur tail off]

Just now, SS MagicMark said:

No volume where I am.  What's going on with Berrios that they have Kikuchi warming already?

Spreadsheet time maybe. 

[RickOShea]

The key is how long Rocco goes with sonny.  If he tries to stretch him too far, it could be disastrous.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, SS MagicMark said:

No volume where I am.  What's going on with Berrios that they have Kikuchi warming already?

No one knows.

[Beast]

Got away with another one right down the pipe to Springer.  Tight rope walking here.

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Bit of a gift from Toronto 

odd decison. Gray can't miss a bat today.....let's hope it backfires. 

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

odd decison. Gray can't miss a bat today.....let's hope it backfires. 

ya, giving sonny a free out when he's not going well is just bad managing. Awful, really.

[Battle ur tail off]

wheeewwww!

 

[SF Twins Fan]

Thanks for the out on the "sac bunt".

[PDX Twin]

A run for the Rays! But I doubt they can e-Rays their big deficit.

[Puckett34]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

ya, giving sonny a free out when he's not going well is just bad managing. Awful, really.

That can't be from the manager, can it?

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

No one knows.

Berrios noticed a former girlfriend in the stands. He's looking for a quick and quiet exit.

[Battle ur tail off]

We will see what happens the rest of the way. But SO FAR, ole Rocco has been playing these games like a fiddle. 

[Aggies7]

Bunting like that with the top of the order coming up was manna from heaven 

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'd like to take this moment to point out that literally every fanbase tears their hair out over their team leaving an "abnormal" number of runners on the basepaths and every team sucks with RISP.

Just ask Jays fans about it.

[Danchat]

Honestly, pitch count isn't a big concern - he's not going more than 5 innings anyways.

[Puckett34]

Just now, PDX Twin said:

A run for the Rays! But I doubt they can e-Rays their big deficit.

[CRF]

Yep...I think we're going to need some offense today, which would be a big difference in the games that Gray starts. He looks a little shaky right now. 

[Azviking101]

What a dumb bunt

Gray leaving a lot of pitches down the middle but he’s finished both innings strong 

[RickOShea]

Twins go yard, this half inning.