Game Thread: Dodgers vs Twins, 4/9 @ 6:40 CT

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, OvertheHill said:

Great play by AK, no help from Stewie 

I'm a little hard pressed to call it great when he fails to finish it, the way he did.

[OvertheHill]

Just now, ashbury said:

I'm a little hard pressed to call it great when he fails to finish it, the way he did.

Ok how about great stop (saved a double)? I’m looking to stay somewhat positive/hopeful . 

[Aggies7]

Start the comeback!

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, OvertheHill said:

Ok how about great stop (saved a double)? I’m looking to stay somewhat positive/hopeful . 

Great stop, sure.  And I admire the "find the pony somewhere in the pile" mentality tonight.

Whee, a solo HR.

[RpR]

Jeffers is the new Joey Gallo, if he does not K , it goes over the fence.

[IndyTwinsFan]

How about that, we won't get shut out tonight.  Yippee!

[jkcarew]

107 mph exit velocity for Julien…against a lefty.

For an out, of course.

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Jeffers is the new Joey Gallo, if he does not K , it goes over the fence.

I was thinking a little too much Joey Gallo may have rubbed off on Walner. 

[LewFordLives]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Jeffers is the new Joey Gallo, if he does not K , it goes over the fence.

Sadly, I would welcome Gallo in this lineup.

[RpR]

5 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

I was thinking a little too much Joey Gallo may have rubbed off on Walner. 

Or not enough, right now Gallo is batting .188 with two home runs in 6 hits.

[OvertheHill]

Weird but the Dodgers have looked sort of unfocused at the plate for the past 3 innings. 

[SteveLV]

Darn, Twins can't reach 20 K;s.  Max will be 18.

This is unwatchable baseball.

Dodgers are superior team in EVERY way.  These 2 teams could play 10 games and the Twins might win 1.

Nice parity, MLB.

[Fitzpatrick54]

15 strikeouts by the Twins tonight. And the fools at the Twins PR department calls the 2024 Twins campaign "Baseball, 'Sota Style." If the Dodgers sweep us tomorrow, the new slogan should be: "Losing to the Dodgers and Yankees: A Pohlad Family Tradition, 'Sota Style." Hope the Sherriff comes through tomorrow, and start a winning streak when we hit Detroit.

[Fitzpatrick54]

Hey, at least we struck out 14 Dodgers! And Jeffers homered! Now, let's have the Sherriff rack up more K's tomorrow in a Twins win over LA.

[RpR]

Hopefully Kirilloff gets a hit to raise his BA.

BINGO!

[jkcarew]

4 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

Weird but the Dodgers have looked sort of unfocused at the plate for the past 3 innings. 

Bored

[danielp19653]

hey just 5 more of those

[jkcarew]

7 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

I was thinking a little too much Joey Gallo may have rubbed off on Walner. 

Wallner came into this game with the 4th highest OBP on the club.

That’s where we’re at.

[Aggies7]

Don’t let us get hot!

[danielp19653]

 hey just 4 more of those

[OvertheHill]

Brogdon = batting practice 

[Aggies7]

It’s a home run explosion!

[Schmoeman5]

Byron not running hard on that one. Sure it was routine. Until Betts uncorked a high throw. 

[Heistyman]

Strange that we ding prospects when they strikeout 30% of the time but the Twins main club is allowed a 40% clip.

[IndianaTwin]

Wallner put it in play!

[Irishman]

Now it is 0-4 at home.   How about this 0-81 at home when the season end?

Very embarrassing!

[OvertheHill]

Just now, Heistyman said:

Strange that we ding prospects when they strikeout 30% of the time but the Twins main club is allowed a 40% clip.

Not me, I’m dinging the whole franchise approach to hitting. Yay, so we hit ultimately meaningless Joey Gallo type solo HR’s. And pack the box score with fruitless AB after fruitless AB. 

[jkcarew]

4 minutes ago, Heistyman said:

Strange that we ding prospects when they strikeout 30% of the time but the Twins main club is allowed a 40% clip.

Huh?? After tonight, the Twins K rate will be at about 28%.

And literally, everyone is complaining about it.

[jkcarew]

13 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Byron not running hard on that one. Sure it was routine. Until Betts uncorked a high throw. 

We don’t sweat his production. Just his health.

[Irishman]

1 minute ago, jkcarew said:

We don’t sweat his production. Just his health.

I prefer to lose game than losing player to IL.