Game Thread: Twins (Ryan, SWR) @ Tigers (Maeda, Manning), let’s play 2; 4-23-24

[danielp19653]

Just now, danielp19653 said:

Twins are now 0-10 to start the year with pinch hitters

Well I'll take this aging poorly lol, 1-11

[UpstateNewYorker]

Just now, danielp19653 said:

absolutely, terrible jump and bad route, and didn't look like he ran hard once

Agreed. On the TV broadcast Perkins said "Margot took a wobbly route to the ball.:

[RpR]

Joey Jeffers strikes again.

[RickOShea]

Why didn't Rocco pinch run for Jeffers on Jeffers homerun?

[mrtwinsfan]

Holy Cow  Boomer jeffers

[Dave Borton]

14 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Willians Astudillo, nicknamed "La Tortuga", is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League. 

and Kennys Vargas is playing for the Two Laredos in the Mexican League.

[RpR]

Wallners chance to be the hero -- or not.

[RickOShea]

Wallner has to take a vacay.  He is brutal, just brutal.

[RpR]

OUCH for Miranda;

[danielp19653]

There has to be someone we can swap Wallner on the 40 man, the guy looks totally lost at the plate 

[RickOShea]

Here we go again with Miranda's wrist.

[Dave Borton]

Top of the 9th, need a run. 4 batters coming up are hitting:

053

.167

.125

.105

[Tlaker]

1 minute ago, davidborton said:

Top of the 9th, need a run. 4 batters coming up are hitting:

053

.167

.125

.105

Brutal…….

[RpR]

2 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Top of the 9th, need a run. 4 batters coming up are hitting:

053

.167

.125

.105

Looking good.

[danielp19653]

1 minute ago, davidborton said:

Top of the 9th, need a run. 4 batters coming up are hitting:

053

.167

.125

.105

if my math skills hold thats a whopping .012% chance of 4 hits in a row

[RpR]

Well MIranda is there to play ball.

[danielp19653]

Pinch runner after stealing 2nd is an odd one 

[Schmoeman5]

17 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

I missed that play by Margot  in L.F. , should of he had it ?

All the way. Official scorer ruled it a double.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, danielp19653 said:

Pinch runner after stealing 2nd is an odd one 

Very typical of Rocco's train of thought.

[mrtwinsfan]

Camargo,  only bench player left,  if this goes awhile gonna get ??

[RickOShea]

While Margot should have made the catch, I can't remember an official scorer calling that an error in a long time. especially with the slide to the ball.

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

All the way. Official scorer ruled it a double.

Thanx ,   Ryan deserved better

[CoastiePilot08]

Rocco………

[RickOShea]

Why not walk Torkelson, to set up force play. His run means nothing.

[RpR]

Jeffers chance to win the game now.

[mrtwinsfan]

Alcala, nice job ,  Gotta give him the 11th , how many pitches . 8-9 ?

[RpR]

Jeffers seems to do REAL well when he comes in as a pinch hitter.

[IndianaTwin]

22 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Very typical of Rocco's train of thought.

If Miranda gets thrown out on a strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out, Castro starts the next inning as the Manfred Man and Buxton is still available as a pinch hitter. If Miranda is safe, go ahead and pinch run Buxton, who’s much more likely to score from second on a single, and then leave him in on defense.

I’m sure there’s even more to the thought process than that, but it doesn’t seem out of line. 

[RpR]

Buxton chases absolute crap, again.

[IndianaTwin]

6 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Why not walk Torkelson, to set up force play. His run means nothing.

With a right hander on the mound, why walk the .584 OPS right-handed hitter to get to the left-handed .855 hitter, particularly when it means getting Torkelson out makes for a much slower Manfred Man in the 11th than Carpenter would be?