Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Angels (Sandoval), 4/26/24 @ 8:38 CT

[stringer bell]

6 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

From completely dominating and throwing a no-no, to second and third nobody out, Ober falls off the cliff fast.

A blooper and a gapper. Weak contact on the first hit, a well-hit ball to right center right between Margot and Buxton. Good job after that. 

[Schmoeman5]

Has Ober's fastball been down a bit velocity wise tonight?

[RpR]

Julien had the fortune of poor fielding there.

[mnfireman]

Just now, Schmoeman5 said:

Has Ober's fastball been down a bit velocity wise tonight?

Down 2 mph from the 1st inning, 93.4 down to 91.4

[IaBeanCounter]

GameDay has Farmer in play no out.  On the field it say "Oops something went wrong "

[mnfireman]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Julien had the fortune of poor fielding there.

Farmer??

[Schmoeman5]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Julien had the fortune of poor fielding there.

Really?

[$tryf4Life]

1 minute ago, mnfireman said:

Farmer??

Julien pinch hit (2b) for Farmer. Despite what the box score says. 

[RpR]

2 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Farmer??

Julien batted for Farmer, hit a long fly ball to center that Trout simply let bounce off of the ground right in front of him;

[mnfireman]

Just now, $tryf4Life said:

Julien pinch hit (2b) for Farmer. Despite what the box score says. 

Understand, game day mistake

[RpR]

2 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Really?

There was zero reason he could not have caught that, it bounced on the ground, it did not hit the wall.

[MMMordabito]

Farmer's so bad that even the MLB scoring system feels bad for him. It's giving him Julien's double.

[Aggies7]

Wow ober for the 7th. Have to respect it 

[Schmoeman5]

8 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Down 2 mph from the 1st inning, 93.4 down to 91.4

Thanks

[$tryf4Life]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

There was zero reason he could not have caught that, it bounced on the ground, it did not hit the wall.

Same with the misplay on Miranda’s hit earlier. Trout doesn’t seem to care about fielding tonight. 

[Schmoeman5]

4 minutes ago, RpR said:

There was zero reason he could not have caught that, it bounced on the ground, it did not hit the wall.

Really? 

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

There was zero reason he could not have caught that, it bounced on the ground, it did not hit the wall.

Other than the ball was hit right over Trout's head. I would guess the chance of that ball falling was between 40 and 70 per cent.

[stringer bell]

Nice catch Austin!!

[RpR]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Really? 

Really.

[Aggies7]

Wow what an outing 

[stringer bell]

I suppose Rocco really doesn't want to use either Stewart or Jax. Getting the 7th from Ober reduces the load on the bullpen to six outs.

[RpR]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Other than the ball was hit right over Trout's head. I would guess the chance of that ball falling was between 40 and 70 per cent.

Trout made zero attempt to catch it, he stopped and watched fall, right in front of him.

[Jocko87]

Rocco and his dang quick hook. 

[mnfireman]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

There was zero reason he could not have caught that, it bounced on the ground, it did not hit the wall.

106.4 MPH exit velo., 397' hit distance and .930 xBA makes us GameDay viewers forget about the actual player factor sometimes, kinda like it does to the advanced metrics crowd... 

[wabene]

I just love Ober's demeanor out there. After giving up the single run he looked angry as he stalked off the mound. 

[Schmoeman5]

5 minutes ago, RpR said:

There was zero reason he could not have caught that, it bounced on the ground, it did not hit the wall.

If Mike Trout decides to give up on a ball he might catch to save wear and tear on his body. He's earned it. You stated it was was because of poor fielding! 

[AussieG]

Cue the circus music

[wabene]

Los Angeles White Sox?

[stringer bell]

I thought we were done playing the White Sox today.

[Aggies7]

The angels are bad.