Brewers (Civale) v Twins (Ryan); 7/21 @ 12:05pm CT

[h2oface]

5 minutes ago, Patzky said:

His batters repeatedly get no runs from Bases loaded no outs. That is how.

Pinch hitting an 0-22, now 0-23 pinch hitter doesn't help, eh? Jax giving up an 0-2 two run homer is on Jax, though. 

[TwinsCD]

Sigh...Mauer's induction speech is on Youtube.  Time to go watch that.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

This is a poorly managed team and it's costing them games.

[Peter]

1 minute ago, TwinsCD said:

Sigh...Mauer's induction speech is on Youtube.  Time to go watch that.

Means nothing-twins lost day is ruined-going to be 💩💩💩week after Philadelphia sweeps us for 0-5 homestand 

[IndyTwinsFan]

7 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

So...

Phillies next?

Based on what I've seen the past 3 series, I don't have much in the way of high hopes for the series against a Phillies team that's a lot better than the Brewers are, across the board. 

I really wish I did, but the maddening inconsistency of this team, along with a manager who seems utterly clueless, more often than not, doesn't give me a very good feeling right now. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

4 minutes ago, Peter said:

Means nothing-twins lost day is ruined-going to be 💩💩💩week after Philadelphia sweeps us for 0-5 homestand 

I can definitely see that coming, sad to say.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Suarez. Wheeler. Nola.

Remember that futility against the Yankees at Target Field...

Gonna be a replay.

[Schmoeman5]

19 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Be nice if waste-of-space Thielbar hadn't coughed up a run.

Just keep running him out there. Gotta get that confidence up to where he can be effective again. Same as ph Margot. Just the law of average says that sooner or later he's going to get that 1st one. So all the Rocco lovers can say "See i told you"

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Suarez. Wheeler. Nola.

Remember that futility against the Yankees at Target Field...

Gonna be a replay.

I agree.

[h2oface]

The bullpen gave up 11 runs in the last two games. All in 5 innings. Granted 2 of those innings were fake baseball, and 3 unearned as it goes.

[h2oface]

SNOWPIERCER! Time to get back on the train.......

[SwainZag]

36 minutes ago, Peter said:

Seriously we need to get twins at full health!!! Correa/Royce need to come back asap!!! Losing sucks!!! Wasted season if we don’t win it all!!

Not to mention Miranda, losing all 3 at once is pretty damn rough. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

3 minutes ago, h2oface said:

The bullpen gave up 11 runs in the last two games. All in 5 innings. Granted 2 of those innings were fake baseball, and 3 unearned as it goes.

Pi** poor, in my opinion. 

[SwainZag]

24 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Two weeks we'll be out of playoff contention 

A little dramatic.  Lot of baseball to be played.  Last two days don't leave a good taste, but doesn't define the season. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Team has a limited ceiling with Rocco. No reason for angst or disappointment. We know how this ends.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 hour ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

We know how this ends.

Ice is also great

and would suffice?

[SwainZag]

14 hours ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Team has a limited ceiling with Rocco. No reason for angst or disappointment. We know how this ends.

The team went 0-5 with RISP late and didn't score a at all.   1st and 2nd, zero outs in the 7th, Buck, Kep and Santana all fail.  Bases loaded in the 8th, zero outs, Margot, Castro and Jeffers all fail.

Not to mention Alcala AND Jax both served up meatballs to Chourino and Hoskins in the 7th and 8th, whom took advantage of them..... Which were the tying and go ahead runs. 

People are going to bitch about Rocco pinch hitting Margot, which is a legitimate gripe, but..... players have to perform. They were in position and failed.  Blaming Rocco is just a cheap scapegoat answer IMO.

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, SwainZag said:

The team went 0-5 with RISP late and didn't score a at all.   1st and 2nd, zero outs in the 7th, Buck, Kep and Santana all fail.  Bases loaded in the 8th, zero outs, Margot, Castro and Jeffers all fail.

Not to mention Alcala AND Jax both served up meatballs to Chourino and Hoskins in the 7th and 8th, whom took advantage of them..... Which were the tying and go ahead runs. 

People are going to bitch about Rocco pinch hitting Margot, which is a legitimate gripe, but..... players have to perform. They were in position and failed.  Blaming Rocco is just a cheap scapegoat answer IMO.

Rocco is the low hanging fruit because he never gets mad, never gets in the faces of umps or players, never worked over by media, always does the same thing game in and game out.

 

Batters gotta bat.. can they bunt in their own? The one time Margot tried he was roundly criticized and Rocco said We Don't Usually Do That.

How much freedom and leeway do the batters have, the runners have, even the pitchers based.on Duran's comments this spring? We don't know.