Twins (Lopez) vs Rangers (Mahle): 8/18/24, 1:35pm

[USAFChief]

Hahaha the guy picks up Wallner's glove and thows it into the stands.

[IndyTwinsFan]

That's an arson squad "effort" if I ever saw one.  Only took 5 batters to blow a 4 run lead clear out of the water. 

Double AARGH!

[Aggies7]

Rocco just riding with alcala I guess 

[HopelessRomanticTwinsFan]

Ive had enough of this Alcala needs to be demoted to the t-ball league to get his confidence back.

[stringer bell]

Provus doesn’t believe in jinxes, but he was tempting fate by talking about how well Alcalá was throwing. 

[jaimedude]

Rocco, he has used Alcala a lot this weekend, perhaps too much. 

[BH67]

I'd have felt better about Rocco experimenting with Alcala's endurance on consecutive days if he'd pulled Jorge after the Seager double. And it seems like this was an experiment.

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Four runs on 9 pitches. 

Very efficient 

[TwinsCD]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Provus doesn’t believe in jinxes, but he was tempting fate by talking about how well Alcalá was throwing. 

He's been great for the majority of the season.  This is a badly-timed hiccup.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

Retrieving players.  Mad manager.  Blyleven suspended

Ah. So when he was a player to suspend.

Wonder how they figured it was him...

What was the fatal flaw to his pranking ways?

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

FFS...

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Four runs on 9 pitches. 

Batting Practice pitches

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Alcala wears the shame but the offense not being able to add on is a problem.

[Aggies7]

I mean how the **** you gonna leave him in there? Rocco cmon man

[Patzky]

Wow the Jorge Lopezing of Jorge Alcala right before our eyes.

[jaimedude]

This is ridiculous, what the hell Rocco? 

[USAFChief]

Right down the middle.

 

 

[IndyTwinsFan]

What a pile of crap.  Get Alcala out before he makes it even worse than it is.

[Aggies7]

Holy moly what a bad loss this would be. 

[Patzky]

Richards was the correct play.

Thielbar was the correct play.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

This is a bad loss and its on the manager.

[HopelessRomanticTwinsFan]

Alcala is not gonna be the same after this. 

[ziggy]

at least this is record setting. Alcala had never given up 5 runs before today.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Nah, we still got this!

Did the Germans say it was over after bombing pearl harbor?

[Parfigliano]

BP blowup.

[exeoud]

Alcala was always a ticking time bomb. FIP and xFIP indicated he was pitching way above his peripherals.

[CCHOF5yearstoolate]

3rd best reliever blows up in a historically bad fashion, blame Rocco!!

[HopelessRomanticTwinsFan]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Nah, we still got this!

Did the Germans say it was over after bombing pearl harbor?

not with Garabito pitching

 

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

This is a bad loss and its on the manager.

Its on Alcala

[IndyTwinsFan]

2 minutes ago, TwinsCD said:

He's been great for the majority of the season.  This is a badly-timed hiccup.

But he's been extremely prone to giving up homers since the All-Star break.  Something clearly isn't right.