Twins (Matthews) vs Guardians (Williams): 9/17/24, 5:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Hope's gone. Tonight will be more of the same. 

[insagt1]

Twins could easily blow the next two and a rejuvenated Tigers team could knock of KC and poof...there goes the playoffs.

Twins better take a real deep look at what this means and start winning ballgames....now.

[Craig Arko]

If you can’t win a Pablo start not much else is going to matter, unfortunately. 

[C-Gangster]

Our team if you look at it is really really good theyre just all stressed and we dont know how to win.

[Road trip]

Bats need to wake up in a big way.  I mean maybe Zebby throws a gem, but that's asking a lot of a pitcher who started the year in A ball.  Need 6 runs tonight, minimum, and that may not be enough.  Got to get to Williams early because we know the Cleveland bullpen is very good.

[C-Gangster]

Our playoff chances are washing away faster then ever twins need to wake up now or we many not make it to october.

[thelanges5]

Tigers have the best record in MLB since Aug 11, Twins 3rd worst since Aug 18. 
 

We are running out of runway 🥲
 

Twins needed to play .500 in September and are 6-9 so far. 
 

LFG Twins! Need to find another gear for the next couple weeks. 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Last night really did feel like the best chance to win against Cleveland with Pablo pitching. I know a lot of us don't have much hope for tonight. It's baseball..let's hope we're wrong. Go Twins!

[RpR]

Lewis, Lee and Julien infield, -- better hope for fly balls to the outfield.

[karcherd]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Lewis, Lee and Julien infield, -- better hope for fly balls to the outfield.

Is Miranda hurt, he has played one full game in the last week.

[thelanges5]

Zebby/Irvin piggyback tonight?

[Tlaker]

No Buxton, no CC4! If you don’t win now, tomorrow doesn’t matter. These are playoff games right now, win and advance, lose and go home.

[Craig Arko]

18 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

No Buxton, no CC4! If you don’t win now, tomorrow doesn’t matter. These are playoff games right now, win and advance, lose and go home.

I see Buxton leading off and playing CF. Did something change?

[umterp23]

19 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

No Buxton, no CC4! If you don’t win now, tomorrow doesn’t matter. These are playoff games right now, win and advance, lose and go home.

Buxton leading off in CF

 

[Doctor Gast]

46 minutes ago, umterp23 said:

Buxton leading off in CF

 

Buxton must feel pretty good to lead off against a RHSP. Or maybe it's what the computer spit out.

[Patzky]

3 hours ago, RpR said:

Lewis, Lee and Julien infield, -- better hope for fly balls to the outfield.

Zebby should accommodate that. Can they sneak Larnach into the bullpen to make catches?

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, Craig Arko said:

I see Buxton leading off and playing CF. Did something change?

Castro Julien and Margot haven't been working out so well leading off.

[NYCTK]

Well, it's good they've got the hot hand up. Opponents only hitting 1.000 ops against him in his last 5 starts. 

[USAFChief]

4.1 IP for Matthews...over/under?

 

I got the under

[NYCTK]

3 hours ago, RpR said:

Lewis, Lee and Julien infield, -- better hope for fly balls to the outfield.

More likely over the OF...

[NYCTK]

3 hours ago, karcherd said:

Is Miranda hurt, he has played one full game in the last week.

He's probably tired, poor guy. Can't expect a professional athlete to finish strong in Roccos clubhouse. 

[USAFChief]

1-2-3 inning for the Twins offense, on 7 pitches.

Huh. That's odd.

[Western SD Fan]

Cory announces that the Cle pitcher has an ERA over 7.00 at home. Good thing the Twins batting is here to help him out…..

[gregens]

Guardians with the same line up as the previous game... I didn't know you could do that.

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, gregens said:

Guardians with the same line up as the previous game... I didn't know you could do that.

A winning lineup makes you want to do that.

[jkcarew]

Unfortunately, I think someone told this guy how to pitch to the Twins…Throw fastballs over the middle of the plate.

[Patzky]

That was highly efficient Zebby. 👏

[NYCTK]

4 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

Cory announces that the Cle pitcher has an ERA over 7.00 at home. Good thing the Twins batting is here to help him out…..

He's been pretty unlucky. His fip is sub 4. His babip at home is above 400.

Meaning I expect him to go 7.2 with like 2 hits tonight. 

[Patzky]

Just now, jkcarew said:

Unfortunately, I think someone told this guy how to pitch to the Twins…Throw fastballs over the middle of the plate.

Wallner watched Correa with the sacks full last night. Seemed like a good idea.