Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 7/10 - 6:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Twins:

Clete Thomas RF

Jamey Carroll 2B

Joe Mauer DH

Justin Morneau 1B

Ryan Doumit C

Oswaldo Arcia LF

Aaron Hicks CF

Eduardo Escobar 3B

Pedro Florimon SS

(Kevin Correia P)

 

Rays:

Desmond Jennings CF

Luke Scott DH

Ben Zobrist 2B

Evan Longoria 3B

James Loney 1B

Wil Myers RF

Kelly Johnson LF

Jose Molina C

Yunel Escobar SS

(Jeremy Hellickson P)

[Kirby Puckett]

Twins: 5

 

Rays:3

 

W- Correia

 

L- Hellickson

 

S- Perkins

[stringer bell]

Days off for Plouffe, Parm, and Dozier? That is three of the guys I've been watching with particular interest. Oh, well! I won't be watching the game and forgot to DVR it.

[SydneyTwinsFan]

Gardy's gone with the getaway day line up a day early

[VATwinsFan]

Twins: 5

 

Rays:3

 

W- Correia

 

L- Hellickson

 

S- Perkins

 

Promise?

[ashbury]

Gardy's gone

Thought for an instant you were providing us with a news flash.

[ashbury]

Twins offense picking right up from the game before.

[ashbury]

Ugh, single, then walk, then three straight balls to Eva Longoria before getting a grounder. Tippy toe, tippy toe.

[snepp]

Small ball: Success!

[Squirrel]

Hmm ... got up from a nap for this ...

[buckninetyone]

i have ruarverkerk on my scrabble rack right now.

[snepp]

Upper-cut swing.

 

 

Drink!

[Squirrel]

Okay ... now that was worth getting up for.

[snepp]

i have ruarverkerk on my scrabble rack right now.

 

That's Norwegian for, "home run."

[buckninetyone]

That's Norwegian for, "home run."

 

looked up our last dutch prospect. the years haven't been good to him.

 

[diehardtwinsfan]

Okay ... now that was worth getting up for.

 

Don't worry, they'll find a reason to make you regret it.

[Squirrel]

Don't worry, they'll find a reason to make you regret it.

 

Quit trying to jinx them.

[GCTF]

Doink. Atta go, Crazy Eyes.

[VATwinsFan]

A lead off double by Hicks and he actually scores??!!

 

Yay.

[Jocko87]

Do you send him here? Wow, sound off.

[ashbury]

Correia has more strikeouts than innings or walks. Hooray!

[VATwinsFan]

I sense a lack of interest in tonight's game.

[glunn]

My computer must be broken, because it show that the Twins are winning.

 

I am getting ready to go home and pack for a red eye flight to Memphis TN to deal with a family matter. I will check back in later. Go Twins!

[buckninetyone]

is that a jawa behind the backstop?

[diehardtwinsfan]

For those that can actually watch the games, what's up with Correia's K rate? His K/9 took a huge jump in June and appears to be continuing into July. Are his pitches sharper or being located better?

[diehardtwinsfan]

is that a jawa behind the backstop?

 

For some reason, I thought your avatar was a cross between a Jawa and an Ewok.

[InfraRen]

For those that can actually watch the games, what's up with Correia's K rate? His K/9 took a huge jump in June and appears to be continuing into July. Are his pitches sharper or being located better?

 

Kelly Johnson just located one of his pitches really well, it took a huge jump into the seats.

[Guest USAFChief]

Gardy watches a starter who has littered the bases all evening lose a lead.

 

I'm shocked.

[ashbury]

My computer must be broken, because it show that the Twins are winning.

 

The Twins must have a cross-promotion with Geek Squad because I suspect your computer is fixed now.

[ashbury]

Gardy watches a starter who has littered the bases all evening lose a lead.

 

Since Brian's not here to tut-tut if I follow up seriously: if you're Gardy and your starting rotation has been littered by TR with a bunch of 5+ inning guys, do you turn to your bullpen this early as a general practice? (Granted, not every game has a lead at this point, but all too often our complaint has been 5th and 6th inning meltdowns.)