Twins (Ober) vs Guardians (Cecconi): 7/22/26, 5:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, this series is... well, it's happening. Is anyone surprised?

[Brock Beauchamp]

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Yoendrys Gómez	22	0	0	0	0	22
Travis Adams	0	0	45	0	0	45
Tommy Nance	25	0	0	36	0	61
Taylor Rogers	2	0	0	0	28	30
Mike Paredes	0	40	0	0	49	89
Kody Funderburk	0	0	14	16	0	30
Kendry Rojas	0	18	0	0	47	65
Jack Anderson	0	0	0	0	8	8
Andrew Morris	14	0	0	0	0	14

 

[thelanges5]

11-24 at Progressive since 2022

Will we get win number 12 or will it be loss number 25? 

[thelanges5]

[Vanimal46]

Not surprised. But I was hopeful that this team had a little more fight in them to stay in the playoff race. A series split wouldn't be the end of the world... Losing this one will take the wind out of their sails. 

[Patzky]

Tinney signed, things are happening 

 

[Saxophone Joe]

Margin for error is gone. Gotta win these next two games then win 5 on the homestand. Or win 1 out of the next 2 and sweep the homestand. Nothing to it! 😬

I wanna go back to last Friday night at like 10 p.m. 

[Patzky]

11 minutes ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Margin for error is gone. Gotta win these next two games then win 5 on the homestand. Or win 1 out of the next 2 and sweep the homestand. Nothing to it! 😬

I wanna go back to last Friday night at like 10 pm. 

The good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

 

 

[thelanges5]

Matthew Leach:

The good news - All 21 draftees are signed

The bad news - Ramirez is back tonight for the Guardos

[mnfireman]

No Buxton tonight....

[thelanges5]

15 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

No Buxton tonight....

Or Jeffers

[Patzky]

Hasn't helped so far but yeah.. must win.. 

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, thelanges5 said:

Matthew Leach:

The good news - All 21 draftees are signed

The bad news - Ramirez is back tonight for the Guardos

Surely Jose needs a few games to get acclimated to fastballs.. oh wait..

[RpR]

[mrmpls]

3 hours ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Margin for error is gone. Gotta win these next two games then win 5 on the homestand. Or win 1 out of the next 2 and sweep the homestand. Nothing to it! 😬

I wanna go back to last Friday night at like 10 p.m. 

[HarmonK03]

I really don't understand sitting both Buxton and Jeffers.  I know Buxton just came off the IL, but DH him at least.  You don't have to have Bell in the lineup.  It is getting close to the time where the season is on the line in these two games if you truly think you are contenders.  You need to win these two games and you need to have your best lineup in there.  And I would prefer Kreidler at short vs. Caratini at first.  Again the goal should be the best lineup you can field.

[HarmonK03]

1 hour ago, Patzky said:

Surely Jose needs a few games to get acclimated to fastballs.. oh wait..

What's the over under on how many HR's he hits tonight, 2.5?

 

[ashbury]

6 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

Will we get win number 12 or will it be loss number 25? 

"Yes."™

[Patzky]

21 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

What's the over under on how many HR's he hits tonight, 2.5?

 

Usually it's the well placed 2 RBI doubles that gets us from him.

[ashbury]

Cecconi has had more bad starts than good ones this season.  This is a golden opportunity for Roden, to name one guy in particular.

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

Here's hoping - like a prayer, if you will - that the Twins send Cecconi off to his bedtime stories early tonight.

[Western SD Fan]

16 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Cecconi has had more bad starts than good ones this season.  This is a golden opportunity for Roden, to name one guy in particular.

I'm not a fan of the track record Twins hitters have had when facing these "bad" pitchers.  It typically has been greeting with a warm blanket, a soft pillow, and a box of chocolates.  Or the baseball version, a 6-7 innings, 2 hits, no run performance.

[Patzky]

11 minutes ago, whosafraidofluigirussolo said:

Here's hoping - like a prayer, if you will - that the Twins send Cecconi off to his bedtime stories early tonight.

Mama Ceccone left a note on the door

Said Billy Joel keeps on recurring.

[wesnewy]

1 hour ago, mrmpls said:

starting to think this is in your backyard 

[RpR]

Lee at Short Stop and Lewis at Third Base, so much for improved defense, the lack of which really hurt last game.

[ziggy]

4 minutes ago, RpR said:

Lee at Short Stop and Lewis at Third Base, so much for improved defense, the lack of which really hurt last game.

Twins relapsing back to April of 2026 and July 2025/2024.

[ashbury]

35 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

I'm not a fan of the track record Twins hitters have had when facing these "bad" pitchers.  It typically has been greeting with a warm blanket, a soft pillow, and a box of chocolates.  Or the baseball version, a 6-7 innings, 2 hits, no run performance.

Yeah, kind of in the back of my mind when I said it, but I wanted to keep it positive.  😁

[Church of Kreidler]

Alright! Tonight's the night! Even tho it'll be harder with out You Know Who on the field, we're going to get the win!

[wesnewy]

leadoff larnach!

[Church of Kreidler]

And that's a hell of a way to start it! With a Launch!