Game 12 - Twins @ Yankees -4/18/12

[Seth Stohs]

Twins Lineup:

 

Denard Span CF

Jamey Carroll SS

Joe Mauer C

Josh Willingham LF

Justin Morneau DH

Chris Parmelee 1B

Sean Burroughs 3B

Clete Thomas RF

Alexi Casilla 2B

 

Jason Marquis SP

 

Yankees Lineup:

 

Derek Jeter SS

Curtis Granderson CF

Mark Teixeira 1B

Robinson Cano 2B

Nick Swisher DH

Raul Ibanez RF

Eric Chavez 3B

Russell Martin C

Brett Gardner LF

 

SP: Hiroki Kuroda

[Nick Nelson]

Nice lefty-heavy lineup to take on Kuroda, who was awfully good his last time out.

[Seth Stohs]

Brett Gardner scratched from the lineup.

[spideyo]

Good. Who'd they stick in LF then?

[John Bonnes]

First pitch home run by Morneau. REALLY nice to see.

[John Bonnes]

Good. Who'd they stick in LF then?

Andruw Jones. He's batting seventh and Chavez and Martin are 8 and 9.

[chavez]

They had better keep scoring runs tonight - 4 in not going to be enough - gonna need 7 or 8

 

or 15

[Guest USAFChief]

Marquis fits right in. Took to the whole pitch to contact thing like a natural.

[Shane Wahl]

They are going to need 13 pitchers in this game . . .

[Ultima Ratio]

Saved the lead with a DP. Can't win much of anything with these pitching performances.

[John Bonnes]

Nice to see Casilla get another hit. He's now 6 for his last 19 with 1 walk and 1 strikeout.

[Seth Stohs]

Nice 2nd inning for Marquis... would be nice if he can settle down and throw 5 innings tonight. I know, eventually we'll expect more, but for tonight, with all the family there, coming back, having his daughter able to be at the game... the human side has to take over a little. Emotional!

[Shane Wahl]

Wow. Morneau is back.

[amjgt]

Another quadruple for Morneau

[twinzgrl]

Wow. Morneau is back.

I sure had my doubts about his ability to come back...but, this is SO GREAT to see. Good for him!

[pjnelly]

Morneau has yet to get a hit against lefties this year.

[mhanson93]

Morneau has yet to get a hit against lefties this year.

So? Bench him?

[ashbury]

Marquis fits right in. Took to the whole pitch to contact thing like a natural.

Yes, because he was always a total strikeout machine up to now.

[one_eyed_jack]

Good game so far. Love seeing Morneau hitting the cover off the ball.

 

It's 6-4 Twins but man, I tell ya, a 2-run lead feels like a 3-run deficit when we're playing in the Bronx.

[DaveW]

Marquis fits right in. Took to the whole pitch to contact thing like a natural.

Sadly he is still a better option then our current "ace" Liriano

[DaveW]

Good game so far. Love seeing Morneau hitting the cover off the ball.

 

It's 6-4 Twins but man, I tell ya, a 2-run lead feels like a 3-run deficit when we're playing in the Bronx.

Morneau thus far has been SUPER encouraging, not only is he exceeding my expectations on what he would do this year, but he is starting to suddenly look like the Monreau of old, which would absolutely be huge for this team moving forward.

[Guest USAFChief]

Can't ask for more than that from Burton. Nice job.

[mhanson93]

At least A-Rod won't be able to tie it when he parks one in the upper-deck off of Capps.

[James]

Capps always make me so nervous.

[Guest USAFChief]

Capps always make me so nervous.

With good cause.

[mhanson93]

At least A-Rod won't be able to tie it when he parks one in the upper-deck off of Capps.

Sorry for the mistake, I meant to say Jeter.

[adjacent]

Capps always make me so nervous.

For a reason, for a reason.

[mhanson93]

The Yankees lose! Thuuuuuuuuuuuh Yankees lose!

[James]

For a reason, for a reason.

I know. It is like he is trying to give a heart attack. He got lucky with that last hit.

[Guest USAFChief]

8 shutout innings from Swarzak-sie tomorrow and on to Tampa.