Spring Training Game 4: Twins vs Toronto at 12:05pm (on FSN)

[mikecgrimes]

Mitchell took some ugly swings but fought back to get sac fly.

 

Could have been ball 4 pitch was up around the letters, just missed clearing the bases though.

[mikecgrimes]

2 clean innings by Worley in the other game. Gave up a double to Markakis and had 2 strikeouts.

[Physics Guy]

Apparently likes high fastballs. Probably why he hasn't spent time in majors.

[mikecgrimes]

Hicks will leadoff again in 2nd, glad to see it. If he gets his confidence going he can be an impact player this year.

[mikecgrimes]

Doizer with another real solid double.

[ashbury]

Doizer with another real solid double.

 

The boxscore shows him currently with an .833 batting average. Is this just a hot streak, or can he keep this up?

[JB_Iowa]

I'll settle for .340 and above.

[JB_Iowa]

Per Bollinger: he's now 5-for-6 with three doubles so far this spring.

[James]

I'll settle for .340 and above.

I guess I could deal with that... if I had to.

[mikecgrimes]

Make it three solid innings for Worley

[mikecgrimes]

The nice thing is he hit.243 last year so even improving to just .280 should win us an extra game or 2.

[JB_Iowa]

Except for Swarzak's outing, it seems like most of the Twins pitchers have come into ST ready to go.

 

Question is whether they can keep improving.

[nicksaviking]

• Cory Provus ‏@CoryProvus 1h
  Instant replay will be available for today's game at Hammond. Gardy will be in Sarasota, so any challenges fall on Steinbach/Molitor.
  

 

Does this mean the team still hasn't hammered out who's firstmate on this ship? Or simply that Provus doesn't know?

[mikecgrimes]

Twins take 1-0 lead against Baltimore on Wilken Ramirez second singe. Must of made an out on the play as the inning ended.

[JB_Iowa]

Steinbach is managing at Hammond and Molitor is his bench coach, I believe.

[JB_Iowa]

• Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 16m
  Make it 3 shutout innings for @VANIMAL_49. 39 pitches, 30 strikes, Markakis fly-ball double and nothing else. FPS 7/10. #MNTwins
   
   
  Wow, I guess he did come in "in shape".
   
   
  

[JB_Iowa]

• Rhett Bollinger ‏@RhettBollinger 9m
  Kevin Corrreia gets through three hitless innings with one walk. He also threw two hitless innings in Thursday's intrasquad game.
   
   
  

[JB_Iowa]

Well, geez, you step out of the room for a minute and come back and its 6-0 for the good guys.

[mikecgrimes]

Another solid out by Hicks driving in a run. 3 solid at bats.

[ashbury]

Well, geez, you step out of the room for a minute and come back and its 6-0 for the good guys.

 

Please try to remember this scenario in the regular season when we need a rally in the 9th.

[mikecgrimes]

Gibson gets credit for giving up a hit on a pop fly lost in the sun follows it up by a double play and a strikeout. Great inning.

[mikecgrimes]

By opinion after watching a split squad version of this team for 4 and a half inning. Theres a chance it could take 5 or 6 games, but we will win the World Series.

[Monkeypaws]

Boy, Gibson looked very sharp in that inning. Firing bullets down in the zone.

[James]

Gibson gets credit for giving up a hit on a pop fly lost in the sun follows it up by a double play and a strikeout. Great inning.

It really sounds like that should have been an error on Escobar, but it sounds like he lost it in the sun. No harm really, except Gibson may have one more hit than he deserves in ST.

[mikecgrimes]

Yeah it hit glove, but if they give a hit when the fielder never sees it hard to give an error when the fielder finds it and gives as good of an effort as he could at that point. I don't understand for the pitchers sake why thats not considered a team error though.

[ashbury]

By opinion after watching a split squad version of this team for 4 and a half inning. Theres a chance it could take 5 or 6 games, but we will win the World Series.

 

I don't think you can safely extrapolate to 5 or 6 games, simply from 4.5 innings. Baseball isn't played on paper.

[JB_Iowa]

Mitchell hits one out after his earlier sac fly. Fun to see someone take advantage of opportunities.

[Physics Guy]

Mitchell must have heard I was talking about him. : )

[JB_Iowa]

I don't think you can safely extrapolate to 5 or 6 games, simply from 4.5 innings. Baseball isn't played on paper.

 

But it sure is a lot more fun watching the Twins so far in ST than the last few seasons have been.

 

I'll take it for as long as I can get it!

[mikecgrimes]

I don't think you can safely extrapolate to 5 or 6 games, simply from 4.5 innings. Baseball isn't played on paper.

 

True, but in the case of split squad games half of them are being played inside of boxscores on the internet which will probably be printed on paper in the morning.