Game Thread: Twins @ Rays, 9/4@6:10pm CT

Looks like Dozier has surpassed Sano in RBI, and tied him for the team home run lead. Good thing he is not competing for the K lead.

Light crowd here tonight.

i wish perk was good.

Poor glen. Hard to say I'm surprised.

A former Twin coming to plate with bases loaded. What could happen?

Don't we have some young pitchers who we could give these low leverage innings to for major league experience, seeing as it's September, instead of wasting them on Perkins?  He is clearly cooked, he wasn't even able to pitch effectively in the minors. I hope that was his last Twins appearance.

Plouffe!

 

Wondered where ya ended up...

There really is no reason Glen Perkins should be pitching for this team. 

I just think if Ryan & Antony were still running the show, we would have seen the Plouffe/Sano platoon for another season.

 

Don't we have some young pitchers who we could give these low leverage innings to for major league experience, seeing as it's September, instead of wasting them on Perkins?  He is clearly cooked, he wasn't even able to pitch effectively in the minors. I hope that was his last Twins appearance.

 

Curtiss was in..... Too bad he isn't having the same success as he had in the minors. I was really rooting for him.

 

Now I am just being tortured by having to see Duffey again.

Yup. Duffey provides no relief. 

Saturday, Sept. 2nd, the Twins won 17-0.

 

In other words, the day the run differential went into the positive--and back down the next day, never to return

Edited September 5, 2017 by Hosken Bombo Disco

1-2. Duffey to throw the meat now.....

I wonder how many teams don't shift on Longoria.

Man, our bullpen is embarrassingly bad.

i wish duffey was good.

I remember a while ago when this was a game.

Also maybe the last game Garver starts at catcher. He's just too green.

So....not trying tonight...again, eh?

 

I thought we'd been through this already and again.

Edited September 5, 2017 by Ultima Ratio

 

1-2. Duffey to throw the meat now.....

 

So I was a couple pitches off. I am still taking a "called it".

3 inherited runs scored.

Somebody will try to defend Duffey in the future by saying this was an appearance that he gave up no runs, I am sure.

 

Whoops..... while Duffey starts to give up his own runs as I type......

Edited September 5, 2017 by h2oface

Here's to a 7 run 9th!

This guy has got the hair

Here's to a 7 run 9th!

The Twins would lose, 11-10

Duffey comes in....... 4 runs score. Damn.

 

Molitor just concedes the game when he puts Perkins in.  

 

Relax, so the bullpen sucks--they were going to lose tonight anyway.  Think of this as KC's 17-0 loss--they bounced back--so can the Twins.

 

Here's to a 7 run 9th!

TB won't be batting in the 9th.

 

Relax, so the bullpen sucks--they were going to lose tonight anyway.  Think of this as KC's 17-0 loss--they bounced back--so can the Twins.

And when they bounce back, the bullpen will still suck because this isn't a one off thing where they're good the rest of the time.

The Twins would lose, 11-10

Recent series has set very strict expectations to meet.

They didn't play well in Chicago. Nothing really stood out in Toronto other than winning the series. Home stand was underwhelming. Record on paper not bad but it should have been much easier than it was against Chicago. 

Vargas breaks his bat again. I don't mind so much this time.