MIN 10, DET 4: Twins Blow Out Tigers Bullpen

The Central next year will be between the Twins and Cleveland, as Chicago, Detroit and KC go through the convulsions that engulfed the Twins for 6 or 7 years.

That should make it easy for the Central to provide two teams again next year to the playoff skirmish.

We thought it would be a bit for this Twins' talent to emerge, but, while we sat at our computers and muddled about prospects, they jumped the gun on us.

Happily enough.  :}

Rangers lose - 4.5 game lead for the 2nd wild card!

And the Twins are now 4.5 ahead of Texas (lost 1-0 to A's), Angels, and the Royals.  Seven to go.  We will be playing the Yankees, and we will be able to set up our rotation to pitch Erv.  I just want to knock off the Yankees one time in there house.  Damn Yankees...why I'd sell my soul to the...oh wait, somebody already wrote that script.

Not mentioned, but, first time I seen anything like it in MLB:

Pitcher gets whacked by a line drive off Mauer's bat and falls to the ground writhing in pain.  Thought for sure he would need immediate help.  Rolling around on the ground. 

Not good.

Trainer runs out with the manager.   Pitcher suddenly jumps to his feet and stretches, does some deep breathing.  Whoa!  I thought.

'Try to throw the ball', they say.  This is the Tigers, right?  Last place.  On their drive to worst record in MLB --   Last week of the season.

'Throw a pitch.  See how you feel."

Kid throws one pitch, doubles over again in pain and has to be shouldered off the field.  Fractured leg, non-displaced.

For Christ sake, is that how you handle that? 

Idiots.

And the Twins are now 4.5 ahead of Texas (lost 1-0 to A's), Angels, and the Royals.  Seven to go.  We will be playing the Yankees, and we will be able to set up our rotation to pitch Erv.  I just want to knock off the Yankees one time in there house.  Damn Yankees...why I'd sell my soul to the...oh wait, somebody already wrote that script.

Don't start making assumptions now. The problem with having 3 teams now tied is it only takes on of them to run off a 7-1 stretch. We need to win tomorrow and take at least one in Cleveland before even thinking about relaxing. 

Once again Boyd proves the trend is real

Twins continue to struggle against soft tossers

Hope, we don't end up facing CC or Garcia or Tanaka...Severino starts and we get the lead and don't have to worry about Robertson/Chapman until 2018

I may have celebrated this win a little too much (missed the post-game because drinking)

Granite crossed home plate twice in the eighth inning with only one plate appearance. Wonder when the last time a twin did that.

Thanks for including the Molitor interview. I missed the post-game show.

Great call by Molitor in the 8th, to pinch run Granite for Mauer when Mauer advanced to second on Polanco's single. The next batter hit a single to left, which Mauer would not have been waved around on, but Granite was waved around and made it home with time to spare. You don't see it work so perfectly very often!

Concur.

I don't dig all the bunting but it should be noted that Mollie took the bunt off after it was 1-1.

Didn't get to watch I too was drinking! This team looks like they got it but we haven't seen them beat the teams they will face in the playoffs. Cleveland will be telling. Good chance for them to prove they can win and gain confidence. Man I want to see em take out the Yanks!

Since I missed it how did Moya look? Aside from the usual quirkiness

So now Molitor not only calls for the bunt too much he has created a culture of bunting. A bunting cult.

So now Molitor not only calls for the bunt too much he has created a culture of bunting. A bunting cult.

In his defense, Dozier DID bunt for a home run.

And that's from a hitter with 19 HRs. 

Sweet Jeebus.

Joke all you want, but players are thinking sacrificing helps the team more than it really does. Who is ultimately responsible for managing that?[/quote

Escobar said he wasn't feeling it from that side and made the savvy veteran decision to help the team any way he thought he could. Gamer

Could almost use this same thread for today's game summary...

Not mentioned, but, first time I seen anything like it in MLB:

 

Pitcher gets whacked by a line drive off Mauer's bat and falls to the ground writhing in pain.  Thought for sure he would need immediate help.  Rolling around on the ground. 

 

Not good.

 

Trainer runs out with the manager.   Pitcher suddenly jumps to his feet and stretches, does some deep breathing.  Whoa!  I thought.

 

'Try to throw the ball', they say.  This is the Tigers, right?  Last place.  On their drive to worst record in MLB --   Last week of the season.

 

'Throw a pitch.  See how you feel."

 

Kid throws one pitch, doubles over again in pain and has to be shouldered off the field.  Fractured leg, non-displaced.

 

For Christ sake, is that how you handle that? 

 

Idiots.

The day before, the pitcher's daughter broke her collarbone.