Twins 7, Brewers 5: A Twins Win to Remember!

Runs follow Julien. The guy looks a little awkward but gets on base and hits. Is he the leadoff batter the Twins need?

Very nice win and having our all-star SS back from the abyss in just what this team needs to turn this home stand into a launching pad! 

1 hour ago, wabene said:

To all those talking about sending these interlopers back to Milwaukee without their money etc, I hate to tell you but many of them live among you right there in the Twin Cities, lol. 

Yep. The St. Croix is the boundary separating us from the dark side, and that's only 28 miles from Target Field.

1 hour ago, wabene said:

To all those talking about sending these interlopers back to Milwaukee without their money etc, I hate to tell you but many of them live among you right there in the Twin Cities, lol. 

Sure. But it was still a pretty funny crack to overhear,

Also, it was abysmal getting out of the ramp last night. never taken so long to get anything moving before, literally just sitting in cars and nothing moving at all.

In a nutshell, Lopez seems to have one bad inning and it is sudden and then is over and he resumes throwing very well. I thought that his remarks were really on target. It's weird that this guy does that and that he does not have more decisions. Morneau is not one of my favorite commentators, but he has improved, he does give his opinions and does not waver on them, but needs to learn less is more.

Hope this helps. 

Twins Geezer.

1 hour ago, wabene said:

To all those talking about sending these interlopers back to Milwaukee without their money etc, I hate to tell you but many of them live among you right there in the Twin Cities, lol. 

Many of them are driving all the way back to Hudson this evening.

When Williams came into the game I assumed it was over for the Twins. This was one of biggest wins this season. I think many Twins fans were thinking another lost game.  Winder did a good job in his 2 innings to hold then scoreless so maybe the Twins have a RP that will not walk batters and throw strikes.

If it wasn't for Taylor and castro's stealing bases , where would the twins be in stolen bases , sure they could get caught stealing and cost us an out , but a double play  costs us two outs ...

Keep the runners running  ... Bremer suggested Taylor could bunt to lead off the ninth like he did in Toronto to give the twins a spark ,,, that was the longest hit bunt i have ever seen dick , good call ...

I think the FO and Rocco need to be fired.  They got lucky to win and only a complete overhaul will save this season.

(Sorry, I wanted to make sure that this article met the required negative response quota)

17 hours ago, Yawn Gardenhose said:

Tonight was the 5th time *in the last 14 games* that the Twins won a game in which their opponent had a 92% or higher win probability during the game. That's incredible - the difference between an angsty 34-33 and a five-alarm-fire 29-38. I'd like to think winning this way isn't sustainable, but buried in the (justified) anxiety during this current 14 game stretch is the fact that the Twins are pulling wins out of their opponents' butts and saving their season doing so. 

Thanks for that post.   I haven't watched that many games but lately it has felt like if they have the lead and the statistical likelihood of winning when I have checked in they have ended up losing and that when they have been behind as you have stated they have come back and won.   Nice to know the feeling matches up with the reality.    Did any of our losses have a high win probability during the game?

58 minutes ago, Dantes929 said:

Thanks for that post.   I haven't watched that many games but lately it has felt like if they have the lead and the statistical likelihood of winning when I have checked in they have ended up losing and that when they have been behind as you have stated they have come back and won.   Nice to know the feeling matches up with the reality.    Did any of our losses have a high win probability during the game?

I went through the whole season. The only loss where the Twins had over a 90% win probability was the Sunday loss at Toronto (thanks Pagan). They've had three losses where they've had at least an 85% win probability:

4/21 vs Washington 3-2 loss (had 87% win probability)

5/23 vs San Francisco 4-3 loss (89% win probability)

6/3 vs Cleveland 4-2 loss (85% win probability)

In addition to the five recent wins where their opponent has had 92%+ win probability (5/29 at Houston, 6/1 vs Cleveland, 6/9 at Toronto, 6/10 at Toronto and 6/13 vs Milwaukee), there's only been one other Twins win wherein the opponent had <85% win probability: 4/14 at New York. 

There's been a few examples of wins and losses at the 80-84% win probability level, which basically cancel each other out. These are the most extreme examples.

58 minutes ago, terrydactyls said:

The game was not available here in the Northeast so I have a question. 

Why did Kepler pinch hit for Lewis?  Lewis is hitting almost 130 points higher than Kepler (and about 80 points higher against right-handed pitchers).  I thought metrics were the guide?  Did Lewis get hurt?

That's Rocco being Rocco  , I said the same thing , Lewis can hit righthanders but Rocco thinks the lefty match-upworks better ( huh ) , there has also been times where Kirilloff  has been pinch hit  for against lefthander and he can hit lefthanders ... 

Your starters are your best players , not the bench  ...

Lewis is not hurt ...

6 hours ago, Yawn Gardenhose said:

I went through the whole season. The only loss where the Twins had over a 90% win probability was the Sunday loss at Toronto (thanks Pagan). They've had three losses where they've had at least an 85% win probability:

4/21 vs Washington 3-2 loss (had 87% win probability)

5/23 vs San Francisco 4-3 loss (89% win probability)

6/3 vs Cleveland 4-2 loss (85% win probability)

In addition to the five recent wins where their opponent has had 92%+ win probability (5/29 at Houston, 6/1 vs Cleveland, 6/9 at Toronto, 6/10 at Toronto and 6/13 vs Milwaukee), there's only been one other Twins win wherein the opponent had <85% win probability: 4/14 at New York. 

There's been a few examples of wins and losses at the 80-84% win probability level, which basically cancel each other out. These are the most extreme examples.

So seems to fly in the face of popular opinion about the Twins blowing more games than most teams.