Twins Game Recap (9/10): Berrios Bounces Back in Twins Win

Thank god~

Great for Berrios....

 

But any news on his velo in the game?

 

Only 4 Ks....and if the velo is not back up this may only be a blip.

 

If the velo is coming back up then Yeeee Haaaaah!

Whew! We needed that one!! I said to myself that we need to take two from the Nationals. (Believe me when I say that there is no one in my neighborhood who knows anything about the Twins...most people have never even heard of the Twins despite the fact that they play the Yankees, Angels and Mariners, so if it is related to the Twins, I talk to myself.)

I was at the game, and after Eddie hit the double, I told anyone who would listen that garverr would go yard...proud of me.

 

I'm usually never right  But I was...

 

Again people are way too aroused about our homerun total.  Knew the Yanks would catch us.  Again I just don't care.  Fun but we are too injured, n I just want us to win games.  We beat a good team tonight, it was fun.

Whew! We needed that one!! I said to myself that we need to take two from the Nationals. (Believe me when I say that there is no one in my neighborhood who knows anything about the Twins...most people have never even heard of the Twins despite the fact that they play the Yankees, Angels and Mariners, so if it is related to the Twins, I talk to myself.)

Where do you live, Afghanistan? That must be awful not to be able to talk Twins. Don't stress too much about Twins victories this week. If they win 1 of the next 2 against the Nats, then just 1 of 3 at Cleveland they will have a minimum 3 game lead after the Cleveland series. It's starting to get to the point where the small number of games left really works to the Twins' advantage.

So, looking out my window (and at the weather.com forecast), I see zero chance of a game today or tomorrow in Minneapolis.

 

While it is pretty likely that the Twins will be able to clinch the division without the games, Washington is currently 2 1/2 games up for the first wild card. Thus, it is pretty likely that the games will matter for the Nationals.

 

So, it seems pretty likely that the two teams will have to make both games up after the end of the regular season. Both teams one more scheduled off day, but it is not the same day. My guess is they will have to play a double header on Monday, September 30. Gonna suck big time monkey n**ts.

 

The only way they wouldn’t make them up is if the Nat’s clinch the top wild card spot without them.

Edited September 11, 2019 by yarnivek1972

Garver is going to drag the Twins kicking and screaming into the post-season.

I think Berrios threw really well but also think he might be helped by the fact that the Nats never faced him.    That curve ball is really nasty and I think takes getting a little used to.   Its knee buckling but maybe a little too east to west and if teams see it enough get better at laying off it.   Along those lines I thought Berrios really got hosed on a couple important pitches.   If the ball ends up on the low outside corner and broke a foot down and across how can that not be a strike?   I am guessing Berrios would benefit by roboump more than anyone.

Biggest play in the game was the catch against the wall by Luis Arraez, in my opinion. A double could have gotten the Nats going and shaken Berrios. Instead the Nats never posed a threat and Berrios stayed on cruise control in attack mode. Arraez seems a one in a million player and the Twins had best hang on to him. I like the Twins' chances against Strassburg tonight.

The lineup last night looks like it may be close to a playoff lineup now that regulars are dropping like flies. I would rather have "ball players" than raw athletic talent and last night the Twins fielded ball players.

Love seeing that clean bullpen chart. Thanks to Berrios' excellent start and the insurance runs in the eighth, it feels good to only have to use two relievers and not have Taylor Rogers among them.

 

I do wish we could have a more decisive win sooner or later, however, so that we can continue to audition some of these back-end guys for the postseason. Five spots are obviously spoken for, and Littell seems likely to get a sixth. One to two spots remain.

 

So, looking out my window (and at the weather.com forecast), I see zero chance of a game today or tomorrow in Minneapolis.
 

 

Rain really stacking up next two days.

 

For Twins, two off-days going into Cleveland for the weekend, a chance for Sano, Gonzalez, Cave, Cruz, Kepler, Dyson -- not to mention the entire pitching staff -- to rest.

 

I'll take that.

 

Bring on the rain.

Unrelated to the Twins, but going into tonight, Bruce Bochy, whose managerial career has lasted from 1995-2019, has a career record of 1995-2019.

That’s crazy. Not only that, but yesterday was 9-10-19, a palindromic day.

To me the biggest part of this win, and last Saturday against the Indians, is the resilience of the team after gut punches. Lose Pineda, face Cleveland after a series opening loss, face Clevingee to face on Sunday, and they win the game, backed by a big game for Odorizzi. Yesterday, lose Buxton, have already lost 1.5 games in two days to Cleveland, and Berrios comes up huge.

 

Those were the two biggest wins of the season, in my opinion. With rain on the horizon, Cleveland could have been 3.5 games back heading into this weekend if the Twins hadn’t won yesterday.

Terrific start by Berrios, hopefully it's just what he needed to get back/stay on track. I thought his command looked better tonight; really looked like he was putting his pitches where he wanted them. Sure, there were misses around the plate, but when he was missing a pitch it was by inches on one plane, not by 6-8+ and occasionally on 2. The velocity looked good, hitting 95 often enough. They still may want to look to find him some extra rest before the playoffs, though i know it's tougher right now with no days off and still being in a pennant race.

 

Beautiful dinger by Garver. Just majestic. we need his bat in the lineup right now.

 

Thank god~

 

my thoughts exactly

Well, that was encouraging! And important, given the matchups aren't too friendly the next two games.

 

I think I'd rather have rain than Strasburg and Corbin against this Twins lineup at this particular point in time. We'll see.

 

Love seeing that clean bullpen chart. Thanks to Berrios' excellent start and the insurance runs in the eighth, it feels good to only have to use two relievers and not have Taylor Rogers among them.

 

I do wish we could have a more decisive win sooner or later, however, so that we can continue to audition some of these back-end guys for the postseason. Five spots are obviously spoken for, and Littell seems likely to get a sixth. One to two spots remain.

We should get those games in the last two weeks of the season. And although I agree that I'd like to see some more auditions, I'd also like to see the bullpen we'll be using in the post-season continue this good momentum in close games. I think the confidence in the bullpen is growing with each good outing by May, Duffey, Romo and Rogers, in particular. Those guys will need some rest, of course, but they also need to stay in the groove they are in by continuing to pitch regularly.