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Tom Froemming

By Tom Froemming

The Minnesota Twins lost to the Tigers 8-7 Wednesday at Target Field but they didn't go down without a fight. Down four runs entering the bottom of the ninth, homers by Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler brought the deficit down to one run. Matt Wallner missed another walk-off homer by mere feet and the Twins could not complete the comeback. Down in the minors, both Louie Varland and Travis Adams pitched into the seventh inning while Alex Isola stayed hot at the plate, hitting his 16th home run. Also, Brooks Lee, Austin Martin and Yunior Severino combined to turn an impressive double play for the Saints.

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John Belinski

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    This loss is on Rocco.  Jax has been pitching poorly the past month and should not have pitched in this game. I would think that Rocco's ipad would have told him to not pitch Jax in close game.  It appears Rocco is a slow learner and just has no feel for the flow of a game.

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    8 minutes ago, John Belinski said:

    This loss is on Rocco.  Jax has been pitching poorly the past month and should not have pitched in this game. I would think that Rocco's ipad would have told him to not pitch Jax in close game.  It appears Rocco is a slow learner and just has no feel for the flow of a game.

    Meh.  Maeda went 4 innings.  The bullpen needed to throw 5 innings given a 1 run lead since the offense decided to go 4+ innings without a hit.  You can blame Rocco or Jax, but realistically, praying your pitching can hold a 1 run lead for 7 innings isn't exactly the best case scenario.  



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