2013 Twins Game Log

2013 Game 136: Twins at Astros

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After taking two of three from the AL West leading Texas Rangers and coming tantalizingly close to a sweep, the Twins mosey on over to Houston for a three-game set with the Astros. You think the Twins season is en route to hell in a hand basket? The Astros have already lost 91 games and are likely on their way to losing 100+. That's a heaping helping of futility right there. Both teams are sending out youngsters to pitch today, Albers (2-2, 2.92 ERA) for Minnesota and Paul Clemens (4-4, 5.81 ERA) for Houston. Alex Presley will be back out in center field, he went 3-4 with an RBI in his Twins debut yesterday. Buy American, look for the union label, and play ball!

99 thoughts on “2013 Game 136: Twins at Astros”

  1. Phil Miller ‏@MillerStrib
    Gardenhire wouldn't reveal Sept call-ups, but mentioned "we need Parmelee." Refused to say on Hicks, but hinted that he might need a break.

    thats cool

    1. Pitchers should bat eighth. Obviously just did a straight substitution of the position. Or, the DH is really, really bad.

  9. Roy Smalley talking about back in his day, players didnt like to strike out
    did he forget that he struck out 100+ times in a season 3 times

    1. Yes, I'm sure he did. One of the things that's been amusing to me lately is hearing players a generation younger than I am complain about how Yasiel Puig doesn't "respect the game." I can remember when people from my generation said the same thing about them.

  11. tense situation!

    Dustin Morse ‏@Twins_morsecode
    A Rochester win & a Norfolk loss will give the #MNTwins AAA club a playoff birth. The Red Wings are winning 12-3 & Norfolk trailing in 10th

    1. Our cable box isn't working this morning for some reason. It will not power on after I checked everything (and bought a new power cable just in case). At least I got to see Breaking Bad last night before it decided to crap out.

  15. On the Grill tonight: belated birthday celebration for The Boy. I got some prime sirloin steaks from Costco. Will get some baguette, serve with baked potatoes, side salad. Girl will be eating leftover pav bhaji from last night (num num).

  22. Barnburner! I need some excitement, because my stupid wiener bank is getting in the way of verifying my information. They got in the way enough that now I may need to wait to put up my Kickstarter for a week because of failure on their end. I'm so, so sick of them, but there's no reason to bolt since it seems there's no bank that's known for its lack of incompetence.

  24. heh

    Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino
    Apparently, Dozier not too pleased with "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. being used as his "wacky walkup song" here at Minute Maid Park

    1. So he lets a walkup song get to him? He might be taking himself a bit too seriously.

      The Yakima Bears played "Torn Between Two Lovers" when the opposing manager came out to make a pitching change. That killed me.

        1. I'll suggest "Beautiful Boy," "Fly," "Immortal" or "Miracle."

          I don't know the lyrics to any of these, so I assume they...don't mean what I want them to.

        1. No, it was yesterday. Not that Durham would have been guaranteed to win last night if he had batter, though. He didn't even play today.

    1. Also, apparently, some dumb-ness. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm told its Twin's baseball at its finest. Really nailing the little things, probably some egg dirt on their face uniform, lots of gritting.

      1. I mean, it's not like he's going up against a super tough lineup like the Rock Cats, but it's still pretty good.

          2. Your ears you keep, so that you may hear the sound of every screaming child as you flail at curveballs in the dirt.

  42. I'd give the error to Carter on that one. With the runner well past the base, you need to get in front of that throw.

    1. And I'd give Dozier a double on that to build my portfolio for attempting to become Target Field's next official scorer.

  54. And the player of the game goes to...

    Ron Gardenhire. His tremendous managing made this all possible.

  56. From 2063:

    "Well, we was playin' down in Houston," Grandpa Colabello said. "I hadn't been in the show too long yet, but I was showin' 'em I belonged. Well, this day, our starting pitcher didn't have nothin' and we got way behind early. We was a scrappy bunch, though, and we battled back to where we was tied in the ninth inning. We got an infield hit and a couple of walks, and next thing you know I was up to bat with the bases loaded and two down. I'd already hit one home run, but now it was crunch time. I looked out at the pitcher, and I got ready. First pitch, he threw one right there, and I hit it out of the park. A grand slam, and we won the game by four runs.

    "Yep," said Grandpa Colabello, "It was quite a game. It was more than that, though. It got the boys going. We closed out the season on an eighteen game winning streak, made it into the playoffs, and never lost a game there. That's right, we won the World Championship that year. It was quite a time."

    Thanks to the future Grandpa Colabello, we're still on track for 86-76!

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