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Alright, let's hope the Twins put 17 or 18 on the board tonight before the basketball game starts. Because, honestly, if the Twins keep it close and ultimately lose late or in extra innings causing me to miss hoops I am going to be bummed out.
Yep. That is what I've got for right now. It is 90 degrees out in Buffalo and I am going to soak up some sun.
Toledo 7, Rochester 3 in Rochester. Two ninth-inning Red Wings runs made the score seem closer than the game was. Rene Tosoni singled and homered, Ben Revere homered, and Aaron Bates had two hits. Scott Diamond allowed four runs on six hits and two walks in 5.2 innings, although he did strike out seven. Carlos Gutierrez surrendered three runs in one inning of work.
New Hampshire 7, New Britain 6 in New Hampshire. The Fisher Cats scored five runs in the ninth to take the comeback victory. The runs were scored off Tyler Robertson, who took the loss. Bobby Lanigan pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks. Evan Bigley had two singles and a double, Daniel Rohlfing and Chris Cates each had two hits, and Joe Benson homered.
Ft. Myers—No games scheduled.
Beloit 7, Clinton 1 in Clinton (Game 1—Scheduled 7 innings). The Snappers scored two in each of the second, fifth, and sixth innings. Lance Ray singled and doubled. Adrian Salcedo got the complete game victory, giving up four hits and two walks.
Beloit 2, Clinton 1 in Clinton (Game 2—8 innings—Scheduled 7 innings). Nate Roberts’ single scored Jamaal Hawkins with the winning run. Wang-Wei Lin had three hits. Starter Ryan O’Rourke pitched three innings, giving up a run on four hits and a walk. Andrei Lobanov followed with two shutout innings, and Jose Gonzalez then worked 2.2 scoreless innings to get the win. Michael Tonkin struck out the only man he faced to get the save.
DSL Orioles 3, Twins 0 (ended in eighth inning—rain). The Twins had only two hits. Starter Junior Subero took a tough loss, allowing an unearned run on a hit and a walk in three innings.
Weather: 85°F, sunny
Wind: 9 mph
Attendance: 30,198
Time: 3:09
Twins record: 17-35 (last in AL Central, 14.5 GB)
Fangraphs boxscore | MLB wrap
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In case you didn't read it elsewhere already, Francisco Liriano was placed on the DL. Kubel is day-to-day. Meanwhile, according to the 4ltr's recap, Mauer is now able to throw from home to second. I didn't know bilateral leg weakness affected the arms, too.
Usually I watch Monday's game so I can write a recap, but this week I was down at my mother-in-law's place in Chicagoland, where the connection speed isn't particularly great. If the Twins were playing well I might have been tempted to watch the game anyway, but I figured I didn't need the frustration of the spotty DSL connection, plus terrible baseball. I suppose I could watch it now that I'm home, but I've decided not to waste my time. In the limited time I have on this earth, going back to watch yet another Twins loss isn't high on my list of priorities. Thus concludeth the game wrap.
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Let's be honest: If you're even reading this, the View from the Ballpark is probably why you are here. Well, let's dispense with the pleasantries (if that's the appropriate word for recapping another loss) and get right down to it:
photo by Flickr user rjcox
Remember, no embiggening.
Socks Seibold (1896)
Edward Bennett Williams (1920)
Russ Goetz (1930)
Ray Washburn (1938)
Tippy Martinez (1950)
Joe Orsulak (1962)
Kenny Lofton (1967)
Bill Miller (1967)
Dave Roberts (1972)
Jake Peavy (1981)
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Spencer Steedley (1985).
I guess I would have opted for a vacation from the Twins losing.
due to overwhelming popular demand, we've decided to make a week of this, so sit back, grab your shades, and dig on this:
the sextet ran around europe playing this song before it was to become sadly prophetic mere months after.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwohpatsYsE
1964
(4 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)
Loading... In honor of Memorial Day, the soul of brevity:
pitching matchup:
Darling Nicky (3.20 ERA, 4.41 FIP, 3.84 xFIP, 35:20 K:BB, 52.6 pct GB in 64 2/3 innings)
Pretty Penny (4.45 ERA, 4.49 FIP, 4.41 xFIP, 27:22 K:BB, 55.3 pct GB in 62 2/3 innings)
Both are 4-4 on the season, both have average-ish FIPs, both induce a lot of ground balls but miss very few bats.
Anyone around?
Rochester 6, Lehigh Valley 2 in Lehigh Valley. The Red Wings scored four in the third, which was all they needed. Brian Dinkelman singled and homered, driving in three and raising his average to .308. Rene Tosoni also homered. Ben Revere had two hits. Kyle Gibson struck out ten in 7.2 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk. Anthony Slama retired all four men he faced, striking out two of them.
New Hampshire 2, New Britain 1 in New Hampshire. Joe Benson doubled to tie the game in the top of the ninth, but the Fisher Cats won with one in the bottom of the ninth. Benson had two hits in the game. Liam Hendriks pitched seven innings, giving up a run on five hits and two walks while striking out six. Tony Davis allowed the losing run in his second inning of relief. The win went to ex-Twin Bobby Korecky, who had allowed the tying run in the ninth.
Ft. Myers 2, Clearwater 0 in Ft. Myers (Game 1—Scheduled 7 innings). Brian Dozier’s third-inning double brought in both runs. Dozier also singled. Brad Stillings worked the first four innings, giving up a run on two hits. Andrew Albers went the last three to get the win, walking none and giving up two hits.
Clearwater 1, Ft. Myers 0 in Ft. Myers (Game 2—Scheduled 7 innings). The Threshers scored the game’s only run in the sixth. Steve Liddle had the only Miracle hit, a single leading off the third inning. Tom Stuifbergen took a complete game loss, giving up seven hits and a walk while striking out six.
Beloit at Clinton. Postponed. Game will be made up as part of a doubleheader this afternoon.
DSL Twins—No game scheduled.
Amos Rusie (1871)
Turkey Mike Donlin (1878)
Rube Oldring (1884)
Al Mamaux (1894)
Twink Twining (1894)
Turk Lown (1924)
Mel Nelson (1936)
Mike Sadek (1946)
Dana DeMuth (1956)
Mike LaCoss (1956)
Mike Oquist (1968)
John Courtright (1970)
Manny Ramirez (1972)
Scott Eyre (1972)