2013 Twins Game Log

Game 11: Mets at Twins

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Okay, fine. Those poor fans last night deserved their free hot chocolate...

Scott Diamond gets his first start of the season this afternoon. He's on my fantasy team, so I'm hoping for a two hit shutout and expecting something mildly Halladay-ish (unfortunately, I'm talking 2013-era Halladay, so...). The Mets are sending out Matt Harvey, who looks something like the exact opposite of the type of pitcher the Twins batters want to be facing right now - lots of strikeouts, and lots of fly balls. Hicks ought to have fun with that.

Either way, it has to be better than last night, right?

Leaderboards

At Bats - Mauer, t-10th (43)Triples - Dozier & Plouffe, t-5th (1)
Walks - Willingham, 2nd (9)
Strikeouts - Hicks, t-1st (17)*
Strikeouts - Willingham, t-8th (13)
Hit By Pitch  - Plouffe, 1st (3)
Hit By Pitch - Willingham, t-2nd (2)
Hit By Pitch - Florimon & Doumit, t-8th (1)
Sacrifices - Dozier, t-2nd (1)
Sac Flies - Dozier, Plouffe, & Parmelee t-5th (1)
Caught Stealing - Escobar, Hicks, Parmelee, Dozier, & Mastroianni, t-3rd (1)*
Steal Success Rate - Plouffe, t-1st (100%)
Outs Made - Hicks, t-1st (38)
WPA - Escobar, 7th (0.6)*

rWAR For Pitchers - Correia, 8th (0.7)W/L % - Swarzack, Roenicke, and Perkins, t-1st (1.000)*
BB/9 - Correia, 6th (1.256)
Games Played - Duesnsing, t-2nd (6)
Saves - Perkins, t-6th (2)
Innings Pitched - Correia, 10th (14.1)
Games Started - Worley, t-1st (3)
Games Started - Pelfrey, Hendriks, & Correia, t-8th (2)
Hits Allowed - Worley, 1st (25)
HR/9 - Worley & Correia, t-1st (0.0)
Losses - Worley, t-1st (2)
Wild Pitches - Roenicke, Pressley, Swarzack, & Burton, t-9th (1)
Hit By Pitch - Hendriks, t-8th (1)
Batters Faced - Worley, 7th (65)
Games Finished - Perkins, t-3rd (4)

*At least Hicks is having a better season so far than Brett Wallace (.048/.091/.048 - and he's gotten his 17 strikeouts in twenty two plate appearances).* The Twins obviously lead the majors in being caught stealing - and have fewer successful steals than any other team that tries so often.
* Of course, he made a full 0.5 of that based off of one play.
* All relievers

187 thoughts on “Game 11: Mets at Twins”

  2. The end of the Giants-Cubs game was the Cubbiest way to end a ballgame ever. Guy gets hurt striking out swinging.

  4. Well, through the first ten games, Twins starters have given up 22 runs during the first two innings. So, Diamond has just one more critical inning to get through.

  7. I like the Mets announcers so far. They have a lot of knowledge of baseball history, and spoke in specifics about old Twins teams as well as the '65 series. A little preparation is all I ask, and these guys brought it for an interleague series, even.

    1. Yeah, it's not even close. The fact that Reyes' injury was shown twice is proof enough.

    1. I've made about $16 in tips lately, and I'm having a very strenuous internal debate as to whether I'd like some beer that isn't Genesee or Molson or I should be smart and save it.

    2. I cracked open the first of my Black IPAs yesterday. It's a little early, but it's already pretty good. That's the one style I've got nailed. The others are going to take some work.

  14. I didn't realize the Sabres had a day game today as well. Though I do worry about watching that much suck at one time.

    I'm not entirely sure how FTLT handles it.

    1. The only Sabres games I pay attention to at games that I attend. That makes it pretty easy.

      1. They pulled off a 1-0 win, which is nice.

        I'm just so excited to live in a town with the NHL for the first time. I'm sure if we're here longer the novelty will wear off.

  15. A) Dozier's OBP is under .200 at this point. I'd like to see more of Jamie Carroll in the coming games.

    B) Dozier wears #2. That makes me sadly remember D-Span.

      1. I'm reading The Cheater's Guide to Baseball and that was apparently a common thing in 1880s baseball. Along with lots of other violent things.

        1. Is that book good? I've seen it online, and stuff like that always interests me, so I've wondered if it might be worth a look.

          1. I'm liking it. Zumsteg did a lot of research in olde timey baseball and it's great to read about the shenanigans they did. I should have it finished by next book day if you want a more thorough review.

    1. Eh, one of the things that really surprised me when I went to the game last week is how Willingham seems to loaf on every single base hit down the line. It doesn't surprise me at all that people are going to start to test him.

        1. Right, it was kind of crazy to go for it (though seeing how this inning has gone, they're lucky he did). I think it'll happen a lot as the season goes on, though.

  30. Does our fantasy baseball league give extra points for no-hitters?

        1. In the pre-season poll for stat categories, it was an option. Perfect games was also an option.

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          1. Yeah, I am just trying to jinx the Mets in someway. It doesn't seem to be working.

      1. Do I make the rest of the story joke now or do I wait until he gives up a hit?

  35. I know Plouffe isn't going to be like Koskie and go from bad to great, but could he at least go from terrible to mediocre?

  40. lets hope the Mets pitcher has had to sit in the dugout so long he cools down and the Twins get a few bloops then a blast

  45. Was the rehab start Diamond's only game he played? He missed spring training and made one rehab start. Well duh he isn't going to last long.

    1. His rehab start went pretty much like this one: three or four really good innings, then he fell apart. Either he's not healthy yet or he needs to build up his arm.

  46. Dick keeps saying "in essence", as if it wouldn't be just as simple to say "It is in essence another short start." or "The Mets strung together a bunch of hits in essence knocking him out of the game."

      1. It's almost more maddening here, because it's obviously a ploy to keep the narrative of Diamond-as-ace going. Diamond didn't have a short start just now, he had "in essence" a short start. If Scott Baker had pitched this game, Dick Bremer's exact words would have been "that little pansy is the worst player of all time, he couldn't pitch a full five innings if his mother were being held at gunpoint".

        See? Such is the power of words, Dick. Don't be a skank.

        1. The closest thing I can come up with to the Twins broadcast is the announcing for a pro wrestling show. The difference, of course, is that pro wrestling is scripted, so it makes sense for the announcers to sell a narrative.

    1. We groused, circa opening day, about the Yankees' "Craft Beer Destination" that has no craft beers—everything there is MillerCoors—and only two actual beers. Guess what? Deadspin gets results.

      Amanda Rykoff passed along word today that the Yankees have renamed the place the "Beer Mixology Destination," which is no less awful but slightly more factual. We're still not all the way there. "Mixology" necessarily involves, ya know, mixing, and if you asked someone at this "destination" to mix something for you, they'd probably just fill the cup with beer, dump it out, fill it with Mountain Dew, and then charge you $18.50. But still: progress.

      Actually, that's the whole story. It deserves to be here, though.

    2. Is it going to be like the new Coke machines with 100 flavors and you can mix'n'match?

      1. I absolutely love those. Linds and I went to a Five Guys a few weeks ago that had one. The paralysis of choice has never gripped me so strongly. Eventually, I mixed a cherry Mello Yellow with a Raspberry Hi-C, because why not?

  50. home plate ump is Marty Foster. he was the one that gave Joe Nathan that ridiculous strike call earlier this week.

  51. On the bright side, my minivan passed smog. But I was hoping for a little bit better job by you guys to this point.

        1. But what if the hit is a HR? Then you have to stay. Maybe.

          I'm gonna make a flowchart.

    1. I have never - I repeat, never - seen a no hitter in its entirety on TV. I listened to Erickson's on the radio, but I've never seen one.

      Never.

      It simply hasn't happened.

      1. I am pretty sure I watched Frankie's in its entirety. Or at least most of it.

        2. I watched Baker's eight perfect innings and the remaining two innings in another perfect game. That counts, right?

      2. I watched most of Liriano's no hitter. I think I ducked out for a half hour to watch a network show.

        1. but Liriano's sure felt different than this one because he walked about 36 pale hosers

        2. I saw all of Liriano's, and I've seen the last two or three innings of several, thanks to MLB.tv. I've never seen one in its entirety that was...impressive.

  60. Hey, I don't know if you know it, but this cat is throwing a no-hitter. A no-freaking-hitter.

    1. Mets guys said at the beginning of the game that Gardenhire told them "He's not going anywhere - not to AAA, and not lower in the order."

  65. Dazz very helpful: "If the Twins could get that first hit...might be able to get to Harvey...."

  66. Why trot out Fien there? The roster is lousy with long relievers.
    Or does that now count as a close-enough defecit to use up the good relievers?

    2. It's also the closest I've gotten to spookying a homer this year, but I think I just really wanted to see one.

      That's Harvey's fifth hit given up in 21 innings this year. Sweet Jeebus.

  77. I just remembered I watched all of Freddy Garcia's 1-0 1-hit loss. That was also very close to watching a no-hitter, with an awesome outcome.

  78. As if I wasn't already enjoying this broadcast enough, the color guy takes a look at Harvey's stats and says "That's dominating, to say the least. I'd like to see his Strat-O card."

  80. Mets announcers provide a nice story about Chili Davis, who apparently was a thorn for Doc Gooden. He hit a homer off Gooden one day.

    Reporter: How did you hit a home run off of the great Doc Gooden?
    Chili Davis: He ain't God, man.

    2. He needs to stop trying to strike everybody out so that he can go deeper into ballgames.

    1. Honestly, the only time he seems to understand the meaninglessness of the Win is when he refers it back to his own bad luck career.

  100. Twins starters have a BABIP of .354 this season coming into this game and today the Mets were 7-for-18 on balls in play against Diamond, most of those hits coming in the fourth (with a homer to boot). Worley's BABIP is .455. The Twins' HR/flyball ratio is pretty low, so that may all balance out in the end, but it would be nice to stop seeing some weak hits falling in and maybe an occasional liner to the glove.

  101. I also wonder if the Twins' perennial slow starts are due to their unwillingness to stretch out the starters in spring training. They don't let them go deep in spring training and then they don't understand why they aren't going deeper early in the season.

    1. I agree that I'd like to see the starters throw more innings in spring training, but I think the main problem with the starters this year is that they're just not all that good.

  103. In Olympic judging, they throw out the high and low score. If we did that in this game, the Twins win 1-0! Git R Dun, Billy Smith! In the mean time, though, we'll just have to settle for 155-7.

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