2013 Game 129: Twins at Indians

Scott Kazmir, still kind of serviceable, faces Mike Pelfrey, still kind of not. The Twins need to go 16-18 to reach my preseason hopes of going 73-89. There's really not much left to see this season outside of September callups and the bizarre and fantastic (though likely temporary) comeback of Justin Morneau, but I'm off today, so I may as well see what the Twins are up to. I'll probably favor playoff-implicating games before long, though.

94 thoughts on “2013 Game 129: Twins at Indians”

  1. The Indians hold a commanding lead in the season series in 3rd inning runs, 12-1. See, this is why I can't watch the Minnesota feed anymore. They just don't provide relevant stats like this.

  2. Indians trivia: who holds the Twins rookie record for RBI in a season? Answer to follow, unless I'm in the bathroom at the time or something (in which case I'll B-R it). Hmm. A few obvious choices here, but I'm not certain.

  3. Indians PBP knows subtlety.

    "Chris Davis is closing in on the Orioles' all-time single season Home Run record. He's only behind Frank Robinson, who had 49, and Brady Anderson, who had 50 (deliberately clears throat)."

      1. looking at his b-r page, he and Curt Schilling was traded by Boston to the O's for Mike Boddicker. huh

    1. I know Cleveland isn't the nicest city around, but I don't realize just how tough it's gotten.

  4. Hey, the KC Royals are up 4-0 in the second. So they're going to blow a 4-run first-inning lead as they slip back under .500.

  5. I had to think about it to realize that, yes, a team can send seven batters to the plate in an inning and only score one run.

      1. Chris walk to the on-deck circle and tries his best to translate for his teammate.
        "Dick Bremer dice que nosotros somos... nadieros," twisting his face on that last one so his friend realizes that it's a guess at the proper word.
        Wilkin hangs his head and kicks dirt. Both men spit.

  6. Bremer noting that the Indians strike out a lot. He doesn't seem to realize that the Twins are historically bad at striking out batters.

  7. Clevelands see the math from the top of the inning and guess that they can bat six without scoring at all.
    The experiment is a success! Six men run to the dugout, three to retrieve their caps and gloves and to immediately leave to assume their postion on the fields. One of the six to stay, a man named Carlos tells a man, Jason, who never left the dugout, "You were right! We shouldn't have doubted you!"
    Tito cusses something about nerds under his breath.

    1. coming into the game, the Twins have only 6 RBI when a runner is on 2nd and 0 outs. .188/.253/.288/.540 slash line in 90 PA

        1. I guess

          it would take some time (especially since we are 129 games in), but it would be interesting how many times this year a Twins leadoff double has actually scored

  8. Scott feeling good about himself. "27 batters and only one run! In only six innings! Jason told me that some pitchers pitch a complete game and only face 25 batters!"

  9. Willingham should just go ahead and bunt because the ball will end up over the center field fence on an overthrow

  10. so, thats a single?

    coming into the game, the Twins have only 6 RBI when a runner is on 2nd and 0 outs. .188/.253/.288/.540 slash line in 90 PA

    average going up!

  11. I haven't seen Jack Black have a day this rough since he was kidnapped and forced to host that telethon.

    1. Ooh, excellent slide by Swisher - I figured by his legitimately shocked reaction to being called out that he probably hadn't been tagged.

  12. Why didn't Kipnis flip it? Taking it himself was less likely to get the out, and more likely to get someone (most likely himself) hurt.

    Plus that weird little stutter step...Kipnis had a really good inning there.

  13. Indians PBP: "How about that for clutch? 6 of his last 9 home runs in the 7th inning or later."

    This says nothing about the game score. Also, it's not a significant split. If it was 9 for 9...maybe.

  14. Well, I'll commend the Twins for keeping my interest for eight innings on a day when the smallest excuse would have yanked me out of this.

  15. I'm telling you, two outs per inning is the way to go. The Twins would've won 1-0. Until it happens, though, we'll just have to settle for 90-72! That should still be enough to make the playoffs, right?

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