Well, its time for the first Tuesday game of the season. This should be a good time with an expected game time temperature of 36º F. (goodness, could you imagine the Pelf pitching in this stuff? brrr) This seems like a good time for some birds to come into town (not that Toronto is any warmer), so the Twins will have that going for them.
Anyway, your starting pitchers for tonight:
Morrow (1-1, 5.73) vs. Hughes (0-0, 7.20)
I would expect a decent amount of strikeouts this game as both pitchers are striking out 1+/inning. Hughes has only gone five innings in each start, though against Oakland he had that bad first inning, then four good innings. Hopefully he keeps those good innings going and continues this trend of the starters eating some innings. It would warm my heart if, by the end of the year, Hughes showed that it was that awful place in NY that was the problem.
Taking a quick look at Morrow's game logs for his first two starts shows him pitching well at the beginning of games, but losing it a bit later on. It'd be great if Twins hitters could continue this trend of taking a lot of pitches. They lead the league in that stat, taking 4.14 PPA which has also put them atop the leaderboard in walks.
I predict that number forty-two will have a big game tonight.
Blacked out from the Twins but I'm watching Pirates-Reds on MLB.tv. Forty-two is playing a big role in this game as well.
Wow. When's the last time you saw someone called out for being out of the batter's box?
I love it every time Chris Colabello gets a big hit.
These Canadian announcers are complaining about the weather in Minnesota. :O
In their defense, it is only 28
fuckin'degrees in MPLS.erm, 36. But, still...
Triple monster!!!
Florimon total bases coming into the game: 2
Mauer got a two-out RBI? Is that possible?
Man singles!
Provus channeled his inner Gordo on that one.
Encouraging first three innings from #42.
I'm developing a serious man-crush on the Colabello.
Has Gardy forgotten that Pinto can catch?
The Gameday scout tells me that Morrow may be out of gas.
It just told me he has plenty left in the tank.
I just saw that. Stupid robots.
That's the only note it showed me before I shut it off. Stupid Scout.
Strikeouts are da bomb!
Sick curveball
Spookied the plunk
Is this pitcher related to Orlando Louploup?
Sixth inning, there's that wall.
I know the 100 pitch limit is arbitrary and many pitchers can go longer. Hughes I think isn't one of those.
It wasn't "the wall." It was "the brain." Terrible pitch selection. Nothing but fastballs to Bautista. Not one single curveball all inning despite being ahead in the count to all but Encarnacion. I blame Suzuki. If he can't keep the pitchers on track, let's at least put Pinto back there and let him do some actual catching.
This was in response to me asking why Hughes didn't throw a curve in the 6th.
Well that turned ugly in a hurry.
Well, at least the bases are empty now.
just got home and checked in
I just heard a PSA urging people to "designate a texter" when driving.
*facepalm*
yeah, what driver wants the drunk texting for them?
I am here. Let the rally commence.
that used to work better with the catching position.
OFFS.
#6pen
Oh, sure, Plouffe. Selfish. Not gonna get a rally out of that.
Mauer wore the sombrero?
What do you expect? Power-hitting 1bs strike out a lot.
One positive: Phil Huges had more strikeouts (7) than innings pitched (5+)