Welp, here's that losing streak we all feared. Maybe it won't be as bad now that some guys are back who actually have OF next to their name on their baseball cards.
Darvish (4-2, 2.35 ERA) vs. Hughes (5-1, 3.15 ERA)
Hmmm, not really the best guy to have to face to get out of this losing streak. Having Hughes starting this game combined with the Rangers injury woes should help give the Twins a fighting chance to avoid making it a 5 game streak. He's no Johan, but it's nice to have a guy that gives you the feeling that he can go out there while the team is struggling to win and give them a good chance at getting back on track.
I've used the featured image for a game log before, but I probably should have saved it for this game since its the Twins vs. the Rangers at the Bullseye. Hopefully this game goes as well as that one did.
Darvish scratched. Scott Baker (0-1, 6.35) to start on 3 days rest instead.
Well geez, that makes twice now where I've previewed the wrong starting pitcher this year.
Twins broadcasters being nice to Baker now that he out of a Twins uniform.
At least he's not getting the Slowey treatment.
HICKSIE!!!!!!!!!
Hughes <3 Target Field and Aaron Hicks.
HRcia
and that was a blast. wowza.
Twins' run scorers making noise
Mauer RBI
and an extra base hit
AND pulled the ball
=o
its all the things Mauer haters hate!
Back when I played, my power was to the opposite field, so Joe is my hero. I feel betrayed by this pulling crap, so booooooo.
Mauer joining in the doubles fun.
#Lightrail
Hughes couldnt quite wiggle out of that jam.
Hicks would have caught that.
close...
AHHHHHHHH
so close to another HR
I'll take that for a dollar!
Hey guys, I just showed up to say "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Well, at least Hughes will not be tagged with a loss this game.
the twitters machine tells me Ben Revere hit a HR.
And it went over the fence.
That almost makes me sad.
Now he's just another Tyner
He must have heard that he has been worth the same rWAR as Hicks since the trade.
what the heck was Beltre thinking there!
That was a bone headed move if I've ever seen one.
Still, how was he not called out there?
I think he has a fair complaint about Nunez being out of the base path. But still, why not throw to first for the easier out?
TWINS BASEBALL!!!!
That was one of the craziest ways I've seen to not end an inning.
This.
Nonono, now this.
Technically, Beltre wasn't trying to tag Nunez at the point where Nunez ran around him.
FEAR TEH ESCOBAR!!!111!!11!!
TWINS BASEBALL!!!!!TWINS BASEBALL!!!!!TWINS BASEBALL!!!
TWINS BASEBALL!!
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TWINS BASEBALL!!!TWINS BASEBALL!!!TWINS BASEBALL!!!!!TWINS BASEBALL!!TWINS BASEBALL!!TWINS BASEBALL!!!TWINS BASEBALL!!
LOL
TWINS BASEBALL!!!!
The Rangers shouldn't feel cheated. That wallbanger by Arcia would've gone about 450 feet in any other stadium.
Twins are lucky they built that huge ass wall, otherwise that would've been a selfish, rally killing homer.
That still would have just tied the game. Nunez's hit was totally legit to tie it. The rest were their own fault. Don't count on an ump to call running out of the baseline. Beltre is a Gold Glover and he's afraid to throw to first?
that's the twinsiest TWINS BASEBALL!! win i've ever seen.
Nah. The walkoff on a strikeout/wild pitch a few years ago was the Twinsiest of all Twins wins.
Walk off E1!!!
Previous walk off to happen on an E1? Three days ago. That was a throwing error rather than fielding error, so at least it was less wtf.
And that was a teachable moment for Aquinas. "Always run, you never know what will happen."
I would hope he would be running on that one. With Santana, that was no sure out.
POST THOSE PUPPIES!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSjHCbS_u0Y&feature=kp
I wish there was a "Like" button here, because I would go through and like all of these posts right now.
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Watching COL-PHI. Morneau's batting and Cuddyer just stole a base. `kay.
And Revere, too!