The good news is that we don't have to watch our favorite team take on Felix Hernandez any more in this series.
Trevor May (1-1 4.76 ERA, 3.04 FIP)
vs.
James Paxton (0-1 8.40 ERA, 4.64 FIP)
I should really do xFIP, but I'm about to go run some errands, and I can't be arsed to do anything other than a quick bbref lookup. It looks like this Paxton fellow has been almost as good as Hughes at keeping the ball on the correct side of the outfield fence. I'd expect that to change.
On that note: the Twins as a team have 8 home runs. Nelson Cruz has 9.
fwiw, its Game 17. I goofed on the title of yesterday's game. oops
Heh, yeah. I was using that one to name this one.
Fixed now, btw
The Twins will strand ALL the runners and we will have to like it.
Strikeouts are cool
More like Trevor Kay, amirite?
Nice play on the line by Plouffe.
Eeescobar??
😮
a home run!
The team is tied with Nelson Cruz now!
We could have had him!
oh crap May
Hopefully that's just being cautious
Screaming liner back at the mound, looks like it hit May in the elbow/back of the arm (on the follow through of his pitch) and he has to leave the game.
Why cant the Twins have nice things?
Joe knows scoring.
more runs!
Well, May aside, this is going well.
Plouffe has seemed decent as a fielder over the past couple of seasons.
Joe Mauer has 16 hits and 10 walks and has only scored 3 runs this season. ouch
woo hoo! another run!
I like the decision to send Dozier there. A good throw makes it a close play, but forcing them to make good plays is an important thing.
Agree. Two run cushion allows for a little aggression on the base paths.
Joe knows RBI
Joe Mauer sneakily creeping up on 700 career RBI. That is 10 or 11th on the Twins list, depending how you want to count Bob Allison's ~130 for the Senators.
that is good news.
Good job Stauffer!
I've been enjoying Aaron Thompson so far. I'm not sure he can keep it up, but he's welcome to keep trying to do so.
Eduardo Nunez not hitting infield flys.
Nunez tagged up from 2nd to 3rd, but the most amazing this is that his batting helmet stayed on his head.
I hope Molly rolls with this Shane Robinson guy for a bit and leaves Schafer on the bench.
I was just thinking the same thing. I doubt Robinson is some catch, but we KNOW what Schafer is.
Isn't this just a deck chair shuffle?
Yes, but its not like they're suddenly going to trust Hicks, and Buxton is still a ways off.
Thompson left in one too many batters.
=/
We would get to the crappy part of the game once I remember to start watching.
Blaine Boyer, ladies and gentlemen.
you'd think having Hoey on the team once would have been enough.
Good thing Phil Hughes pitched a CG last night. Molly going to churn throw all the bullpen tonight.
Morneau with a leadoff single in bottom of 11th for Rox vs. Gigantes, trailing 5-4.
Nice catch by Robinson there.
Okay, cool. I watched the last three or four innings, but just couldn't find anything worth bringing up. Uh...go Twins. Puppies, and such.
We're still on track for 152-10!