Must have been a half-second late with the post. Scooped!
Work went long, but now I'm on vacation. WOOOOOOOOOO
About 1064 half-seconds.
I think every infielder got the ball twice on that rundown
Danny Santana 2-2 with an RBI. Can he just not hit when he's playing SS?
Ok, I understand that there's a big difference between a 1-run lead and 2-run lead, but seriously? Bunt Mauer to third with no outs? With your clean-up hitter?
Yeah, that's... Questionable, to put it nicely.
and, predictably, we get Nothing And We'll Like It.
Well I'm satisfied.
I always thought 2nd base was considered "in scoring position"
Le Sigh.
those fancy advanced stats, Run Expectancy, says 2nd and no outs --> 1.06 runs; 3rd and one out --> 0.9 runs.
Maybe was hoping for another triple.
Maybe bunting is this week's stolen base attempts.
Save the bunting for saturday.
You're assuming that was called from the bench. I'd be very surprised if it was.
Now Dazz is asserting that Plouffe was bunting for a hit rather than sacrificing. Really? In that situation? Why?
It would make me feel a little better if it was Plouffe going rogue, actually.
yes, barely. In which case, Molly should have been reaming him out for it. Dude, you have a runner in scoring position. A bunt single will not score him -- he ain't Buxton.
We'll wait for the post game comments, I'm sure it will be covered
With runners on second in the fifth and again in the sixth, Eduardo Escobar and Trevor Plouffe were respectively given the productive-out sign. That could mean hitting the ball to the right side or it could mean bunting, whatever suits the player.
In each case, a bunt was the choice. Neither bunt was particularly good but both were effective, although Joe Mauer was stranded at third in the sixth when Eddie Rosario and Miguel Sano followed with strikeouts.
Kurt Suzuki bunted on his own in the ninth but popped a slider back toward the mound. Escobar followed with a key triple.
FWIW, Gardy never had a cleanup hitter credited with a sac bunt. The last to do it was Koskie in 1999 when TK was managing. In this game, both cleanup hitters got a bunt down (one for a single).
They have a productive out sign? Really? Huh.
maybe they should work on their "productive hit" sign.
An efficient 7th inning is much appreciated.
Once more Twins offense is making a solid start into living on a knife edge
I don't know about eight brilliant innings with that last one, but definitely a good game by Gibson.
He's rising to below average!
The result was certainly brilliant. I guess it depends on your definition of brilliant. Wasn't dominant since I would think would need more than 1 K per inning. I didn't like the 4 walks. It looked like he was pitching scared in the late innings, afraid to let them hit the ball. The 7 Ks are certainly promising, especially against the Royals, who have one of the lowest K rates in the AL. Gibson now has 46 Ks in his last 52 1/3 innings pitched (7.9 K/9) after getting just 19 Ks in the first 48 1/3 IP (3.5 K/9) this season.
WOOOOO!
Bears triples are cool.
Is it too early to hope that Joe is getting it going? Over the last two weeks*, he's 324/435/432 (12-37 with 7:8 K:BB, 1 HR and 1 double).
*Not including today's 2-4. So 14-41, 341/440/439 with 8:8.
We certainly can hope, but he did have that hot streak in May, so...
Not a home run. What a bum.
Must have been a half-second late with the post. Scooped!
Work went long, but now I'm on vacation. WOOOOOOOOOO
About 1064 half-seconds.
I think every infielder got the ball twice on that rundown
Danny Santana 2-2 with an RBI. Can he just not hit when he's playing SS?
Ok, I understand that there's a big difference between a 1-run lead and 2-run lead, but seriously? Bunt Mauer to third with no outs? With your clean-up hitter?
Yeah, that's... Questionable, to put it nicely.
and, predictably, we get Nothing And We'll Like It.
Well I'm satisfied.
I always thought 2nd base was considered "in scoring position"
Le Sigh.
those fancy advanced stats, Run Expectancy, says 2nd and no outs --> 1.06 runs; 3rd and one out --> 0.9 runs.
Maybe was hoping for another triple.
Maybe bunting is this week's stolen base attempts.
Save the bunting for saturday.
You're assuming that was called from the bench. I'd be very surprised if it was.
Now Dazz is asserting that Plouffe was bunting for a hit rather than sacrificing. Really? In that situation? Why?
It would make me feel a little better if it was Plouffe going rogue, actually.
yes, barely. In which case, Molly should have been reaming him out for it. Dude, you have a runner in scoring position. A bunt single will not score him -- he ain't Buxton.
We'll wait for the post game comments, I'm sure it will be covered
FWIW, Gardy never had a cleanup hitter credited with a sac bunt. The last to do it was Koskie in 1999 when TK was managing. In this game, both cleanup hitters got a bunt down (one for a single).
They have a productive out sign? Really? Huh.
maybe they should work on their "productive hit" sign.
An efficient 7th inning is much appreciated.
Once more Twins offense is making a solid start into living on a knife edge
I don't know about eight brilliant innings with that last one, but definitely a good game by Gibson.
He's rising to below average!
The result was certainly brilliant. I guess it depends on your definition of brilliant. Wasn't dominant since I would think would need more than 1 K per inning. I didn't like the 4 walks. It looked like he was pitching scared in the late innings, afraid to let them hit the ball. The 7 Ks are certainly promising, especially against the Royals, who have one of the lowest K rates in the AL. Gibson now has 46 Ks in his last 52 1/3 innings pitched (7.9 K/9) after getting just 19 Ks in the first 48 1/3 IP (3.5 K/9) this season.
WOOOOO!
Bearstriples are cool.Is it too early to hope that Joe is getting it going? Over the last two weeks*, he's 324/435/432 (12-37 with 7:8 K:BB, 1 HR and 1 double).
*Not including today's 2-4. So 14-41, 341/440/439 with 8:8.
We certainly can hope, but he did have that hot streak in May, so...