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The pitching matchup we always wanted to see! Liriano v Santana!
Pitchers: PIT: Liriano (6-6 , 2.91 ERA) MIN: Not Johan (2-0 , 2.60 ERA)
Lineups:
Pirates:
RF Gregory Polanco (L)
LF Starling Marte (R)
CF A. McCutchen (R)
3B Aramis Ramirez (R)
SS Jung-Ho Kang (R)
2B Neil Walker (S)
DH Pedro Alvarez (L)
CF Cervelli (R)
1B Travis Ishikawa (L)
Twins:
2B Brian Dozier (R)
CF Aaron Hicks (R)
1B Joe Mauer (L)
DH Miguel Sano (R)
RF Eddie Rosario (L)
3B Eduardo Nunez (S)
SS Eduardo Escobar (S)
C Kurt Suzuki (R)
Plouffe!'s on paternity leave so yeah.
GO TWINS!
Hicks appears to have cemented the second spot against lefties.
What do you mean? Is it legal to move guys up and down the order based on the opposing pitcher? How will they feel comfortable?!
And here I was thinking Suzuki's batting ninth was because Molitor finally admitted he's offensively challenged.
oops ... I meant eighth ... but still
Solo home runs don't hurt you.
Leadoff triples are cool.
The old productive out sign.
Runs are cool too!
wiggle wiggle
Come on fans, you gotta help dozier out!
Hicks comes through again!
That'll do.
Sano comes through again! Although he then gets caught in a rundown....
physics and eminent domain talk now... jeez
yuck. sb hr was rough
double yuck
Uh oh . . .
If the wind in Minnesota is anything like what we've had around here the last couple of days, I can understand why it would cause players trouble.
Why is Dozier bunting? He basically gave LIriano a free strikeout.
Dazzle's comment: "I think it's a good play if it works."
Gee, thanks for that insight, Dazz.
Mauer, we could sure use this run.
productive
outcue the circus musicSano, we could sure use this run.
That was a missed opportunity.
I'm sensing this as a post-all-star-break theme.
Feels like we're just kind of giving this one away.
Pirates fans would have said that a couple of innings ago.
The thing is, the Twins wouldn't take it.
Ah Kurt that Hurt.
*quietly stows mirrors and smoke machine in training room closet*
I liked it better early in the year, when Neil Allen would come out before things got this bad.
Walks Decker!? 100 pitches in 5.1 innings? Get him out of there.
Nothing good has ever happened after Decker walks.
Boy were you right.
And when you're right, you're right.
Woah - Cleveland up on Kansas City 12-0 in the 9th.
Ugh . . . I'm not sure I can take this!
lol
wasn't watching -- more inherited runners scored?
Whatever happened has caused Gamecast to hate life.
McCutchen singled to right, Ishikawa scored, Decker to second.
Decker to third McCutchen to second on throwing error by right fielder Rosario.
McCutchen and Decker scored on error by third baseman Núñez.
Ah, so Gamecast was justified in freezing up.
Yup.
Wow. Just saw the McCutchen play for the first time.
The wheels on the bus fall off, off, off
off, off, off
off, off, off...
So I've kind of been thinking the Twins maybe shouldn't be buyers this week.
Yup.
[edit] though it's baseball ... lots of games left to be played.
I'm kind of glad I'm not paying attention to this game.
I stopped about a half hour ago.
I wish I had.
Bases loaded, 1 out.
The Twins get
TWINS BASEBALL!!!
Hey, a Florimon sighting!
Hey, a Deolis Guerra sighting!
Fitting end to a game featuring 25 hits and 5 errors between the two squads:
Not that it affected the outcome, but there's no excuse for Sano making the last out of the game that way. In that situation, you cannot take even a small chance on the basepaths.
I'll take that kind of a dumb out at this point. He'll get his kangaroo court fine and learn his lesson and not hurt the team... this time
Oh, I'm not getting down on him. I wouldn't let it affect his playing time or anything. All young players, and a lot of veteran players, make dumb mistakes once in a while. But it's still inexcusable.
Speaking of dumb outs, I saw Go-Go get thrown out attempting to steal against the Giants the other night, down two runs in the ninth (eighth?), with a power hitter at the plate. Oy, was that dumb. Got himself and Craig Counsell ejected after the challenge called him out.
solid, solid game.
*raspberry*
Well, Hicks getting some deserved praise from the radio gang on the post game