All right this has gone on long enough. Tonight we get back to playing some ball.
KEYS TO VICTORY:
When the Twins are at bat, they need to score lots of runs.
When the Rangers are at bat, the Twins need to keep them from scoring runs.
It's a simple formula, but I think it will work. Let's do this! Go Twins!
THE MINNESOTA TWINS ARE GOING TO WIN THIS BASE BALL GAME!!!!!
KYLE GIBSON IS GOING TO PITCH MORE THAN FIVE INNINGS!!!!!
1/27th of the way to a shutout!
Surprisingly, pitching around Choo to get to Fielder works, sort of.
1/9th of the way to a shutout!
Well, got through that unscathed. Let's try getting ahead and getting the first batter out. I have a feeling that will prove more successful over the long run.
There goes your no-hitter!
All he does is break up no-hitters. I like it when he does it in the first inning the best.
We're through one inning and we're still tied!
4/27th of the way to a shutout!
No problem. We'll get those runs back easily. THE MINNESOTA TWINS ARE GOING TO WIN THIS BASE BALL GAME!!!!!
Elvis has left the building.
Andrus has 5 home runs this year, 2 against the Twins in 4 games (well, 3 plus 1 at-bat).
I'll be away from the computer the rest of the night, but before I go, I just want to reiterate that THE MINNESOTA TWINS ARE GOING TO WIN THIS BASE BALL GAME!!!!!
I am here. Let the winning begin.
Can we at least get some base runners with less than two outs? The guy has thrown 25 strikes to 22 balls and has retired 7 in a row. The only base runners came with two outs.
We got one!
Then he got picked off
TWINS BASEBALL!!
Hi everybody!
Hi, Dr. Meat!
Kyle Gibson, strikeout machine.
This is the first Sano at bat I've seen
And it was a success!
Well poop.
Escobar should have leaned into that one.... Never mind.
TWINS BASEBALL!!!!!
Doh. That was a specacular catch.
Damn.
Pfft. What have you done for me lately mauer?!?!?
We can haz runz?
Second sano at bat I've ever seen.
He's exciting. People are scared of him.
I'm getting this game at home because Nola is close to Arlington? I have no idea why the rangers are my fox broadcast, but it's awesome for me tonight.
Aren't the Astros on some regional version of NBC Sports? The one with the Rockets and there was some sort of financial boondoggle?
Omg!!!
MAUER!!!
(minute later)
SANOOOOOO!!!!!!
Great plate appearance by Sano. Certainly helps that he hit a ringing double.
Agreed on all counts.
Just a couple more feet and that would have been a ringing donger.
It's the second time he's hit a line drive off the facing of the overhang. TF is one of only a handful of ballparks that, that isn't a home run. I can think of Camden Yards, SF, Pittsburgh???
That was a rocket from Elvis.
Holy balls.
The Twins just needed a pep talk from Jeff.
We all could use a pep talk from Jeff.
Escobar got cleated a couple of times in that celebration.
I half expected him to somehow pull a Kendrys Morales there.
Suzuki scoring from 1st on a Escobar hit to walk-off. You all had that, right?
You have to misplay a ball pretty badly to allow Suzuki to score from first. Even if he got a jump because of the full count.
Choo absolutely butchered that ball.
To be fair, the ball took a wicked hop off the wall, but your point is a strong one.
Also, he was playing no-doubles defense, so he had longer to run than normal, so no-doubles defense allowed a double that wouldn't have been normally. Gotta love it.
Escobar for the win.
Man, I've missed baseball.
Looks like I picked the right half inning to watch
when Jeff A starts channeling New Guy, it's just unfair. The opposition has no chance against that kind of optimism.