2015 Twins Game Recaps

Game 122 recap. Twins 4 Baltimore 3

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The Yahoo! Play By Play recap for the 8th inning went like this

 

Darren O'Day

pitching

Miguel Sano walked
Trevor Plouffe singled to shallow right,  Miguel Sano to second
Torii Hunter hit by pitch,  Miguel Sano to third, Trevor Plouffe to second
Eddie Rosario hit sacrifice fly to right,
Miguel Sano scored, Trevor Plouffe to third. Torii Hunter to second advancing on throw
Kurt Suzuki singled to shallow right center, Trevor Plouffe and Torii Hunter scored

PIRANHA BALL IS BACK BABY!

Tommy Milone pitched well, just had literally three bad pitches in a row (single, single, hanging curveball for a home run on), but was pulled after running out of gas in the 6th. The bullpen was excellent with Fein putting out the fire in the 6th, getting outs in the 7th. Trevor May in the 8th and Kevin Jepsen struck out the side in the 9th. The Twins will try to build on their modest 2 game win streak Saturday.

NOTES

The Twins added some bullpen help by acquiring Neal Cotts from Milwaukee. AJ Acther is being sent down. I imagine he'll be back when rosters expand.

Did Brian Dozier score a run? NO Dozier went 1-5 with 4 LOB. He is stuck on 84 runs scored good for 2ns in the AL

Miguel Sano scored twice, and is now up to 25 runs in 42 games. Thats a pretty good rate!

6 thoughts on “Game 122 recap. Twins 4 Baltimore 3”

  1. Don't know how bad the HR pitch was. Milone had given up back-to-back singles on fastballs early in the count to previous two hitters, so he went to a first-pitch curveball to a left-handed batter. 9 times out of 10, a batter is going to take the curve on the first pitch because they're looking for a fastball, especially left on left. Milone had "left it up" because he was trying to just get a strike to get ahead of the hitter. For whatever reason, he swung at it and hit it out. Then again, he swung and missed at three straight curves from May in the 8th, but at least May didn't throw it like he was just trying to get a strike.

    1. Bert Blyleven called it a hanging curve. I figured he is an authority on curve balls. :shruglife:

      2. He was impressed with Duffman's curve. Did you see the in-game interview with him during this game? The whole time Big Pelf and Perk were pelting him with sunflower seeds. Bert even had him show off his grip.

        1. Yeah, that was hilarious. You could tell Duffey wanted to yell at string of expletives at those guys but couldnt.

          That curve ball grip is a bit funky, but glad it works.

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