2016 Twins Game Logs

Game 32: Orioles at Minnesota Twins

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IT RAINED FOR four years, eleven months, and two days. There were periods of drizzle during which everyone put on his full dress and a convalescent look to celebrate the clearing, but the people soon grew accustomed to interpret the pauses as a sign of redoubled rain…  The worst part was that the rain was affecting everything and the driest of machines would have flowers popping out among their gears if they were not oiled every three days, and the threads in brocades rusted, and wet clothing would break out in a rash of saffron-colored moss. The air was so damp that fish could have come in through the doors and swum out the windows, floating through the atmosphere in the rooms.  -- Dave St. Peter channeling Gabriel Garcia Marquez

O.k.  Maybe it’s not that bad, but another rainy day must mean another Twin game at Target Field.  Jose Berrios on the mound and maybe Molitor has Mauer batting lead off again.  First pitch at 7:10p. I think it’s time to win a game again and appease the Titans (Puckett and Killebrew) whose tears have rained down upon us these last few days.

33 thoughts on “Game 32: Orioles at Minnesota Twins”

  3. If Berrios can hold the Orioles scoreless the rest of the way, he has a good chance to get a no-decision.

  4. One thing Berrios has got to work on is not taking 70 pitches to get 12 outs.

    1. It seems to me that a lot of young pitchers have that problem. There can be a variety of reasons. Sometimes they nibble too much, sometimes they throw pitches that minor league hitters would chase but major league hitters won't, sometimes their stuff isn't quite good enough to put major league hitters away yet, so they get a lot of two-strike foul balls. I'm sure there could be a lot of other reasons, too. I think, as he gains more experience and continues to mature, Berrios will get better at that.

    2. If he goes 60 pitches to get 12 outs, that would leave him on pace to go 7 innings on 105 pitches, so he's only 10 off. Berrios could have gone six innings but they pulled him at just 91 pitches, which I have no problem with. Protecting so a good, young arm should be a high priority. As long as he's allowed to continue pitching at this level as a starter, then that's fine.

  5. Since solo homers don't hurt you, I assume the Twins are going to come back and at least tie the game.

  13. Coming into the game the Twins catchers are slashing .160/.209/.217/.426
    pitchers are slashing .167/.231/.167/.397

  15. I can't imagine [that one guy from back in the day] being much worse than this clown.

  17. Just looked up Chih-Wei Hu's stats for the first time this season. Seems he got knocked around a bit in his very first AAA start but he was mowing 'em down in AA.

    1. His strikeout rate also jumped after being traded to the Rays. Looks like the walk rate also bumped up slightly.

  19. This was the sort of game that might make me stop watching. You can't keep pulling the football away and expect the fans to keep Charlie Browning it.

    1. On the one hand, that's a great reference. On the other hand, Arcia did kick the ball, so it's not exactly apt.

  22. The Twins are now 14 games back of 1st place.

    I'm thinking they may not make the World Series this year.

    1. The 1914 Braves were fifteen games out of first on the Fourth of July. They finished the season 70-19 and won the pennant by 10.5 games. And all we have to do is get the Wild Card!

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