Just saw a guy walk by wearing a "Bring Back the Trees" shirt. That's a new one. Oh, and I also spotted a Tyny jersey.
28 thoughts on “Game 144: Yankees at Twins”
Took until the second batter, but yes, he can! Took until the second batter of the second inning before he did it again but retired the third batter on only three pitches too!
Astudillo in for Garver to start the third. What happened?
Foul tip to the head during Voit at bat.
Severino just had a five pitch inning. Odorizzi has thrown at least that many pitches to seven of the ten batters so far.
It's worth it if he no-hits them for his six innings.
And he's done just that with 102 pitches.
Controversy in the Mascot Race as three involved in huge collision.
Three really loud outs that inning. I bet he gets the first two batters in the seventh, but plan B better be active.
It's been 38 years since the Twins have won a 1-0 game against the Yankees
Haha, Morneau on Robertson: “He used to tip his pitches. I had an at bat where I knew every single pitch he was throwing.
"I still struck out."
The Tortuga was chugging
His sprint speed is 24.6 ft/s. It's above Bobby Wilson's 23.8 ft/s. That is also the only Twin he's faster than.
He combines the girth of JI JIM with the tiny strides of Nick Punto.
My grandma was talking about him and was talking about how much she liked watching him play but that "he's very.............rotund"
I kept a weather eye on the boxscore in choir tonight. None of the Cardinals fans here could see any problem with the Twins taking it to the Yankees.
If only there was a lefty warmed up when Voit walked...
Stupid no-hitter means Odorizzi gets to tie a career high in pitches thrown. Funny enough, it was against the Twins in 2016. His next highest total was 118, also against the Twins in 2017.
I really hope Molitor was just trying to get through the 8th with Odorizzi. There should have been no thought of him completing the game even with the no-hitter going. It makes sense that he didn't want to use Rogers for more than one or two batters and Hildy for more than 4 outs since they pitched quite a lot lately.
My thoughts are that there's still not a ton of evidence that supports the idea that 100 pitches is A-OK, but 110 pitches is instant armdeath. It's late in a lost season, they've got a 3 run lead, and he'd help them to basically nothing all night. You may as well give him a chance to do it.
Molitor, normally leery of extending a pitcher beyond about 110 pitches, said he was willing to allow Odorizzi to go as far as he wanted, even the ninth inning if the no-hitter was still intact.
Wow. Gardy took Johan out after 17 Ks in 8 innings and only 112 pitches. Molitor in many ways is more Old School than Gardy.
I don't have a problem with this. Season is almost over, he's a veteran. You could skip him a start or two or heck shut him down if need be.
Dido to all of this.
Also, Odorizzi is not Johan Santana.
Who probably had his career ended by a similar event. Admittedly, he missed the year before but he was doing quite well up until his no-hitter.
Would a healthy Rosario have been able to catch that double? Grossman missed one in the first inning that I was sure a healthy Rosario would have caught easily. It was just a foul ball, but it extended the at-bat several pitches.
I was surprised that Odorizzi was even allowed to start the 8th. I thought they might take him out after the walk as well.
Nah, that double was landing regardless of the leftfielder
I saw the replay. I agree. The only person that might have had a shot would have been Buxton, but it would have been a spectacular catch.
Took until the second batter, but yes, he can! Took until the second batter of the second inning before he did it again but retired the third batter on only three pitches too!
Astudillo in for Garver to start the third. What happened?
Foul tip to the head during Voit at bat.
Severino just had a five pitch inning. Odorizzi has thrown at least that many pitches to seven of the ten batters so far.
It's worth it if he no-hits them for his six innings.
And he's done just that with 102 pitches.
Controversy in the Mascot Race as three involved in huge collision.
Three really loud outs that inning. I bet he gets the first two batters in the seventh, but plan B better be active.
It's been 38 years since the Twins have won a 1-0 game against the Yankees
10 years since the Yankees were shut out by the Twins.
Haha, Morneau on Robertson: “He used to tip his pitches. I had an at bat where I knew every single pitch he was throwing.
"I still struck out."
The Tortuga was chugging
His sprint speed is 24.6 ft/s. It's above Bobby Wilson's 23.8 ft/s. That is also the only Twin he's faster than.
He combines the girth of JI JIM with the tiny strides of Nick Punto.
My grandma was talking about him and was talking about how much she liked watching him play but that "he's very.............rotund"
I kept a weather eye on the boxscore in choir tonight. None of the Cardinals fans here could see any problem with the Twins taking it to the Yankees.
If only there was a lefty warmed up when Voit walked...
Stupid no-hitter means Odorizzi gets to tie a career high in pitches thrown. Funny enough, it was against the Twins in 2016. His next highest total was 118, also against the Twins in 2017.
I really hope Molitor was just trying to get through the 8th with Odorizzi. There should have been no thought of him completing the game even with the no-hitter going. It makes sense that he didn't want to use Rogers for more than one or two batters and Hildy for more than 4 outs since they pitched quite a lot lately.
My thoughts are that there's still not a ton of evidence that supports the idea that 100 pitches is A-OK, but 110 pitches is instant armdeath. It's late in a lost season, they've got a 3 run lead, and he'd help them to basically nothing all night. You may as well give him a chance to do it.
Wow. Gardy took Johan out after 17 Ks in 8 innings and only 112 pitches. Molitor in many ways is more Old School than Gardy.
I don't have a problem with this. Season is almost over, he's a veteran. You could skip him a start or two or heck shut him down if need be.
Dido to all of this.
Also, Odorizzi is not Johan Santana.
Who probably had his career ended by a similar event. Admittedly, he missed the year before but he was doing quite well up until his no-hitter.
Would a healthy Rosario have been able to catch that double? Grossman missed one in the first inning that I was sure a healthy Rosario would have caught easily. It was just a foul ball, but it extended the at-bat several pitches.
I was surprised that Odorizzi was even allowed to start the 8th. I thought they might take him out after the walk as well.
Nah, that double was landing regardless of the leftfielder
I saw the replay. I agree. The only person that might have had a shot would have been Buxton, but it would have been a spectacular catch.