Twins back battling the White Sox in the first game of a three game series. This was supposed to be the middle of the "easy" part of the schedule but the White Sox have been playing well lately and are now on track to lose less than 90 games this season. Lucas Giolito on the mound for the Sox and he has been anything but easy. 1.09 WHIP, 11.5 so/9 innings, batters with an OPS of .636 against Giolito this year. Plus he was just dominate against the Twins last week; they had no chance in Giolito's 3-hit, 9 shutout inning performance. Hopefully with some familiarity the Twins can get something going tonight. Pineda up for the Twins and you just never know with this guy. Fortunately the bullpen appears to be well rested.
Should be a gorgeous night for baseball tonight on the Southside. First pitch at 7:10p Cleveland plays Detroit this week so a good effort is needed to keep the hammer down on those dreaded Spiders.
An untimely uno from Eddie.
Ugh,Eddie is so frustrating. 17 pitches in 3 batters and another pop out on first pitch
And of course, Dazzle praised him for "being aggressive."
That's fine in the 9th when you need a homer to tie or win. In the 1st it's annoying
Ewww, Eddie. Cmon man
Is it just me or is the only feed available on mlb.tv the bitchsox feed?
The app on the TV won't give me anything; I have to cast from my phone :/
Arby's gets H. Jon Benjamin and yet, for some reason, still let frickin Bo Dietl even a half second of lines. Smdh.
A Mar-Winner!
That ball is Gonz!
Jeff's a winner!
And Schoop makes me a winner! Thanks again, random.org!
González and Schoop doing their part to increase the number of 20 HR hitters.
After pitch one of that at bat, I did not expect Schoop to do that on the second.
Yeah that was a brutal first swing
Twins have saturated the 8-bit counter, time to upgrade to 16.
I was a Genisis kid. (I still have it, too)
We had an SNES a decade later.
My best friend at the time had a Genesis, and I had an SNES, so we had both options available to us. I wanted to want a Genesis, but god, the flicker was intolerable. Ghouls n' Ghosts was essentially unplayable.
In other 16-bit news, I completed Super Metroid for about the seventh time today. Why not?
I mean, ghouls and ghosts was pretty much unplayable anyway. I recently bought a 3ds largely so I could play JRPG's and SNES games I missed.
You dont see that everyday.
Heads up play by the Twins to notice the runner didn't re-touch second.
That was the stupidest double play I have ever seen.
A rare good call by cowboy Joe, though
I don't think two will be enough. Let's get some more, boys!
O ye, of little faith. Two was plenty!
Yes, it was!
There'll be no complete game for Giolito tonight
McCann takes great care to adjust his pants and cup before every pitch.
So Dyson has looked quite a bit more competent since those first couple games.
before those first couple, too
NYY already with a HR in the first
Schoop's .161 RISP average trickles down a little more
Joe West looks like a Vogon.
not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous
whew
Hi everybody!
Eddie whisperer
Hi, Dr. Meat. Did you bring that run?
Progressive
Dang. Sweet catch there.
My usual experience with fibs is on the interstate, so that selfless giving off the broken bat to a Twins fan is surprising.
He may have just moved to the city.
Spectacular catch.
Strike three to Anderson was a fabulous pitch.
Filthy slider
Everything was filthy that inning. That's the Romo I remember from his heyday with Los Gigantes.
Terrific inning there for Romo. Loving that pickup.
I love that he also qualifies as a starter so I can sneak in an extra RP in my other fantasy league. Dern UncleWalt scooped him up in the WGOM league sadly...
One day late for National Dog Day, but bring out the puppies
Well there's an ending.
Glove save, and a beauty!
Yankees hit two homers today to keep pace. Twins up 9 with three games in hand