Ivan Nova
vs
Jake Odorizzi
Odorizzi gets to try again at pitching in a game. He's done well against the White Sox this year, his only loss coming in a game where the other starter did pretty well.
Nova has also done well against the Twins this year. He has a 5.06 ERA for the season and a 3.12 versus the Twins.
The Twins are projected for 99.9 wins now and could be the underdog in every series.
No parkour on the National Anthem tonite (yay), but a key change midstream (weird) and a flip at the end.
Key changes are cool, but not if everyone singing along is unaware that it's happening.
In the tenor section, the battle cry "modulate!" rings out when a piece hits key changes, because they're ALWAYS to a higher key, to our chagrin
Definitely a Minnesota bias to the new Geico ad
Yeah, that looked like Lake Superior, definately.
Har - Southsiders have a No-No going with 3 pitchers.
What do they split the no-hitter?
Yes, but it's not going to matter this game
Odo getting no love from his offense here. I'd like to think he can keep this up, but come on, huh?
Some superb painting tonight by Odorizzi.
Odorizzi gets another inning - maybe.
Well Stashak made that look easy
Because Sleestak crystals,.
Sareesataka! Sareesataka!
Tigers/Spiders heading to extras
That works!
Eddie giveth
Well, no Twin has been worse this season with the bases loaded than Schoop.
Heh, Baldelli doesn't trust him either
Spiders walk-off the Tigers. Angels beat the Yankees, holding them to only one homer.
Eddie taketh
Third out at third - must be Eddie.
Eddie! Eddie? Eddie 😔
Sigh.
Okay, yeah, it was a 0-2 count, but way too much strike zone
Alright, can we do this two nights in a row?
Narrator: "they could not."
If by "this" you mean get good pitching, and by "two nights in a row" you mean tonight and tomorrow, then I hope so.
Twins pitching had 14 Ks and 1 BB and 13 ground balls and 2 fly balls. Can't do much better than that. Batters had 5 Ks and 5 BBs. They were 3-for-24 on balls in play. This is why any single game is a crapshoot.
We were at the game. We saw an awful lot of atom balls, so yeah, either real good defensive positioning or just bad luck.
The last couple of innings, in particular, they seemed to be hitting everything hard -- but right at someone.
Savant has the Twins with an xBA of .176 versus .252 for the White Sox. There was a lot of weak contact in the game for the Twins. There were some hard hits that turned into outs, but nothing notable. The Twins were a bit unlucky while the White Sox were a bit lucky. They also hit a few balls over the fence.
so you're saying homers are good?