Sorry for the half-baked game log, I’m doing it from my phone in Duluth. I’ve been a bit distraught about the injury to Arraez, but it sounds like maybe the ankle can be ready by Friday. One of the perks of winning the division, extra time to recover and prepare. I don’t know who is pitching today, it’s a meaningless game, and my team has done way more than I expected of them back in March. Now, if they can just do that in the playoffs. Play ball!
Disappoint Adrianza didnt start himself and be a player/manager for a day
IT'S STARTING!!
IT'S CONTINUING!!
Keep em coming fellas
bombas!
Keep em comin' fellas
You aren't kidding about the luxury of having days off - we were really hosed in past post seasons with lack of off days and quick turnaround. Even better, we're winning these late season games that have less than the optimum lineups/pitching.
Oh FFS. Marlins man is not the kind of attention I want the twins to get.
Okay, only nine more TB for the season record; up by 1 HR over the Yankees, and up by 2 RBI over the Yanks, and down by 4 runs to the Yanks
Why are we throwing strikes to Soler? I think half of his HR are against us
Because Perez just can't help himself.
Hits to pass BOS. Check
HR/RBI to pass NYY. Check
SLG to pass HOU. Check
More like that!
8 bases left to break 2003 Boston record
R to pass NYY
Looks like another bullpen game.
Those have worked out okay, though
I definitely trust the september call up bullpen guys a lot more than I do Perez at this point.
this is comment #350,000, by the way.
Corey, if you think the fans didn't acknowledge Gordon as much as you expected, it was just his first AB. It's whenever his last AB is today that they'll give him props.
Judge homers.
All tied at 306.
Whoda thunk we'd be scoreboard watching for the home run record?
I'm seeing a drop off in urgency with the Twins' lineup. Light a fire under them, Ehire!
I would prefer to not see Perez anywhere near a playoff rotation spot.
CASTRO!!!!
I'm 1/3 of the way to my Mega HR Millions!
Castro'd
2 more bases to break the record
5 innings gone.
Red Sox - 5 hits (1547)
Twins - 5 hits (1546)
Twins need 2 HR and a double in their next 3 at bats to catch Houston in SLG.
Congrats to adrianza on his first career pitching change.
Come on Rangers pitchers! *don't kiss sister, don't kiss sister...*
Rangers need to stop scoring runs. I don't want Yankees to get a bunch of at-bat against September call-ups because they are so far behind.
Pulling out the rally braunschweiger to try to get some more dingers.
A miserable failure.
But you got to eat braunschweiger, so win/lose.
True. It was some pretty good braunschweiger.
I’m sitting here counting down Yankee outs like a dork
Six to go. Come on Tex-ahss
You aren’t the only one....
Lynn through 7, 1 run allowed. Might get the 8th.
Are we currently tied for the TB record?
I think so?
T E N S I O N
Yes indeed.
The fact the Twins take the lead in HR race using spring training lineup at Kauffman while the Yankees use their normal lineup in Texas is just crazy and a good example of why it is such an amazing sport.
I'd still trade it for their dozen more games against Baltimore!
To be fair, Detroit.
no, not fair. we hit 23 in six games against Baltimore; 38 in 19 games vs Detroit; NYY hit 12 in six games vs. Detroit and 61 in 19 games against Baltimore
well, hell, we still gotta win this one, guys!
Adrianza is warming Romero up, so apparently he disagrees with you.
Extra innings, more time for bombas!
oookay...
Silver lining
I don't even care about the win (101 wins is still really frickin cool.) I'm HR record or bust right now.
Only three more outs for that other team
Ford, Frazier, Gardner
Gardner's gonna dong one.
As he is my absolute least favorite player in the league, I hate you for suggesting this.
It seems obvious.
I mean, yeah. I still hate it though.
I had a much needed nap this afternoon. This HR race thing is a nice circumstance to wake up to.
One down
One left.
WOOOOOOOOOO!
Done!!
YES! SUCK IT, YANKS! *hoists HR trophy*
!
Ho. Lee. Crap. The Twins are the most home run hittingest team ever.
I mean, right?!?!?!?!?!
Can't believe it. What a team.
I mean, right?!?!?
Praise Jeebus.
How are we doing on our goals for the day?
102 wins: no
HR total: YES!
RBI total:
R total:
TB record:
SLG%:
Houston got up to .495, while Twins held steady at .494
With the commissioner talking about changing the ball, this could be a record that lasts a very long time.
That is exactly why I wanted this so bad.
High fives all around.
I'm okay with 101 wins and giving Yost a nice little send off, we got the HR record which was all I cared about today, baseball-wise.
Ended the season at 939 runs. That is a lot.
Set the franchise record for runs scored but finished second all-time in runs per game at 5.80, just behind the 5.81 runs per game by the 1936 Senators. The average runs scored in the AL in 1936 was 5.67 so definitely a different era.
dang, so close
also, the team score all those runs, yet only had one 100+ runs scored player (Polonco)
I kinda of like that Garver broke the old record and Castro set the new one. Catcher dingers FTW!
Considering Castro’s homerless drought, it’s all the sweeter.
Cron, Castro, and Cave had all been in droughts
Looking through Twitter, it appears Yankees fans were far more upset at Alonso beating Judge's rookie record than losing the team record to the Twins.
Yeah, I was happy to see that one as well
Losing a record to the Mets must be a little extra lemon juice on the burn.
If those three he hit against the Twins weren't enough, that one against the Yanks was sweet