2013 Twins Game Log

2013 Game 35: Pale Hosers at Twins

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I used to love to hate the White Sox, but that fiery passion has cooled considerably in the past few years. Now I just like to dislike them. For this I blame Ozzie Guillen, who somehow against all odds and expectations brought a new level of civility and respect to the formerly fierce and nasty rivalry. I blame Ozzie because this is America, and we all know that in America the way a person feels about anything can never, ever, ever be blamed on the person doing the feeling; it must be either God's will or somebody else's fault. Ozzie's outspoken admiration for the Twins' brand of baseball during his Chicago tenure cowed the South Side trash talkers, and for that I don't think I can ever forgive him.

After a disappointing weekend series loss to Baltimore, the Twins will try to right the ship tonight, but based on the last pitching performances of tonight's lefty starters, they'll be sailing into a stiff wind. The Twins send Pedro Hernandez to the mound. In his last turn at the rudder, Pedro gave up six runs on eight hits in just two innings, his worst performance ever in The Show, and saw his ERA balloon to a 5.96 mark. Not horrible, but certainly going in the wrong direction. Hector Santiago takes the ball to the pitching deck for the Albescent Stockings. In his last start he tossed seven shutout innings and struck out eight to stymie the Mets and Matt Harvey, who yielded just one hit in nine innings but failed to notch the win. A guy can cut steel with luck that hard. Advantage: White Sox.

On the other side of the coin, the Twins offense has really come alive in the month of May. Well, the part of the offense where they stand in the batter's box and swing the bat has. That part of the offense where the players on base successfully run to the next base without recording an out has left a little something to be desired. Still, it's been fun watching Joe Mauer smoke the ball all over the field. Morneau is also back on the ball and making much better contact (albeit a bit underpowered), and even Aaron Hicks has managed to elevate his hitting to something near enough the Mendoza line that he can almost spit on it. So we got that going for us, which is nice.

Play ball!

112 thoughts on “2013 Game 35: Pale Hosers at Twins”

  4. Is Gibson ready, DeVries? Anybody? I don't how much more Pedro I can take.

  19. Wow...what is it about the Twins that seems to bring out the worst in opposing fielders?

  25. Doesn't seem right, someone other than AJ with the ChiSox catchers gear on.

  27. Sweet Baby Mauer, I found a way to watch the game without either announcing crew, just the ambient stadium noise. FIrst you'll need Ubuntu, then install mlbviewer.

    1. It seems mlbviewer is slightly delayed, no more than about 7-10 seconds, but it is

      a) a lot less resource intensive and
      b) I don't have to listen to either announcing crew

      1. if i remember correctly, the stadium noise audio is an option if you select the home team's feed and then change the audio option.

  31. man oh man, the sound of the crack of the bat on that HR was super sweet

  39. Is it just me, or does this new Twins radio station suck? The only place I seem to get reception is in the car. Not one of my radios at home will even pick it up!

    1. You think that's bad, try listening when there's no game on. The music mix is horrid.

      1. I restarted the application, and now I'm ahead of the MLB.tv browser feed by a few seconds. I probably inadvertently messed something up while fiddling with the controls.

    1. the best part is that he didnt show the baseball for about 3 minutes after the catch. what a showoff!

  55. Hicks game tonight has me pondering a 2015 lineup?

    Buxton
    Mauer
    Hicks
    Sano
    Arcia
    Free Agent DH
    Chicken Parm
    Rosario
    Santana/Goodrum

  69. whoa

    Dustin Morse ‏@Twins_morsecode
    Justin Morneau is now 6-for-7 with 13 RBI with the bases loaded this season. #MNTwins

      1. Puppy stampede! that one needs to be bookmarked as a permanent for wins over the ChiSux.

  72. Pedro Hernandez says "Kyle who?" Hank Aaron Hicks gets it going. Like a half dozen puppies, the Justin Morneau RBIs with the bases loaded just keep coming and coming. We're still on track for 145-17!

    1. Game recap says "Pedro who?"

      Chicago cut the lead to 5-3 in the sixth. Josh Roenicke replaced starter Pablo Hernandez (2-0) and struck out Dayan Viciedo with a runner on third. But Adam Dunn rocked a 1-1 pitch to center that appeared to be a sure home run.

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