I just flew home from San Antonio and boy are my arms tired. Gibson pitches today, so be prepared to see him throw 25 nibblers an inning and hit the showers after 4 or 5. Not that it matters much since our bullpen can't hold a lead to save their frigging lives. This Twins team has a lot of position talent, but the pitching is a damn landfill fire.
Play ball!
Well, it's official. Our favored team needs to play better than .500 the rest of the way out to avoid 100 losses. I don't feel that it's particularly doable, but hope springs eternal and all that.
Today, the twins take on the mestball. Our only decent starter goes up against a rookie who had a 4.28 ERA in the minors. My hopes for this one are modest - Brian Dozier hits three home runs, and Mauer hits a walkoff grand slam to cap off Santana's 13k no hit shutout.
The Twins will probably lose this one because they are not facing Mike Pelfrey.
Jose "oh man his ERA is how high?" Berrios goes for the Twins, the ancient one Bartolo "He stole Johan's Cy Young Award" Colon for the Mets.
Enjoy the game.
Welcome back, Mike Pelf...oh. Bye, then!
DOZIER
What’s left to say? Twins play the Tigers in their long slog toward 100 loses. Gibby on the mound. Wouldn’t it be nice if he got a win -- upping his record to 6-9? Sorry, I got nothing else. Tigers in the prowl for a playoff spot, so there’s that.
It's Monday. I'm hungover. The Twins are still sucking hard. But, oh well. At this point, not much more to do than run out the clock.
(Hmm, well that's not very cheery. I should try to make this a little more optimistic.)
Fresh off the sucktacular game against the Tribe yesterday, the Twins head off on a 7-game road trip against the Tigers and the Mets. The Twins have lost 10 consecutive road games, good for the fifth longest streak in franchise history. The last time the Twins won a road game was almost a month ago in Atlanta.
(Damnit, that wasn't much better. Okay, there's got to be something nice to say somewhere at the bottom of the barrel here.)
Hopes aren't high for turning it around tonight either as they're 2-10 against the Tigers this year while getting absolutely shellacked in the process (the season series is currently scored at 71-43). Mauer, one of the few bright spots on the team at Comerica, isn't in the lineup tonight.
(Dude, why are you even trying anymore?)
Miggy and Victor hold spots 1 and 2 respectively for most HRs against the Twins by an active player. In addition to both of them having great seasons against the Twins, Justin Upton has been smacking them around for at a .404 clip with nine runs scored, two doubles, three HRs and eight RsBI.
(...)
Oh, sorry. Uhh... one more HR from Dozier will make him the second player in Twins history with 40+ HRs. Let's root for that, I guess. Also, Santana's pitching tonight, so it might not be as bad as usual...?
(Umm, thanks, I guess.)
Continue reading 2016 Game 122 – Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
First pitch 1:10 p.m.
Jose Berrios (2-5, 9.21 ERA, 41 K, 1.976 WHIP)
Corey Kluber (15-9, 3.16 ERA, 198 K, 1.044 WHIP)
If Corey Kluber were to have any pitching advice to offer Jose Berrios, I imagine it would go something like: "Trust your stuff. Work fast, throw strikes, change speeds. And don't let so many fucking guys on base."
Play ball!
Joe has already launched a home run. Duffy has already gone an inning without giving up a run. I'm willing to call this game a win, either way.
Game in progress! Dozier does not have a home run. Butera does.
