Archive for game logs from previous seasons.
The Twins won yesterday! That had been a while. Of course, I didn't see a single minute of it because of circumstance, but I suppose I'm glad it happened.
It's Pelfrey vs. Scherzer today, so let's temper our expectations even more than normal.
I'd add more here, but I just woke up after a very satisfying night's sleep for once and I really don't have time. Go Twins, and all that.
And so, the Twins pushed their losing streak to...
Wait.
They won?
Would you look at that...
The losing streak has reached double digits! Can the Twins press on toward the greater glory on a 30 game losing streak? Can P.J. Walters make some sort of difference against a Tigers lineup that looks like they're having way too much fun in this series? Will Doug Fister give up fewer hits today than Anibal Sanchez did last night? Will Bioshock Infinite prove to be too tempting for me to resist?
Tune in and see - or watch QVC or something.
Twins on Leaderboards
Position Players rWAR - Mauer, 6th (2.2)
Offensive rWAR - Mauer, 10th (1.7)
Batting Average - Mauer, 5th (.337)
OBP - Mauer, 5th (.412)
Hits - Mauer, 9th (58)
Doubles - Mauer, 3rd (17)
Triples - Dozier, t-6th (2)
Walks - Willingham, 6th (27)
OPS+ - Mauer, 9th (143)
Times on Base - Mauer, t-6th (80)
Hit By Pitch - Willingham, 1st (7)
Hit By Pitch - Plouffe, t-3rd (5)
Sacrifices - Dozier, t-10th (2)
Sac Flies - Morneau, t-3rd (4)
Sac Flies - Doumit, t-7th (3)
Intentional Walks - Mauer, t-4th (4)
Caught Stealing - Dozier, t-5th (3)
Stolen Base % - Florimon, t-1st (100%)
BB/9 - Correia, 3rd (1.405)
Games Pitched - Fien, t-4th (23)
Games Pitched - Burton, t-10th (22)
Saves - Perkins, t-10th (8)
Games Started - Worley, t-2nd (10)
Hits Allowed - Worley, 2nd (82)
Hits Allowed - Correia, 8th (66)
Losses - Worley, t-5th (5)
Earned Runs Allowed - Worley, t-2nd (39)
Games Finished - Perkins, t-8th (14)
Samuel Deduno
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Anibal Sanchez
Let's hope Deduno didn't forget his WBC magic tonight.
Scott Diamond
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Rick Porcello
Gamelog just in case people want to experience more losing.
Ah, bad teams have such a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Welcome back to Tuesday starts, Pelf!
Pelfrey (3-4, 6.57 ERA) vs. Tim Hudson (4-3, 5.12 ERA)
Boy, apathy is really starting to set in for me already. Amazing what two years of losing, a 6-game losing streak and the furious return of the assbats can do for a man's patience, which could be why I keep forgetting I have Tuesday game logs.
Anyway, as I was struggling for words for this game log, Buffalo reminded me that tonight is the NBA lottery. I always get unreasonably excited to see which terrible spot the Wolves end up. Will they fall below their expected slot? Will they move up only to be slotted one pick after they can reasonably be expected to select the guy that will actually help the team? Stay tuned.
Winning Streak: -6
Days Since Joe Mauer was booed for the Twins' sins: probably 1
Days Until the Universe folds in on itself: days will no longer be relevent since the Earth will be long destroyed
Days Until this losing streak is over: 1 day after that
It's been a long week since the Twins started losing last Tuesday. It's hard to remember since the pups came out and the fireworks were lit. But some day the sun will shine again. The ass-bats will explode into splinters and the gopher balls will dip and dive and swerve around opposing bats.
Until then though keep your head down. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
I'm trying to imagine what it must be like to have a a tornado more than a mile wide with winds up to 300 miles per hour bearing down on you. The worst of the storm that devastated Moore, OK went south of where my Oklahoma City relatives live, and it's a bad one. Best wishes to everyone in the storm's path.
After a pretty miserable home stand against teams with stocking fetishes, the Twins take to the road for a little interleague play. The last time the Twins played the Braves in Atlanta the two teams were locked in an epic and immortal clash of talent and will to claim the world championship of baseball. This series doesn't promise to hold the same level of drama and intensity as that one.
To start this one off the Twins will trot Kevin Correia to the mound. With a a 4-3 record and a 3.35 ERA he's been as solid a starting pitcher as we have so far this year, and with all his time in the National League he should be able to avoid looking completely lost with a bat in his hand. The Braves send Julio Teheran to the mound tonight. Just 22 years old, Teheran has posted a 14-to-1 K/BB rate in his last 25 innings pitched, which would seem to indicate a decent level of control. We'll see.
Play ball!
Joe Mauer did not continue his hit streak and struck out 3 times, the last one coming in the 8th with the bases full of Twins.
Petunia homered with a little help from Consensual Pork...I'm not in the mood to look, but hasn't this happened to Josh before?
Our boys are now on a five-game skid with a record of 18-22, good for last in the AL Central, though still only 6 games behind first place Cleveland.
Next up, the Twins head to Atlanta for some interleague play. Lucky for them, the front office brought in some NL pitchers during the offseason for just such an occasion. Hey, at least the #9 hitter sporting a .119 average isn't named Butters!