Some dude
v
Some other dude
Category Archives: Gamelog Archive
Archive for game logs from previous seasons.
The Joe Mauers 8, The No Mauers 2
Winning Streak: 1
Winning Pitcher: Correia (1-1)
Losing Pitcher: Blanton (0-3)
Joe Mauer either really likes honoring civil rights hero Jackie Robinson, or really hates him and wishes for the day to be called Joe Mauer Day with everyone wearing number 3s and fake sideburns. Either way, Mauer destroyed Angels' pitching and put in a good shift defensively as the Twins' bats came alive.
Correia also struck out 5(!) upping the starters' strikeout total by 25 percent. He was able to overcome a leadoff homer by Bourjos and another by [redacted] to pitch seven innings of 2 run baseball.
All in all, a satisfying victory for the home nine.
2013 Game 12: LA Seraphim at Minnesota Gemini
Three weeks ago I was pretty much done with taxes, except for entering one form that my daughter needed to provide. After weeks of nagging, she finally sent it to me last Friday. I plugged it into the old 1040 today, and my refund got a happy ending. What's the lesson? Perseverance pays off. Maybe if the Twins persevere for the next five and a half months they could win the division. Probably not. But it's a good bet it will all come down to the pitching.
Today is Jackie Robinson day around the major leagues and you might see a number 42 here or there. I'll be going to see the movie on Sunday, so no spoilers, please.
Today the Angels send right-hander Joe Blanton to the hill, while the Twins offer Kevin Correia. Blanton in his last start gave up six runs in just over five innings, while Correia gave up three runs in eight innings and carried a shutout through the first seven. One move of note for the Twins, Oswaldo Arcia is called up before tonight's game to replace Wilkin Ramirez, who went on the three-day paternity list Sunday. I didn't even know there was such a thing.
Game 11 Recap: The Rest of the Story
The Mets are sending out Matt Harvey, who looks something like the exact opposite of the type of pitcher the Twins batters want to be facing right now
-- nibbish, 2:38pm 4/14/2013 - Shortly before Matt Harvey proved himself to be an extremely good pitcher.
Matt Harvey is good, and Scott Diamond could use a few innings under his belt. At least Morneau crushed a home run, so I have a happy wife.
Also, I found it humorous that Chrissy Chrissy Parm Parm switched up his walkup music two days after he got a D- for "Thrift Shop". I do have to disagree with the article, though. No way Plouffe's is a mere C+. The snippet of "When The Levee Breaks" he has is all about that foreboding drum beat. Imagine you're the opposing pitcher, and you've just loaded the bases, and you hear those drums (well, after that, you have to face a batter whose most consistent way on base is through getting hit, but for at least a couple seconds you're freaking out).
According to RhuRu, we're going to win the next ten though (that is what you meant by the LWW theory, right?), so it's all gravy.
Game 11: Mets at Twins
Okay, fine. Those poor fans last night deserved their free hot chocolate...
Scott Diamond gets his first start of the season this afternoon. He's on my fantasy team, so I'm hoping for a two hit shutout and expecting something mildly Halladay-ish (unfortunately, I'm talking 2013-era Halladay, so...). The Mets are sending out Matt Harvey, who looks something like the exact opposite of the type of pitcher the Twins batters want to be facing right now - lots of strikeouts, and lots of fly balls. Hicks ought to have fun with that.
Either way, it has to be better than last night, right?
Leaderboards
At Bats - Mauer, t-10th (43)Triples - Dozier & Plouffe, t-5th (1)
Walks - Willingham, 2nd (9)
Strikeouts - Hicks, t-1st (17)*
Strikeouts - Willingham, t-8th (13)
Hit By Pitch - Plouffe, 1st (3)
Hit By Pitch - Willingham, t-2nd (2)
Hit By Pitch - Florimon & Doumit, t-8th (1)
Sacrifices - Dozier, t-2nd (1)
Sac Flies - Dozier, Plouffe, & Parmelee t-5th (1)
Caught Stealing - Escobar, Hicks, Parmelee, Dozier, & Mastroianni, t-3rd (1)*
Steal Success Rate - Plouffe, t-1st (100%)
Outs Made - Hicks, t-1st (38)
WPA - Escobar, 7th (0.6)*
rWAR For Pitchers - Correia, 8th (0.7)W/L % - Swarzack, Roenicke, and Perkins, t-1st (1.000)*
BB/9 - Correia, 6th (1.256)
Games Played - Duesnsing, t-2nd (6)
Saves - Perkins, t-6th (2)
Innings Pitched - Correia, 10th (14.1)
Games Started - Worley, t-1st (3)
Games Started - Pelfrey, Hendriks, & Correia, t-8th (2)
Hits Allowed - Worley, 1st (25)
HR/9 - Worley & Correia, t-1st (0.0)
Losses - Worley, t-1st (2)
Wild Pitches - Roenicke, Pressley, Swarzack, & Burton, t-9th (1)
Hit By Pitch - Hendriks, t-8th (1)
Batters Faced - Worley, 7th (65)
Games Finished - Perkins, t-3rd (4)
*At least Hicks is having a better season so far than Brett Wallace (.048/.091/.048 - and he's gotten his 17 strikeouts in twenty two plate appearances).* The Twins obviously lead the majors in being caught stealing - and have fewer successful steals than any other team that tries so often.
* Of course, he made a full 0.5 of that based off of one play.
* All relievers
2013 Game 10: Mets at Winter Wonderland
NWS predicts 35 degrees and dropping temperatures tonight. The Twins might be able to break the coldest game record two weeks into the season. They also predict the precipitation potential as holding at around 50% through the night, so this may be one of the few (only?) games where it actively snows.
Except for the freezing temperatures part compounded by lack of sun, some slight flurries might be preferable to rain. I am sure the players will take solace in that.
Jon "I'm from Ohio and snow is no big deal" Niese
vs
Vance "Sacramento doesn't get snow" Worley
From the Livejournal of Cole DeVries: Disabled List
April 11, 2013
Mood: 🙁 Despondent
Music: Fallout Boy - My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
Baseball is a cruel mistress and I just don't know if it’s even worth it anymore. I was so excited to be healthy for the start of the season and to be in the major league rotation. Now I feel like my Career is at a crossroads. I know it's just a forearm strain but what if I never heal? I am doing my rehab and the trainer says I'm doing good. I've heard that Coach Gardenhire wants me back in the rotation because he "likes my stuff." But this is so hard.
Continue reading From the Livejournal of Cole DeVries: Disabled List
2013 Game 9: Twins vs. KC
Hendriks vs. Davis
Keep your eyes on the sky.
Game 8: Turn on the Lights
Holy cats, a night game! (Maybe. If it isn't rained out, and based on the weather report, that's a very real possiblity.)
Mike Pelfrey vs. Jeremy Guthrie
My first ever game log and it comes against a Jeremy. Fortunately, it also comes in the second game of a series after an opening loss, so I expect a solid, 4-3 victory for the Twins tonight. Maybe. If it isn't rained out.
This will be the first start for Pelfrey since his Wichita State Shockers were removed from that thing that is named after March but not fully contained within March. Hopefully he's had enough time to get over the loss so he can throw some innings against the Royals.
More importantly, Hicks wasn't with the organization when the whole Jeremy curse began, so I fully expect him to hit two doubles and a home run tonight. More realistically, I don't. But, I've been hearing a load about sending him down to Rochester. I don't know his "make-up", but I don't see a problem with letting him hack his way through the whole season barring The Minnesota Curse injury. He can always gain confidence with the extra games against the Astros. Now, it'll be a different story when he strikes out in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 of the World Series. We'll cross that bridge when we get there, though.
Game 7: Twins 1, Loyalist Supporters of Dynastic Authority 3
WP: Santana(no, not that one) (1-1)
LP: Correia (0-1)
SV: Crow (1)
Unlike the vast majority of citizens, I grew up very far from Twins territory in the major league sports desert of Oklahoma. When I was a boy there were a couple of occasions where my family would meet my grandpa in KC to see a Twins game rather than going the full 12 hours to the Great White North.
One incident from one of those games stands out to me. It was the mid-90s. Two teams with nothing to play for met in front of a sparse crowd in a beautiful stadium. The crowd was antsy and uninspired. No doubt future Twins' legends Pat Meares and Matt Walbeck were on the field of play.
Suddenly from out of view a figure leaps over the right field fence from the stands. The crowd emerges out of their daydreaming and cheers for the unexpected turn of events. The obviously inebriated fan runs around second and then third and then slides headfirst into home. From somewhere in the upper deck an old Minnesota fan grumbles about the security being too lax. A Royals fan in the row in front of him turns around and loudly responds, 'He's wearing a Twins shirt!', pointing down to the drunken grinning idiot proudly wearing a 1991 World Series Champion T-shirt.
Old Minnesota Fan: 'That doesn't matter. We never have this problem at the Metrodome!'
Royals Fan: 'That's because the Metrodome sucks!'
OMF: 'It's better than this crummy place!'
The Royals fan balled up his fists and looked poised to swing, but came to his senses just in time that hitting a 70 year old man wasn't the best course of action, and sat back down talking very loudly about how the Twins sucked.
As a ten year old sitting next to my grandpa, that is still the closest I have ever been to getting into a fight. And it taught me some good lessons. Royals fan was right, the Metrodome did suck, and it wasn't anywhere close to Royals stadium. And of course the Twins didn't have a problem with people jumping over the right field fence at the Metrodome for obvious reasons. But dammit, that didn't matter. I was going to support my grandpa and be the best 10 year old and 70 year old duo of fighters around.
Watching this game reminded me of that near fight in the very same stadium. Correia worked a miracle by pitching 7 innings of scoreless baseball, by rights he should've been back in the clubhouse already showered, shaved, eating an early dinner and catching up on the Mad Men premiere on his iPad. But he was still out there against all reason and sense, into the eighth, tempting fate. And like my grandpa, Gardy let emotions get the best of him and kept him out there against all logic and common sense.
I don't remember who won that game so long ago, because both teams sucked and it didn't matter, and I learned that sometimes your support of a baseball team makes no rational sense, but it's still important to go out there and get into near fights with fans of other sucky teams for non-baseball related reasons.
GO TWINS!