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2012 Twins Game Log

2012 Game 28: Heavenly Host at Gemini

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First Pitch - 7:10 PM CDT
Television - FSN
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Jeebus, did the guys at the MLB Genius Bar secretly realign divisions and put us back in the AL West? This makes three series against this stupid Angels team in just over a month. Know how many series we've had against division opponents in that time? One. So yeah, I'm sick and tired of Torii Hunter kicking our collective ass (stop throwing him breaking balls in the strike zone, already!) and having to counter real starting pitching with our currently constituted rotation. It's like charging the beaches of Normandy with a slingshot and a bag of marshmallows for ammo. Oh, and Pujols is starting to hit the ball again. So we have that to look forward to. On the bright side, our offense this year is better than Oakland's. But on the dark side, they are the only AL team with an offense worse than the Twins at the moment.

ON THE HILL

Jered Weaver (4-0, 1.61 ERA, 2.00 FIP, 2.88 xFIP) - Last time out this guy threw a no-hitter. He was one walk and one passed ball from a perfect game. To be fair, he was facing one of the worst hitting lineups since the '62 Mets, but you have to tip your hat anyway. Weaver is the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter, then face the same team in his next start since Derek Lowe did it in 2002.

Francisco Liriano (0-4, 9.97 ERA, 6.75 FIP, 5.44 xFIP, ) - This guy is yet another reminder that spring training hype has all the substance of a popcorn fart. By now everybody except Liriano knows what Liriano's problem is. If pitching smarts were chocolate density, the F-Bomb would be a Three Musketeers bar. Because consistently overthrowing sliders when you get behind in the count only gets you further behind in the count. Consistently.

Play ball!

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Game 27: Minnesota 2, Seattle 5

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Blackburn is 0-4.

Ryan Doumit hit 2 home runs. They accounted for the only 2 runs and, with his 4th inning single, he accounted for 60% of the Twins' hits in the game. EDIT - He also walked.

Mountie to the DL.

Dozier & Diamond up from Rochester tomorrow.

Butters on a major league club is beyond ssstupid.

That is all.

I lied, that is not all. I don't like having to work at watching baseball...but I'm almost there and we're only 27 games in.

2012 Twins Game Recaps

Game 26 Recap: Twins @ M’s

On the surface, this looks like a tough matchup. On all the other levels, it looks like one, too.

mmhmmm...

On the surface, Marquis giving up two runs in six innings sounds decent enough, but he walked six in his six innings, along with the four hits that he scattered, so without the three double plays, this could've been a lost worse.

Luckily, the Twins got a hit (just one, though) to make sure they didn't get no hit twice in a week.

Golly this team is fun to watch right now.

2012 Twins Game Log

Game 26: Twins @ Mariners

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I'm stuck painting my office all day, so I'm going to quarter bake this game log. It's too bad, really, because after last night, it feels like our favorite team deserves half baked, at least. What can you do, though?

Perennial Cy Young candidate (and one time winner) Felix Hernandez takes on perennial DFA candidate (and current 2-0 staff ace) Jason Marquis. On the surface, this looks like a tough matchup. On all the other levels, it looks like one, too.

So, um... Go Twins! I'm going to go put on a second coat.