Uh, if anybody wants a game log, here you go.
Minor Details: Games of 8/16
Lehigh Valley 5, Rochester 2 in Lehigh Valley. The IronPigs scored three in the eighth to put the game away. Rene Rivera singled and homered. Dustin Martin singled and doubled. Chase Lambin and Brian Dinkelman each had two hits. Luke Hughes hit a home run. Liam Hendriks took a tough loss, giving up two runs on six hits and no walks in six innings.
Binghamton 17, New Britain 5 in Binghamton. The Mets led 8-0 after three innings. Chris Parmelee singled and homered, his twelfth. Chris Herrmann had two hits. David Bromberg surrendered eight runs on eight hits and four walks in 2.2 innings.
Jupiter 7, Ft. Myers 1 in Jupiter. The game was tied 1-1 after four, then the Hammerheads scored two in each of the next three innings. James Beresford had two hits. Alex Wimmers made his first start since opening day, giving up a run on two hits and three walks while striking out four in four innings. Cole Nelson made his debut in the Twins organization and took the loss, yielding two runs on a hit and three walks in one inning.
Beloit. No games scheduled.
Elizabethton 5, Bristol 1 in Elizabethton. The Twins scored two in the second and never lost the lead. Miguel Sano hit a home run, his fourteenth. Tim Shibuya struck out twelve in seven innings, giving up a run on two hits and no walks.
GCL Twins at Orioles. Postponed.
DSL Reds 3, Twins 0 at Reds (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings). The Twins out-hit the Reds 5-2. Ronald Jimenez had two hits. Yorman Landa allowed three runs on two hits and three walks in two innings. Elias Villasana worked three perfect innings, striking out six.
Happy Birthday–August 17
Johnny Rawlings (1892)
Rudy York (1913)
Donald Honig (1931)
Jim Davenport (1933)
John Buzhardt (1936)
Diego Segui (1937)
Boog Powell (1941)
Ron Boyer (1944)
Skip Lockwood (1946)
Butch Hobson (1951)
Alex Cole (1965)
Jorge Posada (1971)
Mike Maroth (1977)
Brett Myers (1980)
Dustin Pedroia (1983)
Ron Boyer is the brother of Clete Boyer and Ken Boyer. He played in the Yankees' farm system for eight years, reaching AAA.
August 17, 2011: So Then
The good news is that Verlander doesn't pitch today...although with his workload, who knows?
Rite of Strings – “Chilean Pipe Song”
Rite of Strings is a trio of jazz fusion gods Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, and Jean Luc-Ponty. Sit back and enjoy!
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Loading... 2011 Game Logs: Game 122 Minnesota Non-Delmons @ Detroit _elm_ns
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Alright, you guys are going to have to bare with me for a little bit here. I am going to try to crunch some numbers and see if I can find a way for the Twins to make up the 10.5 game deficit currently between them and first place.
While I understand the caveats of a small sample size, it is difficult to argue with cold hard numbers. One such case of ignoring sample sizes has to be the result of the Twins scoring 9 runs in every single game that Delmon Young has never been a member of the Twins this season. Conversely, the Twins have allowed only 6 runs in each and every game played since they traded Delmon. Considering the Tigers had a team ERA of 4.25 before the Delmon trade, I feel comfortable saying the Delmon has made the Tigers 1.75 runs worse per game.
So, at this point the next natural thing to do was to go through the previous 121 games, see how many games the Twins would have won if they scored 9 runs and allowed 1.75 less runs the scoreboard reflected. I will then take that winning percentage, apply it to the rest of the season and see if it puts the Twins in position to win the Central.
This would put the Twins record at 112-9. Over the course of a full season that translates of a winning percentage of .925. This would give the Twins 37.02 wins over the remaining 40 games. We will round this down to 37 wins (to be realistic), putting the Twins final tally over the last 40 games at 37-3.
Assuming all of this elm'n-less math to be true this will put the Twins at 90 wins for the 2011 campaign. Not too shabby. Now how about the other teams? Seeing as how the Tigers are still yet to win a game while employing Delmon I think it is safe to figure they will continue to lose every game the rest of the season. With the Twins winning 90 the Tigers will be pretty far behind with only 64 wins.
As for the other teams the Twins have to pass, pfft, it is AMR's White Sox and the lowly Indians. Neither of those teams should prove too much trouble as the Twins cruise to their 7th division title in 10 years.
Man, this is going to be an awesome couple of months.
Minor Details: Games of 8/15
Columbus 2, Rochester 0 in Rochester (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings). The Clippers scored two in the first and that was it. Jeff Bailey singled and doubled. Luke Hughes and Aaron Bates each had two hits, with Bates raising his average to .315. Scott Diamond pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on eight hits and a walk.
Rochester 4, Columbus 3 in Rochester (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings). The Red Wings scored two in the sixth to tie and one in the seventh to win. Ray Chang singled in Rene Rivera with the winning run. Jeff Bailey hit a two-run homer. Jake Stevens gave up three runs on three hits and three walks, striking out three in three innings. Carlos Gutierrez struck out four in two innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Chuck James went two shutout innings to get the win, allowing a hit and a walk.
New Britain. No games scheduled.
Ft. Myers. No games scheduled.
Burlington 2, Beloit 1 in Beloit. All the runs were scored in the fourth inning. Daniel Ortiz had two hits. Blayne Weller gave up two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks while striking out four in four innings. Bart Carter and Michael Tonkin each worked two shutout innings, with Carter giving up two hits and Tonkin three.
Elizabethton. No games scheduled.
GCL Orioles 7, Twins 1 at Twins. The Orioles scored three in the third to take a 4-0 lead. Hung Yi Chen allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three in three innings. Tyler Herr threw two perfect innings.
DSL Twins 5, Rockies 3 at Twins. The Twins scored four in the fourth to break a 1-1 tie. Erick Gonzalez had two doubles. Jose Ramirez had two hits. Francisco Nunez raised his record to 9-1, giving up a run on three hits and no walks while striking out seven in seven innings. Ezequiel Zarzuela gave up a run on a hit and a walk in 1.1 innings to get the save.
2011 Game 121: DC 1001011000 258
How many taters is that? Well, it's exactly twice the number of homers Chuck Klein hit in his career. It's 154 more than the next two active players, Vladimir Guerrero and Chipper Jones. It's 15 40-homer seasons. It's 1 more than the combined career totals of Lou Pinella, Honus Wagner, John Kruk, Lonnie Smith, Todd Hollandsworth, Chuck Knoblauch, Jason Tyner, Al Newman, and Don Sutton. It's 100 more than the combined totals of Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett. It's twelve bushels' worth, if you figure one homer is the equivalent of one pound of potatoes.
It's a whole lot of mashin', that's what.
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And now, this week's View from the Ballpark:
photo by Flickr user joyosity
Remember, no embiggening.
Happy Birthday–August 16
Hick Carpenter (1855)
Baby Doll Jacobsen (1890)
Fats Fothergill (1897)
Tiny Bonham (1913)
Gene Woodling (1922)
Puddin' Head Jones (1925)
Buck Rodgers (1938)
Gene Brabender (1941)
Mike Jorgensen (1948)
Al Holland (1952)
Nick Leyva (1953)
Rick Reed (1964)
Xavier Hernandez (1965)
Quinton McCracken (1970)
Damian Jackson (1973)
Roger Cedeno (1974)
August 16, 2011: Taters
One Delmonstration couldn't put a damper on Thome's 599th and 600th.