There's a game tonight, it's a battle of the Mike's, and that's about all I have time to tell you.
Go Twins!
Photo courtesy of Dave R
There's a game tonight, it's a battle of the Mike's, and that's about all I have time to tell you.
Go Twins!
Photo courtesy of Dave R
Progress! This game is in it!
Pelfrey! Lewis!
Doctor Zero.
Extra-inning home runs are cool.
Continue reading Game 40 Recap: Twins 4, Pirates 3 (13 Innings)
Mike Pelfrey v Jeff Locke
This squad has been pretty fun to watch over the last couple of weeks, so here's hoping that trend continues.
Go Twins!
Lineups:
Twins:
1. Santana SS
2. Dozier 2B
3. Mauer 1B
4. Plouffe! 3B
5. Hunter RF
6. Suzuki C
7. Hicks CF
8. Robinson LF
9. Pelfrey P
Pirates:
1. Harrison RF
2. Walker 2B
3. McCutchen CF
4. Marte LF
5. Kang 3B
6. Alvarez 1B
7. Cervelli C
8. Mercer SS
9. Locke P
Mike Pelfrey was solid, Torii Hunter had his best day of the year at the plate, and the Twins continue to win more than they lose in a 9-3 romp over Cleveland.
I suppose this is a good night to have a discussion about Hunter. Most people, including me, did not like the signing. He is old, not a great defensive player, and threw players under the bus. He started off the season terribly, but has come on strong lately (batting avg up to .280 hitting more doubles and HRs). I am wondering if anyone has changed their opinion on Hunter? Or even softened their stance to a grudging acceptance? I kind of fall into that camp. But then ii will take to Twitter and I just want him to go away.
Anyway, Hunter went 4-4 with 3 extra base hits (2 doubles and a HR) to lead the Twins offense. He would have had 3 doubles but was thrown out by a good distance trying to stretch a single into a double.
Pelfrey had a wobbly start and Cleveland struck for 2 runs in the 3rd inning. but settled down and ended up going 7 innings. I'll take that from Pelf every start. Although the zero strikeouts are a bit worrying.
NOTES
-The Twins scored in 6 of the 9 innings.
- JR Graham finally got the Twins off the no strikeout schneid. The 1 team strikeout matches a season low, done two other times .
- The Twins had 6 doubles that is a season high.
- Every Twins batter had either a run scored, or an RBI
- Hunter now has 473 career doubles, tied for 74th all time with Carlos Delgado, Jimmy Rollins, Dwight Evans, and Ted Simmons.
- The Twins are 8-2 in the last 10 games. While Cleveland drops to a .367 win percentage, last place in the AL.
There's a game today - first time since the opener that a win will put the Twins over .500.
Also, there's a chance for their first series sweep.
Also, also, we'll get another chance to see if Pelfrey really has come back to life.
He'll be opposed by John Danks.
[edit] GO WILD!
I saw none of the game, only heard about an inning of it, and don't have much time, so this will be less than the recappiest recap ever. Sorry about that, especially when we finally beat the Tigers for once.
Mike Pelfrey pitched really well last night. Is that a good thing?
The Twins are on a winning streak! Only two games but I'll take it.
Cy Young Award winning Corey Kluber throws for Cleveland. Since this years lineup is mostly the same as last year, lets go back and look what Kluber did against the Twins.
2014-09-21 @MIN W 8.0 7 2 2 1 14 0
2014-09-11 MIN W 8.1 8 2 2 0 7 0
2014-08-21 @MIN L 7.0 6 3 3 4 8 1
That jumbled mass of number says Kluber was very good against the locals. Mike Pelfrey goes for Minnesota. Lets hope he makes it at least 6 innings and keeps the run total low.