I like Hughes. He may be learning for the first time how to pitch. Before he was a thrower. And he battles his tail off.

Edited June 24, 201511 yr by Circus Boy

Nope.  He had to actually run the three bases.  All of them... in one play.

 

Assisted by a two-base error.

 

with 6 earned runs and 8 hits off sale in 6-2/3 innings ...

 

This probably does not need to be said, but As Expected.

95 Pitches for Hughes though 8 - Bring on the CG

These Chicago announcers are awful. Also, what's this about MLB canceling 60 million all star votes? Is that really a thing?

 

 

I do.  Hughes is only at 84 pitches.  He'll be out there hopefully through the 7th, so that helps.  

 

Good point. I'd like to see him finish this game.

I caught a bit of the game today and it appears the Sox were up to their old tricks, throwing the ball with reckless abandon all over the field regardless of whether or not runners happened to be on base.

Would have liked Hughes to finish the game.

 

 

Would have liked Hughes to finish the game.

 

You're not the only one. 

 

I like Hughes. He's may be learning for the first time how to pitch. Before he was a thrower. And he battles his tail off.

Despite being a mouth breather, he's a very smart guy.

Winnah!

Um...

 

Winnah?

Would have liked Hughes to finish the game.

Twins win! And we STILL all want Hughes to finish the complete game, just to feel safe

Winnah!

Beaten to the punch by 5 seconds...

 

(And by a much larger font)

 

Beaten to the punch by 5 seconds...

(And by a much larger font)

 

James, did you have that pre-typed out, with your cursor hovering over the post button?

These Chicago announcers are awful. Also, what's this about MLB canceling 60 million all star votes? Is that really a thing?

I saw or heard something that all those votes have already been cancelled, so what you see with all the KC starters is still valid. Who knows. We shall see what happens.

 

Despite being a mouth breather, he's a very smart guy.

 

Wasn't he in "Napoleon Dynamite"?

Our first series win in June. Gotta start somewhere, and that's a good thing.

Anybody else ready to embrace Nunez as our everyday SS?

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2012/9/8/17/anigif_enhanced-buzz-8966-1347141330-5.gif

I am on board with el Nunez as our ss. Keep on making the routine plays and his bat is helping.

This the 2nd outing in a row where Hughes was pulled after 8 innings while throwing 95 pitches.  Both games the Twins had 5+ run leads, but Hughes wasn't given the opportunity to finish the game.  I don't know if it was Hughes' decision or Molitor's, but it is disappointing to not see him get the chance to finish the game

I don't care if he finishes the game at all.

 

What I don't get is why not use Duensing there, I mean, if he's on the roster......

To me, they beat Sale......and scored a lot.

 

Shows the power of stringing hits together overly randomly distributing them.....

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2012/9/8/17/anigif_enhanced-buzz-8966-1347141330-5.gif

Strange... I don't remember that from the movies.

Hawk: "Sale struck out 10 batters today!"

Random Sox Fan: "Sale lost 6 - 1"

Hawk: "But Sale struck out 10 today!"

 

(I admit, I did not listen to the game today. However, I've listened to Hawk enough to be able to recreate his conversations)

Tonkin optioned back to AAA.

I know that there was a big deal made about how good May was and how bad June was.  Here is a slightly different way of looking at the season:

 

4-6

5-5

8-2

6-4

7-3

3-7

5-5

(1-1)

 

 Let's see if they can string together a few more 6s and 7s....

 

Edited June 24, 201511 yr by AM.

Great win, hopefully the Mariners can take care of business and put the Twins only 2.5 back of the division.

Currently tied for the Wild Card first place lead, hopefully this will get them to start winning series again.

 

James, did you have that pre-typed out, with your cursor hovering over the post button?

Nope.  I guess the caffeine must have been flowing and I was able to get to it quickly.