There is a lot of movement on Gibson's pitches. Lad is in a groove.

So, I get home after running around for a bit and the Twins are up 3-zip.

 

More mlb.tv magic. I sort of thought that Mr. Sano might have hit his first home run. I was not disappointed.

 

The run scored by Joe was heads up baseball. 

Hicks has toned down the leg kick on the left side

Hicks on second.

 

As expected.

Nice having a center fielder that can hit!

Patrick Reusse has said that one of the great things about baseball is that no matter how many games you've seen there's a chance that you can see something you've never seen before. I've never seen a run score by a strike out.

You obviously haven't been watching much Little League baseball these days.

Well, Hicks advanced both runners into scoring position.

Not a good challenge

Not a good challenge

Perhaps not.

 

But that was an instance where i think Hicks could have made contact with the person without the ball, drawing an interference call.

 

(Which is my guess why there was a delayed out call)

Sacrifice Fly for Dozier, making it 5-0....this is turning into a fun game....

Load em up!

Load em up!

For Sano.

Best of both worlds today-  Twinkies playing winning ball, and Thorne and Palmer on the broadcast.  Come on now, young man!  Do some more damage! 

That works for me!

Another RBI for Sano.

And Sano walks....

And a run comes in!

RBI Walk for Sano.

 

Rosario now up...

 

Second verse, same as the first...

RBI.  Man, he looks SO much more comfortable and confident at the plate than the other young'uns we've brought up so far.  Exceedingly small sample size, but I'm going out on a limb here, and saying it looks like the young man is up here to stay.

You obviously haven't been watching much Little League baseball these days.

Lol. Nope.

And Sano walks....

And a run comes in!

That was really an impressive walk.

Cmon, Rosie!

Twins still need to work on baserunning

 

But what a great game this is.

Is Wieters OK? He's really struggling catching today.

Cmon, Rosie!

i say that to my daughter everyday

Mauer: 3 PA, 3 times on base, 3 times scored.

Dozier getting a lot of endorsements..... Heyman @ CBS, Olney @ ESPN; Castrovince @ MLB.com.

 

Hope it helps get votes from people who don't really have a pick.

First Twins game I have been to at Target Field this year. Your welcome!

i say that to my daughter everyday

Heh. I said that a lot to a former car of mine.

 

First Twins game I have been to at Target Field this year. Your welcome!

Our welcome what? :-)

And Jerry James Hardy hits a 2-run HR.

 

Doesn't hurt quite as much when the Twins have 8 as in all these low-scoring games lately.

 

But the insurance runs were helpful.