Or maybe not.

 

That might be a game changer there.

There's more work to be done.

 

They still got a lead, even if it coulda been worse.

Gameday says Lynn hit 95+ with that last strike.

Turning on the TV to see Lynn facing Trout with the bases loaded and 2 outs... and then seeing him strike Trout out... good stuff. Definitely though Trout was going to break the game open there.

 

Bases loaded with Trout up--let's see well this turns out.

 

Lynn > >  Trout

 

As expected.

The ump is giving Richards strikes that aren't strikes, and he's not giving them to Lynn.

Mejia doing pretty well in Rochester this evening -- 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB (!!!) and 8 Ks

Wow. Thank you Target Field Ground Crew

Let's call it a double, shall we?

Has Sano always worn that jaw-protector piece? I wonder if that's behind his pitch recognition this year....

GLAD FOR THE RUN bUT C,MON THAT WAS A ERROR, To me anyway

 

The ump is giving Richards strikes that aren't strikes, and he's not giving them to Lynn.

Amen

Smart play by Angels catchers

Wow. Two 98 mph pitches below the zone. Can’t do much about that.

 

Mejia doing pretty well in Rochester this evening -- 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB (!!!) and 8 Ks

Nice, it's great to see he's doing well after missing a month or so with an injury. He'd definitely be worth a call-up if needed.

Absolutely should've been an error. Standing in place, ball went between his head and his glove. I feel bad for pitchers when stuff like that gets ruled a hit, but I'll take it either way.

 

This strike zone is hot garbage so far today too.

Garver with a baserunning gaffe. Gee whiz, guy.

Garver makes his mark again

 

Garver with a baserunning gaffe. Gee whiz, guy.

He plays a very consistent game. The problem is that its consistently bad.

Boy, even if Garver's bat finally comes around, he's a pretty big baserunning butcher when he does get on base.

 

GLAD FOR THE RUN bUT C,MON THAT WAS A ERROR, To me anyway

 

Harder to tell on the radio, but that is the impression I got as well, and Gladden seemed to think he should have made the play.

Have I mentioned how much I like Escobar? This dude is a stud at the plate. He's up to .292 with some serious XBH power.

Good battle there, LoMo.

 

*Edit*   Pffffft.

Edited June 9, 20188 yr by David HK

Sano in the 7 spot. Interesting.

 

I haven’t been playing close enough attention this last week. Is that new tonight or has it been done already?

 

It should certainly get his attention.

 

Sometimes that’s all it takes.

 

I remember back in 1991 TK pinch hit for Kent Hrbek early in the year vs a LHP. Once with the forgettable Carmello Castillo and then with Al Newman. It certainly got his message through. Hrbek ended with a .797 OPS vs LHP, which was pretty close to his overall OPS that year. In 1990, he had about a .150 point spread.

 

 

Edit: Geez, I just looked Castillo up. He had a -1.2 bWAR for his career. The guy was in the bigs for parts of ten seasons. That has to be almost impossible.

new - Molly covered it in pregame. Sano has been struggling and he wanted to take the pressure off Sano, and keep Escobar and Rosario at the top

Edited June 9, 20188 yr by Sconnie

Would you try to lock Escobar up now ??  free agent end of year

Holding our own...

 

No shame yet.

Eddie can literally hit any pitch

Just checking in on the game here and there--

 

Holy Cow, this ump....

 

Would you try to lock Escobar up now ??  free agent end of year

I would wait until the end of the season before I offer him anything. I'd like to see if Nick Gordon will be worthy of starting in 2019 and also not sign Escobar when he's hitting his hottest. But I would be ready to offer him something in the range of 3 years $30-36M

 

Eddie can literally hit any pitch

Good thing LaMarre and Dozier were able to move Garver over, so he scored on that hit.

 

Oh, wait, I was in that alternate universe again, where Spock has the goatee...

Edited June 9, 20188 yr by David HK