Game Thread: Twins vs Kansas City, 7/9/18 @ 5:10 PM PT (7:10 PM CT)

[Monkeypaws]

 

Please don't waste this start Minnesota. 

 

Also, BOBBY!!!!

Especially to a team that has won 5 games since the end of May.

[Vanimal46]

Easier said than done but Rosario could have had 1st by now...

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Not a bad result on that at bat

 

Kind of thought something like that was going to happen

[Danchat]

 

Easier said than done but Rosario could have had 1st by now...

I'll take the run with the way our RISP hitting is.

 

Oh, and Rosario fouls off some crazy pitches... but he can somehow do it without striking out, so I guess it's OK.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Here they come: Herrera, Wade Davis, Greg Holland

[David HK]

So-- Cave to CF, Kepler to RF- Grossman out?

 

And catching.....  Willians?

[slash129]

Here they come: Herrera, Wade Davis, Greg Holland

Haha

[Vanimal46]

I'll take the run with the way our RISP hitting is.

 

Oh, and Rosario fouls off some crazy pitches... but he can somehow do it without striking out, so I guess it's OK.

I accept his flaws in pitch recognition when he has elite contact skills... One of these games he's going to golf one out of the dirt like vintage Vlad.

[Vanimal46]

Here they come: Herrera, Wade Davis, Greg Holland

Don't forget Hochevar!

[Nine of twelve]

Dozier tends to get over-dramatic with the shin guard.

[Kato87]

8 hits 2 walks=1 runs... really bad hitting

 

[Mill1634]

ESKY!!!!!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Damn he good

[Nine of twelve]

Keep the line moving, boys. No reason to let up now.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Would have been nice to see Astudillo bat there instead of Robbie

 

edit: and yes I waited to say that until I saw how the Grossman at bat turned out

[David HK]

Long inning.

 

Hildy coming out next?

[Aggies7]

This pizza ranch commercial makes me physically ill

[Nine of twelve]

Put Garver in to catch. The DH spot is now 9th to bat and if all goes well the Twins will only bat once more anyway.

[nicksaviking]

Those were some nice at bats. The Eddies look like Vlad Guerrero in his prime making contact with anything.

[nicksaviking]

This pizza ranch commercial makes me physically ill

Oof, I wouldn't try the pizza then. It's even worse.

[Aggies7]

Oof, I wouldn't try the pizza then. It's even worse.

I wonder if anyone sees that commercial, now, midway through the season, and thinks “what the heck is marney doing in some studio?!”

[jun]

 

Would have been nice to see Astudillo bat there instead of Robbie

edit: and yes I waited to say that until I saw how the Grossman at bat turned out

I already asked for pinch hitter for Grossman a few innings ago

[Danchat]

 

This pizza ranch commercial makes me physically ill

Stop watching the commercials, like I do. Or at least silence the darn TV, I can't stand 'em.

[drock2190]

How bad is Astudillo at defense that they take Garver out of the DH spot??

 

Does he not use a glove out there? Does he face the right way?

[nicksaviking]

Man is it annoying to hear the doom and gloom of losing the DH spot for one possible at bat. Has Dick not been following who the DH has been this year?

[Kato87]

unbelievable molitor...   2 innings left 1 run game and pitchers are due to bat

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Put Garver in to catch. The DH spot is now 9th to bat and if all goes well the Twins will only bat once more anyway.

Breaking Tom Kelly Rule #1

 

Do Not Make Your Defense Worse By Substitutions Later In The Game

[Blake]

Finally, Molitor shows a bit of innovation and decides not to put someone who's not caught for a bit behind the plate.

 

Good move.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I want to see a one-run save chance

[Blake]

 

Breaking Tom Kelly Rule #1

Do Not Make Your Defense Worse By Substitutions Later In The Game

I think Garver over Astilludillo is a wise move.

 

Running Cave for Wilson tied the game because no way Wilson makes it home on that play.