There's one time where a strikeout is worse than other outs.

And there's another.

Actually embarrassing what I just witnessed

Are you kidding me? Bases loaded no outs and can't score a single run.

 

And there's another.

With this pitch count it be a short game for Kikuchi.

Well that was disappointing!!!

 

Kepler joins him on the base paths...

I hope they make it home.

we all Did

 

And there's another.

 

You assume the other out wouldn't have been a one foot ground ball the catcher grabbed, stepped on home, and then fired to third.  Or lifted to the outfield, where the outfielder gunned down the tagging runner at home by 10 feet.  Both those outs would have been much much worse than the strikeout.

Actually embarrassing what I just witnessed

Meh. Runner on 3rd, no outs. This was familiar territory in an otherwise strange and confusing season. Didn't wanna jinks it.

Well that was disappointing!!!

Get used to disappointment.

Well at least Pineda is doing good

Kikuchi bends his hat like a little leaguer from the 90s

CRUZ!!!!!!!!!!

 

Cruz with a majestic long ball to deep left center and Cron with a laser beam just inside the LF foul pole.

Obviously, you got confused.

We could've used one of those with runners on last inning

CRUZ!!!!!!!!!!

See? We didn't need any of those bases loaded no out runs.

 

This keeps us on our toes.

 

Obviously, you got confused.

Apparently so.  I guess I need to take my crystal ball into the shop and get it tuned up.

 

Let's go!

 

SS Polanco .339
1B Cron .276
DH Cruz .273
LF Gonzalez .256
2B Schoop .246
RF Kepler .262
3B Adrianza .258
C Castro .274
CF Buxton .271

Notice all four of the team's off-season acquisitions are batting near the top of the order. Good gets.

 

Cruz with a majestic long ball to deep left center and Cron with a laser beam just inside the LF foul pole.

There's one.

The blame for yesterday's outcome lays squarely at the feet of Nelson Cruz. If he had hit even one home run in the first 9 innings of that game, the Twins win.

Gonna take a break and do stuff and things.

 

Keep an on Johnny while i'm off, and mind 'e don't get into trouble.

Schoop doing his part to make this a short start for Kikuchi.

 

Schoop doing his part to make this a short start for Kikuchi.

 

And the Twins RISP BA is doing its part to make it a longer start

Beamer said Pineda hasn't given up a hit yet. Cat is out of the bag......... and the batter grounds out. No jinx in play.

 

And the Twins RISP BA is doing its part to make it a longer start

 

I don't know ... 68 thru 3 is a lot

I like the way Pineda is making sure the infield is getting good fielding practice.

Can we get a left-handed specialist to pitch to Vogelbach? Maybe swap Pineda and Kepler for his at-bats?

Buxton looks awful against Kikuchi 

 

I think it should be called John

 

We need one called Smalls. Just sayin.... yesterday's thread would have been appropriate if it had been named Smalls.