GAME THREAD: 8/3/20 Minnesota Twins VS Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:10 CDT

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We Need To Capitalize HERE!!!!!

FTFY

 

Wish i coulda done that for the TWins...

[Squirrel]

Well, that was a lucky out on poor baserunning decision

[PDX Twin]

Easy out to start the 3rd...

[Mill1634]

Don't run on Twins' left fielders!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Cave with the assist, though i would credit the runner witb a poor choice...

[operation mindcrime]

Didn't Derek Holland used to do a Harry Caray impersonation as a Texas Ranger?

[bighat]

 

Didn't Derek Holland used to do a Harry Caray impersonation as a Texas Ranger?

 

Very good impression.

[ashbury]

though i would credit the runner witb a poor choice...

We need to ask Stew Thornley how this gets written in the score book.

 

[Circus Boy]

 

"Batting practice pitch," sez Mrs Ash, always an astute observer. 1-0 after one pitch - your Circus Boy Update.

Circus Boy grateful.

[operation mindcrime]

 

Very good impression.

Thanks for posting this! \m/

[PDX Twin]

If our pitchers are only going to pitch a couple of innings anyway, we could use the DH for Buxton and pinch hit for the pitcher every time.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Lewis Thorpe is still bad

Their leadoff hitter has seen two pitches in two innings.

My bad. Slow to get back to see the game.

 

Fully confident we can dig ojr way out of this hole.

[Mill1634]

Those 3 innings were not fun to watch

[blindeke]

Holland looks a lot like Kuechel out there to me. The Twins seem to have an achilles heel.

[AlwaysinModeration]

Also, Lewis Thorpe is growing one helluva mullet.

[PDX Twin]

 

Those 3 innings were not fun to watch

 

But they were quick! 45 minutes for three innings = less than 3-hour game.

[ashbury]

Circus Boy grateful.

Circus Boy redundant.

 

[Nine of twelve]

 

Didn't Derek Holland used to do a Harry Caray impersonation as a Texas Ranger?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Circus Boy redundant.

 

"In stereo"

 

(Sentence structure approved.)

[Circus Boy]

The Pirates pitcher is a native of Newark, Ohio. When I lived in that fine state, one of the first things I was told that it's a single syllable, pronounced Nerk. That is all.

[LVTwinsfan]

Nothing like some good old Twins pitching to correct a teams hitting woes.

[Nine of twelve]

 

The Pirates pitcher is a native of Newark, Ohio. When I lived in that fine state, one of the first things I was told that it's a single syllable, pronounced Nerk. That is all.

One time during my 4 years at Ohio State I was with some friends at a bar. This would have been about 1983 or 1984. Someone walked by with a t-shirt that had this on the front of it:

 

NERK

AHIA

 

We saw it and looked among ourselves with puzzled looks until one guy started laughing, and he said, "Nerk, Ahia!" We had to hear it out loud to get it.

[Hawkeye12]

When is the last time a Twin walked four guys in one inning?  Liriano probably did it at some point.  That was a Phil Hughes or Carlos Silva season's worth.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Hey look! It's our turn to bat!

 

All said and done, more than 1 run coulda easily been scored there...

[AlwaysinModeration]

When is the last time a Twin walked four guys in one inning? Liriano probably did it at some point. That was a Phil Hughes or Carlos Silva season's worth.

Very efficient four walk inning, only one run.

 

Whole lot of game left, whole lotta Buxton hits left...

[Diesel]

I will be happy when Odo, Bailey, Hill, and Pineda are also in the mix to end the season. That is all

[sampleSizeOfOne]

When is the last time a Twin walked four guys in one inning? Liriano probably did it at some point. That was a Phil Hughes or Carlos Silva season's worth.

Pretty sure Lewis Thorpe did it this inning.

[bighat]

Twins gonna learn pretty quick that you can't face major league teams with minor league pitchers and expect to win, no matter how good your offense is. What has Lewis Thorpe ever done to make anyone believe he's nothing more than a mop-up guy at best?

[ashbury]

whole lotta Buxton hits left...

That may require extra innings.

[ashbury]

Pretty sure Lewis Thorpe did it this inning.

Probably won't be the last time, either.