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

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Fun fact:

 

Back in the day, Brad Radke pitched a complete game in Yankee Stadium when the #1 leadoff batter only came to the plate three times!

Cool!

 

I take it he didn't get to pitch the bottom of the 9th as he took a 1-0 loss... and didn't allow more than 3 baserunners?

 

Oe was it rain shortened?

 

Or are you considering the Twins' lead off hitter the #1 leadoff hitter, and it was Mussina's perfect game? Or the leadoff hitter fot taken out. Or maybe it was rain shortened?

 

Um... i give up.

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LVTwinsfan GCL Twins

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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?

what offense?
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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?

Agreed. I've never been a huge Thorpe fan, although I know many have/still are. He doesn't have a great fastball and his offspeed stuff doesn't really have swing and miss in it. Even if you are facing a poor offensive team, it doesn't matter. They're still MLB hitters.

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Alcala looked much better out there the second inning. He has what it takes to blow hitters away, just needs time to work on his command. I have faith he will be a key part of the bullpen at some point, likely not 2020 though.

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Silver lining is certainly Alcala - might be the lead item on the hometown blogs unfortunately.

 

Soft-tossing lefties really give this team trouble. It's crazy, seems like it's been that way for the past two seasons.

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Thorpe has better stuff than that. We've seen it in the minors and we've seen glimpses of it in the majors. I don't know, looked to me he was aiming everything and pitching nervous.

 

Very impressed by Alacala though. Bad walk and bad WP, but otherwise threw some nasty stuff and settled down. Kid's got a future!

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