Welcome back to another Game Thread extravaganza!  Big night for the Twins...They need to start chipping away at the lead the White Sox have put on our beloved Twins this year. The Twins needed that win last night and they really need a win tonight if there is any last minute hope to gain some ground. I apologize for the late post but my flight was delayed so I'm writing this in the MSP airport. The wifi here isn't the best but hey, we are 11 games back. It's not like we have a 5 game lead before the All Star break.

GO TWINS!!! Let's start winning dammit!

Here are tonights lineups:

TWINS:

1. Luis Arraez, 2B

2. Josh Donaldson, 3B

3. T. Larnach, LF

4. Nelson Cruz, DH

5. Max Kepler, RF

6. Alex Kirilloff, 1B

7. Nick Gordon, CF

8. Ben Rortvedt, C

9. A. Simmons, SS

P - Bailey Ober, R

 

CHICAGO:

1. Tim Anderson, SS

2. Yoan Moncada, 3B

3. Jose Abreu, 1B

4. Y. Grandal, C

5. B. Goodwin, CF

6. Y. Mercedes, DH

7. Gavin Sheets, RF

8. A. Vaughn, LF

9. Leury Garcia, 2B

P - Dylan Cease, R

Weather: 8% chance of rain, 75 degrees

 

I hope the White Sox Cease and Desist.

I say the chance of rain is higher than 8%, but then again, i'm a timezone over...

Kirilloff and Cruz are going yard tonight. Multiple times.

And huzzah for Nick Gordan, spark plug extraordinaire.

We're runnin' on all cylinders tonight!

Maybe we should bring up that kid from St. Paul that racked up runs and hits yesterday...

1 minute ago, twinssporto said:

Kirilloff and Cruz are going yard tonight. Multiple times.

If they go yard, is Kepler more likely to go meter?

It is apparently a delay of the rain variety?!

22 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

It is apparently a delay of the rain variety?!

I don't suppose anyone knows how long they anticipate the delay being?

I hate waiting...

 

I guess there was no sticky stuff on that one either

With the way Kepler has been hitting, he should really be below Kirilloff and Gordon in the lineup.

Now let's put up a goose egg!

It never ceases to amaze me how bad MLB umpires can be. 5 inches off the plate and he is calling strikes tonight. Maybe one day there will be better options than try hard but still guessing humans.

Nice inning there, Ober!

7 minutes ago, Danchat said:

With the way Kepler has been hitting, he should really be below Kirilloff and Gordon in the lineup.

If you are near or below the Mendoza(Sano) line, you shouldn't be in the middle of the order.  Sano shouldn't be in the middle of the order either when he plays.

Change the ball to stop hitting, and then change the enforcement of pitching rules to create hitting. 

Seems the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.

You know, Gordon has been pretty damn good.

Too bad those massive arms of Rortvedt can't barrel up more balls at the plate. 

5 minutes ago, SanoMustGo said:

You know, Gordon has been pretty damn good.

Yup, i know that!

Ober had the last two hitters 0-2.  He will have to learn how to finish these ab's.

and another 0-2...this game is over

 

2 minutes ago, SanoMustGo said:

and another 0-2...this game is over

 

It is?

 

Why am i the last to know these things...

 

Apparently it was over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor too.

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

It is?

 

Why am i the last to know these things...

 

Apparently it was over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor too.

I thought is was the Russians

 

7 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

It is?

 

Why am i the last to know these things...

 

Apparently it was over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor too.

It was over when the FO bombed the pitching staff.

7 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

It is?

 

Why am i the last to know these things...

 

Apparently it was over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor too.

My father claimed it was the British disguised as Japanese, in order to draw the US into the war. 

14 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

 

Apparently it was over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor too.

Seven years of college down the drain

Ober/under on white Sox homers tonight?

Three 2 strike homers. Hmmmm

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Three 2 strike homers. Hmmmm

Does that mean we're safe if we never throw a second strike?