Game Day Thread: Minnesota Twins at Chicago Cubs; 9/22/2021; 6:40pm

[LA VIkes Fan]

Wow, Sano goes the other way! He is learning? I hope so. By the way, that's a line drive in the scorebook...

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Sano through 5's 5 hole to plate Kepler!

[Richie the Rally Goat]

On MLB.com that was a fielding error

[LA VIkes Fan]

No! Clean single and an RBI! C'mon, giver the guy a break...

[LA VIkes Fan]

Another good evaluation moment. Let's see how Gordon does against a LH specialist out of the bull pen. 

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, Sconnie said:

On MLB.com that was a fielding error

That looked like an error to me, it was a groundball that went in between the 2B's legs. That's an error in my book.

[LA VIkes Fan]

The answer? Not so good. 

[MMMordabito]

I loathe Baldelli.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

9 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

I loathe Baldelli.

Strong word choice there. Did he steal your lunch money?

[MMMordabito]

1 minute ago, Sconnie said:

Strong word choice there. Did he steal your lunch money?

He sure stole Ryan's chance at a consecutive strikeout mark.

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Buxton at the bat!

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17 minutes ago, Danchat said:

That looked like an error to me, it was a groundball that went in between the 2B's legs. That's an error in my book.

Plated Kepler. That is good enough for me.

 

I am not official scorer.

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Buxton!!

[Squirrel]

3 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

He sure stole Ryan's chance at a consecutive strikeout mark.

Um, so?

[stringer bell]

Keep Buxton in the game and move Gordon to second. 

[stringer bell]

C ‘mon Dick, he’s not a pinch-hitter. 

[wabene]

Dick Schmick

[wabene]

Ryan is a pitching enigma

[PDX Twin]

Seems like the Cubs are not all that good at baseball.

[mnfireman]

40 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

He sure stole Ryan's chance at a consecutive strikeout mark.

He was at 7, the MLB record is 10. Long ways to go, even against the Cubs....

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, that's one way to get a double.

[Longdistancetwins]

Nice move, Nick.

[Longdistancetwins]

Oh, maybe not…

[Monkeypaws]

Is it too early to yell "JACKPOT!" with Joe Ryan?

Tonight's line looks just like the numbers he put up in the minors: hard to hit, few walks, lots of Ks.

[ashbury]

Tuned in just in time to enjoy an entertaining top of the ninth.  Yeah, didn't enjoy the wasted out by Jeffers quite as much.  But speed kills, and that insurance run was fun.

[mnfireman]

Arraez continues his hot hitting....

[ashbury]

Colome continues his not-so-hot pitching.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Colome is a terrible pitcher.

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Tuned in just in time to enjoy an entertaining top of the ninth.  Yeah, didn't enjoy the wasted out by Jeffers quite as much.  But speed kills, and that insurance run was fun.

In the end, another game where the Twins really weren’t efficient scoring runs. I did like to see the good gambles base running. 

[ashbury]