Game Thread Twins @ Red Stockings 12:35pm CDT 4/17/2022 AD

[sampleSizeOfOne]

The Duffster!

[glunn]

Nice outing by Ober.

[Aggies7]

Good job by ober. 

[glunn]

Duffey needs to re-establish himself.

[twinssporto]

I like outings from Ober like this. Very good job!

[mrtwinsfan]

Who is Gilbert Celestino and why is he on this team. and Roccos obsession with  not letting Gordon play c.f. late in games, yesterdays descision cost a homerun and todays garlick batting against a r.h. is just as bad, 

[twinssporto]

It doesn't look like the Duffmister's curve is working very well today.

[USAFChief]

THey say if you go to a baseball game, you're likely to see something you've never seen before. Duffey somehow managed to walk JBJ.

[twinssporto]

Cmon' Twins!

I wanna winner winner lamber dinner! 

[Twins_Fan_In_Texas]

Okay Rocco, let’s keep Urshela at 3rd. 

[twinssporto]

Nice work Sanchez!!

 

 

[Mike Frasier Law]

Woooooot!,strike em throw em

[glunn]

Nice end of the inning!

[PatPfund]

Brutal substitution for Gordon; weakened the D (putting a weaker RF out there and a RF in CF which didn't help with the tag play).  And got us two more Ks in the score card. Any word on the TV side on Gordon being hurt? Or was it a Rocco special?

I'd really like to see Celestino and Garlick go down, and give Contreras a shot. And it looks like Miranda is heating up. Not sure either Urshela, Sano, or any bench player is hitting well enough to keep him in the minors. The Twins just can't work with all the weak bats in lineup (especially with a stud injured, and another in a deep slump).

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, twinssporto said:

Nice work Sanchez!!

 

 

Yep, not pretty but got the job done, I’d be a happy with a few swinging bunts and some doink singles if that got it done too.

[AceWrigley]

So, in the 6th the Red Sox get 1 hit and score 2 runs. Top of the 7th the Twins get 3 hits and score 1 run. We gotta work on this.

[twins_89]

In Spring training I kept hearing how Duffey had regained some velocity on his fastball, but any gains seem to have disappeared. He's probably fine in a 6th or 7th inning role, but without the extra velocity he shouldn't be out there in the 8th or 9th.

[PatPfund]

Oh, and I threw up in my mouth a little when I heard Stashak was back.

[LVTwinsfan]

7 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

So, in the 6th the Red Sox get 1 hit and score 2 runs. Top of the 7th the Twins get 3 hits and score 1 run. We gotta work on this.

There was an error, so work on defense?

[USAFChief]

Hey, didn't you used to be Carlos Correa?

[Winston Smith]

Is it a little early to think about a front office house cleaning this fall?

[Miggy's Little Helper]

Gotta love Rocco bringing in Thielbar here.  
 

Has there ever been a manager that plays to lose the game more than Rocco?  He gives up in every close game that we are trailing.

[AceWrigley]

*** ALERT ***   Sanchez blocks a pitch in the dirt!

[PatPfund]

2 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

Is it a little early to think about a front office house cleaning this fall?

The pitching was the big area of need, and it hasn't been bad. Tough to work around the no-hitting (and the Kirilloff wrist debacle, though they certainly should have known when camp opened that he was still in pain).

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Miggy's Little Helper said:

Gotta love Rocco bringing in Thielbar here.  
 

Has there ever been a manager that plays to lose the game more than Rocco?  He gives up in every close game that we are trailing.

Thielbar is a featured member of this pen.

 

Rocco's not the problem, in this case.

[PatPfund]

Well, Caleb has looked bad (and kinda over).

[LVTwinsfan]

Sano apologists really laying it on thick

[Aggies7]

Starting to think this club has some holes 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Buxton gets that?

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

*** ALERT ***   Sanchez blocks a pitch in the dirt!

Like that’s a top priority on this team