Game Thread: Twins vs. Rays, 6/11/22 @ 1:10pm CT

[LVTwinsfan]

Kiermaier  grounds out on what would have been strike 4

[Aggies7]

Haha that’s a ball

[Doctor Gast]

Whoa! dodged that bullet

[ashbury]

Never a doubt.  Pagan, lol wut?

[USAFChief]

winnah

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

If Duran goes 1-2-3, he faces 5, 6, 7.  Pagan would have had 8,9 1. Or maybe Duran throws an easy 8th and can go 2. Plus there's always the chance the Twins add on bottom 8. I don't have an issue with it.  

 

But if one guy gets on base, that entire plan is shot

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Kiermaier  grounds out on what would have been strike 4

Well the ump made up for it

[LVTwinsfan]

Good save by Pagan 

[mrtwinsfan]

How did we Escape this day????????

 

[CRF]

Whew!

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

How did we Escape this day????????

 

The Twins aren’t too bad at this baseball stuff

[ashbury]

I'm starting to believe in this team.  Not World Series belief, but better than "well, someone will finish first in the Central."  I suppose that puts a curse on them now.

[USAFChief]

Pagan with command has the look of someone who can help.

 

Let's keep that please. kthanks.

[jimbo92107]

I have always had the deepest faith in Emilio Pagan.

Gack!

[operation mindcrime]

Way to go Twins!!!!!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

  I suppose that puts a curse on them now.

yeah. thanks.

[ashbury]

4 minutes ago, jimbo92107 said:

I have always had the deepest faith in Emilio Pagan.

"I have been and always shall be your fan."

[CRF]

We should have taken two from NY as well. I think we won this game despite the Roc's master plan. 

[tony&rodney]

That was a good game. Fans have to be happy with two wins against an excellent TB team.

There is so much baseball left in the season but people who are insistent that the Twins are not a contender in any way may need to reconsider what contending means. I mean, I'm pretty content to see the team in first place even in the AL Central. There are some decent young players getting significant at bats and showing their stuff. Although I have not been previously impressed by Pagan, I willingly eat crow and am impressed with several of his recent outings. 

[Mike Sixel]

4 hours ago, Karbo said:

Looks like another throw away game. Starting Chi Chi and sitting Buxton, Correa, and Urshela all on the same day? Rocco must have figured this ones in the books as a loss already. Should have just called it a forfeit and saved all the arms in the pen. Sure am glad I didn't pay to go to this game!

They are on pace to win the division, and have a top four or five record in the league. 

[Mike Sixel]

27 minutes ago, CRF said:

We should have taken two from NY as well. I think we won this game despite the Roc's master plan. 

All they do is win, and people come here every day to complain. Two division championships, plus this year, even with the entire starting staff but one injured all at the same time. 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Twins Win!!?

[Doctor Gast]

Pagan really pounded the srike zone today

[ashbury]

38 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

They are on pace to win the division, and have a top four or five record in the league. 

So, another Postseason Participation Trophy, IOW.

[strumdatjag]

I was there.  It was a great game.  I hope Nick is OK

[LVTwinsfan]

1 hour ago, mrtwinsfan said:

cant send him down ??  is that right ?

Maybe they could put him on extended rehab

[ashbury]

Was only "watching" the game by Gameday, and I think I misunderstood it when Gordon was lifted for the pinch runner and someone said "he looks hurt."  I never want to make light of actual injury.*

* Unless perhaps it's a Yankee or White Sox player.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, this aged like fine wine.

But I agree that sitting Buxton and Correa is a pretty crappy thing to do to home fans on a Saturday afternoon.

On the road? Sure, do whatever you want... but there were tens of thousands of people who paid good money to watch the Twins best two players.

[cHawk]

[Richie the Rally Goat]

5 hours ago, PDX Twin said:

Cotton is done if he puts another Rayon.

Silky smooth!