Game Thread Twins at Diamondbacks 9:10pm cdt, 6/18/2022

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

 

apologies to ol' Billy Boy)

 

Shall i compare thee to a baseball game?

I might as well despite your sullen glare, 

The lineups have each player's place and name

And if you wait a moment, those i'll share:

 

Minnesota Twins:

0. Dylan Bundy (R) P

1. Luis Arraez (L) 2B

2. Carlos Correa (R) SS

3. Max Kepler (L) RF

4. Gio Urshela (R) 3B

5. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B

6. Gary Sanchez (R) DH

7. Trevor Larnach (L) LF

8. Ryan Jeffers (R) C

9. Nick Gordon (L) CF

 

Arizona Diamondbacks

0. Luke Weaver (R) P

1. Daulton Varsho (L) RF

2. Alek Thomas (L) CF

3. Josh Rojas (L) 3B

4. C. Walker (R) 1B

5. David Peralta (L) LF

6. Buddy Kennedy (R) 2B

7. Pavin Smith (L) DH

8. Carson Kelly (R) C

9. Geraldo Perdomo (S) SS

With innings nine each team has equal chance

To hit the ball and make it safely home

The box score tells the action at a glance

It's not short concise, no treatise nor a tome.

But you, i don't know where i should begin

You got the heat, change ups, and curves.

I can only check my swing, no hope to win.

Or swing the check for more hors d'oeuvres.

Alright, calm down, and do you have to shout?

I went too far and now i get thrown out.

Er...

Man, how long has it been since i have written anything beyond a haiku (or limerick)? 

Play ball!

 

[PDX Twin]

Nicely done!

[Parfigliano]

  On 6/19/2022 at 12:00 AM, sampleSizeOfOne said:

 

 

apologies to ol' Billy Boy)

 

Shall i compare thee to a baseball game?

I might as well despite your sullen glare, 

The lineups have each player's place and name

And if you wait a moment, those i'll share:

 

Minnesota Twins:

0. Dylan Bundy (R) P

1. Luis Arraez (L) 2B

2. Carlos Correa (R) SS

3. Max Kepler (L) RF

4. Gio Urshela (R) 3B

5. Alex Kirilloff (L) 1B

6. Gary Sanchez (R) DH

7. Trevor Larnach (L) LF

8. Ryan Jeffers (R) C

9. Nick Gordon (L) CF

 

Arizona Diamondbacks

0. Luke Weaver (R) P

1. Daulton Varsho (L) RF

2. Alek Thomas (L) CF

3. Josh Rojas (L) 3B

4. C. Walker (R) 1B

5. David Peralta (L) LF

6. Buddy Kennedy (R) 2B

7. Pavin Smith (L) DH

8. Carson Kelly (R) C

9. Geraldo Perdomo (S) SS

With innings nine each team has equal chance

To hit the ball and make it safely home

The box score tells the action at a glance

It's not short concise, no treatise nor a tome.

But you, i don't know where i should begin

You got the heat, change ups, and curves.

I can only check my swing, no hope to win.

Or swing the check for more hors d'oeuvres.

Alright, calm down, and do you have to shout?

I went too far and now i get thrown out.

Er...

Man, how long has it been since i have written anything beyond a haiku (or limerick)? 

Play ball!

 

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You just whip this up today?

[Dave The Dastardly]

Decent looking lineup despite the absence of Buxton. Couldn't have said that last year.

[bighat]

Scoreboard watching already: Cleveland losing to LA 6-1 in the 6th.

Twins have Jeffers, Urshela (batting cleanup!?), Larnach, Gordon and Kirilloff in the lineup - plus NO Buxton and they have Bundy on the mound. Can't imagine this will go well.

[bighat]

  On 6/19/2022 at 1:04 AM, Dave The Dastardly said:

Decent looking lineup despite the absence of Buxton. Couldn't have said that last year.

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Aside from Arraez and Correa I frankly don't see much to like. Looks like the B-Team to me. Hope they prove me wrong.

[Mander]

No Buxton again, super. Bundy on the mound against the worst hitting team in baseball. Arizona wins.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

  On 6/19/2022 at 12:58 AM, Parfigliano said:

You just whip this up today?

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Yup.

 

Too lazy to write things in advance...

 

That okay?

[Parfigliano]

  On 6/19/2022 at 1:57 AM, Mander said:

No Buxton again, super. Bundy on the mound against the worst hitting team in baseball. Arizona wins.

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Bundy will have a quality start for him...less earned runs then innings pitched...Twins win.

[Mill1634]

No idea what to expect in this game other than pain. 

[stringer bell]

I wish Luis could be more of a stolen base threat. Lead off hits too often become lead outs on double plays. 

[stringer bell]

Dodgers win. So one win in Arizona will guarantee first place when the Twins return home. 

[stringer bell]

  On 6/19/2022 at 2:16 AM, stringer bell said:

I wish Luis could be more of a stolen base threat. Lead off hits too often become lead outs on double plays. 

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Didn’t matter in the first. 

[stringer bell]

  On 6/19/2022 at 1:29 AM, bighat said:

Aside from Arraez and Correa I frankly don't see much to like. Looks like the B-Team to me. Hope they prove me wrong.

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I’m excited to see the return of Alex Kirilloff.  Not fond of seeing two catchers in the lineup. On a possibly related note, Kyle Garlick homered for the Saints in a 4-3 defeat. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

  On 6/19/2022 at 2:18 AM, stringer bell said:

Dodgers win. So one win in Arizona will guarantee first place when the Twins return home. 

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Who we play when we get home?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

PS. Are moderators sob.... awake?

 

Things seem mighty quiet .

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Kirilloff avoids injury in first at bat.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

  On 6/19/2022 at 1:58 AM, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Yup.

 

Too lazy to write things in advance...

 

That okay?

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Welllll....

 

I did cut and paste the lineup.

 

Can't take credit for that.

[cHawk]

Did we win yet?

[Mill1634]

Larnach is making a case to be sent to St Paul...which is crazy after how hot he started out. He has an OPS of ,423 this month with a 38% k rate. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

  On 6/19/2022 at 2:29 AM, alexthegreat said:

Did we win yet?

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Almost there.

Just hold on for a few more innings....

 

Stay on Target...

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Some prime Bundy here.

 

 37 is prime, right?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

0-0 after 2.

 

Take that, Circus Boy!

[stringer bell]

I'd like to see Gordon run here, if his hamstring is okay.

[Squirrel]

  On 6/19/2022 at 2:24 AM, sampleSizeOfOne said:

PS. Are moderators sob.... awake?

 

Things seem mighty quiet .

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I'm at work ... Brahms 1 ... so awesome, by the best orchestra in the U.S. and one of the best in the world. (I still give that nod to Berlin)  

[stringer bell]

Weaver might have been able to catch or knock down that ball, but he let it go.

[stringer bell]

Well struck C-4.

[Mill1634]

C4!

[stringer bell]

Well struck Max!

[gil4]

It sounds like we have quite the home field advantage on the road in Arizona.