Game Thread 9-2-22 @ 7:10pm CT: Twins vs White Sox

[Montdak]

I can’t tell if this site is ragged, iffy, messed up and repetitive or if I don’t know what I’m doing.

[D. Hocking]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:41 AM, Game7-91 said:

And how abt those NYY? 15-24 since ASG and down to Tampa tonight. Keep it going Rays....

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I haven't paid that close attention to the east, but know they were on fire in the early season.  What happened to them (not that I mind them crashing and burning) key injuries, playing above their abilities early-on, something to do with a goat?

[AceWrigley]

Gray out of the game after 59 pitches?

[AussieG]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:51 AM, AceWrigley said:

Gray out of the game after 59 pitches?

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3rd time through

[Game7-91]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:44 AM, AceWrigley said:

Spencer Steer debut with the Reds: 2 for 2 with 2 walks, a homerun, a double and scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Not a bad 1st game in the bigs.

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That name is familiar.....

[Parfigliano]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:52 AM, AussieG said:

3rd time through

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Another 5 inning (hopefully) bullpen game

[mrtwinsfan]

New York , headline monday, Struggling Yankees , Get the Twinkies

[Parfigliano]

Dick says bullpen in good shape.  I disagree

[notoriousgod71]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:51 AM, AceWrigley said:

Gray out of the game after 59 pitches?

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Dick: "they were hoping to get more than four innings out of Sonny gray "

 

No, clearly they were not.

[notoriousgod71]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:57 AM, Parfigliano said:

Dick says bullpen in good shape.  I disagree

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He said that when rich garces, Denny's reyes, and Jose mijares were in the pen too.

[Game7-91]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:57 AM, notoriousgod71 said:

Dick: "they were hoping to get more than four innings out of Sonny gray "

 

No, clearly they were not.

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Wonder what that does to a guy like Gray who seems highly competitive....to be told youre not good enough to trust for 100 pitched in a close game. He's either dejected or massively pissed off.

[AussieG]

Twins making D. Martin look like G. Maddux

[wabene]

  On 9/3/2022 at 1:57 AM, notoriousgod71 said:

Dick: "they were hoping to get more than four innings out of Sonny gray "

 

No, clearly they were not.

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They probably were when he was at 39 after 3

[wabene]

Celestino is still young I doubt we've seen his ceiling. 

[Parfigliano]

  On 9/3/2022 at 2:00 AM, Game7-91 said:

Wonder what that does to a guy like Gray who seems highly competitive....to be told youre not good enough to trust for 100 pitched in a close game. He's either dejected or massively pissed off.

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Both

[Game7-91]

Mariners 36-17 since July 1st. If playoffs started today, they might be favored over Houston. This years Braves?

[Sutter50]

Maybe he is thankful that he didn't go out in the 5th and get lit up

[RickOShea]

Why is it that we struggle against marginal starting pitchers  Do our hitters lack the concentration or intensity.  Is it just incredible coincidence?  It really is mindboggling, when these guys go out to the mound and look like Cy Young candidates against our lineup.  Of course, we suck against the Verlanders of the world, too.

[AussieG]

  On 9/3/2022 at 2:05 AM, Game7-91 said:

Mariners 36-17 since July 1st. If playoffs started today, they might be favored over Houston. This years Braves?

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I'd still take Houston in a 5 game series

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

At the Saints game Simeon Woods Richardson gave up 1 run over 5 innings. Lowered his ERA to 3.29, and was in line for the win, but Smeltzer has given up 5 runs to the Royals AAA club. If it was KC, he'd look like an ace.

But the real reason for my post: What's up with Sonny Gray? Out after 59 pitches? Any sign of injury? 

SWR is 21. The Saints have one 22yr old on their roster. The Storm Chasers have two. This kid has a future. 

[wabene]

Gray seems to just lose it sometimes. His last outing against the ChiSux they scored 12

[IndyTwinsFan]

  On 9/3/2022 at 2:00 AM, AussieG said:

Twins making D. Martin look like G. Maddux

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Nothing out of the ordinary there.

[AussieG]

  On 9/3/2022 at 2:06 AM, RickOShea said:

Why is it that we struggle against marginal starting pitchers  Do our hitters lack the concentration or intensity.  Is it just incredible coincidence?  It really is mindboggling, when these guys go out to the mound and look like Cy Young candidates against our lineup.  Of course, we suck against the Verlanders of the world, too.

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I hate to say it, but maybe we just aren't that good this year

[IndyTwinsFan]

  On 9/3/2022 at 2:08 AM, wabene said:

Gray seems to just lose it sometimes. His last outing against the ChiSux they scored 12

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One-inningitis, a malady we've seen from time to time in other Twins starters in the past.  However, actual names escape me.

[Parfigliano]

  On 9/3/2022 at 2:12 AM, IndyTwinsFan said:

One-inningitis, a malady we've seen from time to time in other Twins starters in the past.  However, actual names escape me.

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It seems like whenever a Twin pitcher gets 2 quick outs they have to somehow put at least one runner on base

[wabene]

Correa's got a damn nice arm

[wabene]

  On 9/3/2022 at 2:15 AM, Parfigliano said:

It seems like whenever a Twin pitcher gets 2 quick outs they have to somehow put at least one runner on base

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[BH67]

Through six innings, police interrogators will compel criminal suspects.to watch the footage of this game in order to elicit confessions more quickly.

[Sutter50]

Sonny Gray right hamstring tightness. He may be dejected and pissed about that

 

[Game7-91]

Rays go from 1-0 lead to 9-0 lead, East is down to 5 games.....NYY have BP issues it seems.

JT Chargois back for TB, pitched 1 inning. Scoreless.