GAME THREAD: Twins @ White Sox, 10/4/22, 7:10CT | 8:10ET

[aTwinsFanInMaryland]

Good Evening, aTwinsFanInMaryland here tonight with your game thread as the season comes to a disappointing close this week. One positive thing we can still cheer for this evening is Luis Arraez and his quest for the batting title. He is currently .006 points ahead of Aaron Judge (at least that’s what my public school math says). Dan Hayes, Twins writer from The Athletic, has it broken down even further.

 

The Pitchers:

RHP #74 Josh Winder (4-5, 4.31 ERA, 45K’s) vs RHP #27 Lucas Giolito (10-9, 5.00 ERA, 173K’s)

 

The Lineup:

Twins:

1. Luis Arraez DH

2. Carlo Correa SS

3. Gio Urshela 3B

4. Nick Gordon 2B

5. Jose Miranda 1B

6. Ryan Jeffers C

7. Jake Cave LF

8. Gilberto Celestino CF

9. Matt Wallner RF

White Sox:

1. Elvis Andrus SS

2. Yoán Moncada 3B

3. José Abreu 1B

4. Eloy Jiménez DH

5. Gavin Sheets RF

6. AJ Pollock LF

7. Yasmani Grandal C

8. Romy Gonzalez 2B

9. Adam Engel

 

Draft Kings Odds: Twins (+120) White Sox (-190) o/u 7.5

I hope you all have enjoy the threads I've put out to you this year. This was my first year participating and I've enjoyed bringing these to you. Have a good offseason.

[mrtwinsfan]

Arreaz     2-3   tonight,,  Go Twins

[Richie the Rally Goat]

56 minutes ago, aTwinsFanInMaryland said:

Good Evening, aTwinsFanInMaryland here tonight with your game thread as the season comes to a disappointing close this week. One positive thing we can still cheer for this evening is Luis Arraez and his quest for the batting title. He is currently .006 points ahead of Aaron Judge (at least that’s what my public school math says). Dan Hayes, Twins writer from The Athletic, has it broken down even further.

 

The Pitchers:

RHP #74 Josh Winder (4-5, 4.31 ERA, 45K’s) vs RHP #27 Lucas Giolito (10-9, 5.00 ERA, 173K’s)

 

The Lineup:

Twins:

1. Luis Arraez DH

2. Carlo Correa SS

3. Gio Urshela 3B

4. Nick Gordon 2B

5. Jose Miranda 1B

6. Ryan Jeffers C

7. Jake Cave LF

8. Gilberto Celestino CF

9. Matt Wallner RF

White Sox:

1. Elvis Andrus SS

2. Yoán Moncada 3B

3. José Abreu 1B

4. Eloy Jiménez DH

5. Gavin Sheets RF

6. AJ Pollock LF

7. Yasmani Grandal C

8. Romy Gonzalez 2B

9. Adam Engel

 

Draft Kings Odds: Twins (+120) White Sox (-190) o/u 7.5

I hope you all have enjoy the threads I've put out to you this year. This was my first year participating and I've enjoyed bringing these to you. Have a good offseason.

Great work!

[RickOShea]

Good luck to Aerrez tonight.  A hit or 2 could wrap up the AL batting title.  I must say I was upset he wasn't used as a pinch hitter last night.  We had the tying run on in the ninth, and Baldelli didn't send him up.  That goes against the grain.  The object is to win games first and if personal goals are achieved, that's great. I sometimes wonder where Baldelli's head is at.  That was a terrible messagehe sent out, to his players, no matter how big or small a deal it was.  

[Tlaker]

62!!! This means so much to old guys like me

[solomon1930]

Just now, Tlaker said:

62!!! This means so much to old guys like me

I was 62 this past March

[RickOShea]

You qualify for Social Security (in the US)

 

[solomon1930]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

You qualify for Social Security (in the US)

 

Got my first payment in May

[RickOShea]

Did your payment have a direct deposit form to "Trump for Prez" account?

[solomon1930]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Did your payment have a direct deposit form to "Trump for Prez" account?

LOL.  I do zero political contributions.

[Parfigliano]

14 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

62!!! This means so much to old guys like me

Now he can go 0 for rest of season.  Including playoffs.

[RickOShea]

Not much chance of that.

[rwilfong86]

The Twins need to put one high and inside on the next Sox batter 

[rwilfong86]

Hopefully Jose is okay 

[RickOShea]

Toughest team in baseball.  Softest manager, too.

[solomon1930]

Judge goes 1 for 2 and is done for the night

[PDX Twin]

Buxton catches that. (And collides with Wallner and misses 2023.)

[RickOShea]

Buxton doesn't even have to collide.  The breeze running by Wallner, tears his miniscus.

[HokieRif]

The season is lost. Why not let Winder work through that? This is a meaningless game and he needs work. 

[solomon1930]

5 minutes ago, HokieRif said:

The season is lost. Why not let Winder work through that? This is a meaningless game and he needs work. 

Because it makes to much sense.

 

[h2oface]

Gordon is really a mess as a defender. Sad, really.

[solomon1930]

59 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Now he can go 0 for rest of season.  Including playoffs.

That may well be the case for rest of season.  He struck out and then done for the night.

He got his record HR so I'm guessing Yankees give him a rest tomorrow to get ready for playoffs.

[Parfigliano]

I am just flicking through channels and it seems everytime I hit this game some ChiSux is bouncing a DB of the wall.

[Tlaker]

62…. First clean total until we learn otherwise 

[solomon1930]

8 - 1 WS.  I'm outta here.

[h2oface]

They ought to just forfeit the last game. I mean, really, what is the point.? They are just so pathetic now. Sloppy. Embarrassing.  Total collapse. 

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

For those of us loyal fans who decided to hang in there for one more game. This is our reward.

[Rosterman]

6 minutes ago, h2oface said:

They ought to just forfeit the last game. I mean, really, what is the point.? They are just so pathetic now. Sloppy. Embarrassing.  Total collapse. 

Hey, they could use Pagan again, as he threw less than 1-0 pitches yesterday. Save all the other arms for tomorrows finale!

[insagt1]

This game as well as the end of the Twins season has been one huge embarrassment. Anyone can disagree but the lack of anything worthwhile in the past couple weeks has been aggravating. the team is totally dead. Hard to believe that on Labor Day these guys were still in serious contention. Then it all fell apart in a big way.

Arraez toughs out one hit and currently leads Judge by 5 points. I think his batting title is safe. Judge may not play tomorrow and even if he does, thats a lot to make up in one game. So premature congrats to Arraez....maybe the one thing Twins fans can be proud of in this forgettable season. I'm sure they will find all kinds of positives, but right now I'm really in no mood for them.

[mrtwinsfan]

  Go Twins,,  cya next spring