MIN 4, BOS 3: Twins Win in 17th Inning, Get First Walk-Off

What a WPA for Kepler!!! Clutch Kepler!

Arraez kept doing what he has been doing. It is really hard to send him back down AAA.

Pineda was great, and Littell improved his stock value greatly.

Parker was still scary even though he got through one inning.

Sano and Garver were the obvious goats. Garver had two big blunders in this game. The first one was really bad. He's not a speed threat, so why he gets caught wandering off 3rd simply means he wasn't attune to the gravity of that situation. He should be buying Littell a steak or two for saving his bacon and another couple of steaks for Kepler. (In his defense, he did work a walk that led to a tie game, so I can't stay mad forever.)

Sano only needed one more K to tie the MLB record (Martinez for the BoSox was also one whiff away from tying the record). He needs a game or two off to reset.

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What a WAR for Kepler!!! Clutch Kepler!

 

Arraez kept doing what he has been doing. It is really hard to send him back down AAA.

 

Sano and Garver were the obvious goats. Garver had two big blunders in this game. The first one was really bad. He's not a speed threat, so why he gets caught wandering off 3rd simply means he wasn't attune to the gravity of that situation. He should be buying Littell a steak or two for saving his bacon and another couple of steaks for Kepler. (In his defense, he did work a walk that led to a tie game, so I can stay mad forever.)

 

Sano only needed one more K to tie the MLB record (Martinez for the BoSox was also one whiff away from tying the record). He needs a game or two off to reset.

Garver catching a great game for 17 innings I think should make up for his couple blunders plus he also did score 1 of the 3 Twins runs

What a WAR for Kepler!!! Clutch Kepler!

 

Arraez kept doing what he has been doing. It is really hard to send him back down AAA.

 

Pineda was great, and Littell improved his stock value greatly.

 

Sano and Garver were the obvious goats. Garver had two big blunders in this game. The first one was really bad. He's not a speed threat, so why he gets caught wandering off 3rd simply means he wasn't attune to the gravity of that situation. He should be buying Littell a steak or two for saving his bacon and another couple of steaks for Kepler. (In his defense, he did work a walk that led to a tie game, so I can stay mad forever.)

 

Sano only needed one more K to tie the MLB record (Martinez for the BoSox was also one whiff away from tying the record). He needs a game or two off to reset.

Give Garver a little credit.   Dude caught 17 innings, though he may have been a main cause for it.    Hats off to the bullpen.   

"Both bullpens surrendered a run in the 13th inning which kept the game going. Both runs came from a lead off home run. For the Sox it was Mookie Betts, and for the Twins, it was Kepler. This was also the first lead for the Twins all game, and capped off a three hit, three RBI night for Kepler."   Twins did not take the lead there or it would have been over.    Don't you love it when guys nitpick after you've taken the time to post a game recap at 2 am?

These two games against the BoSox ... playoff baseball ... that's what that was.

Can't be.   I have been assured that the Twins cannot compete in the playoffs with that bullpen.

Great fortitude. Kepler and Rosario: *****. Stunned the pen got through this.

Give Garver a little credit.   Dude caught 17 innings, though he may have been a main cause for it.    Hats off to the bullpen.   

I gave him some credit; I mentioned his walk. I was just fuming that he got picked off. I just felt this was almost like a playoff game (for atmosphere), so he should have been more alert and that he should be very grateful that the bullpen and Kepler bailed him out.

Granted, he did catch 17 innings, which I should have mentioned. As I said, it's hard to stay mad at him anyway, especially when considering his OPS.

What a great win. Kepler. Wow. Regarding Garver, I am sure he isn't giving himself a break for being a bonehead, and in the 6th, or whatever inning it was, there was no 17 innings in the picture. No need to baby him. He knows, and so does everybody that watched it. That cannot happen. By not pretending it is ok, he will get better for it. Garver is a stud, but no reason to diminish what happened because he played the whole game that he loves. He is a big boy. He can own it, and so can we. One could say it is his own fault the game couldn't be decided in 9.

Would be nice to see the bats wake up tomorrow.

Hey, if we put this game in last year's frame, I doubt we even take into extra innings. We lose in nine. We came back and really got some incredible pitching from the likes of Parker, Magill, Duffey and especially Littell. 

Nothing can be added to what Kepler did. Rosie was also delivering big time as well.

I do hope it's bit easier tomorrow. My stomach can take these games in combination with my duties here on the job.

BTW, I finally got a chance to see some highlights. After Kepler's walk-off, the Boston manager and coaches were furious. They ran after the umpires and were yelling. Does anyone know why? Did they think Kepler's ball was foul or was it a balls and strikes thing?

Lots of twists and turns.

One thing no one mentions: Mookie Betts saved the game for Boston in the 8th on Kepler's line drive down the RF line.

Watch that play.  If he doesn't cut that ball off, and he made a great late snatch to get it in his glove, the ball goes to the wall and the Twins send that runner around third.

How a play like that never even gets mentioned by the announcers, I can't understand. Betts=MVP, does it with his glove, only had one hit, but it was big.

Great Game, congrats to the Twins bullpen. Sano was an embarrassment at the plate last night.

I think it's safe to say Max has turned a corner. He's has some cold steaks but has turned it around quickly.

Any video on Cora's "out-of-character" tirade after the game?

Now that was a baseball game. 487 pitches worth, whew. I'll be a zombie today (east coast time) but it was worth it.