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....and then he gets a hit.

Rosario looks really frustrated right now. Awful body language.

Hell yeah Jorge. F'ing huge! Season saver!

I thought that was a granny.

For the love of Pete. Get a runner in from 3rd with less than 2 down.

No kidding. Why doesn't he step up to plate and deliver some more RBIs before the 6th inning. What a bum.

Yep, it's crazy. If Berrios or Santana put the same start, the run support would be the issue.

For Christ's sake Castro.

He's really fighting it all of the sudden. Guy can't get a ball in play right now.

This doesn't sound real encouraging in this day and age. Is the auto-tune solar?

That'a boy Bob!

First off, positive vibes to all who are in, or have friends and family, in the path of the storm. Be safe, be smart. Hopefullly everyone is prepared and makes it through unscathed. Remember that things can be replaced (it seems there are always a few that choose not to evacuate if necessary, etc, and pay the iron price, to reference GOT). As for baseball, which is meaningless in the scheme of things, Id be happy with a split with KC, and just hang within a game of paydirt. I have a strange feeling of foreboding about this series. Hopefully it's just gas. All of the blown opportunities the past few weeks were tough. They basically could've iced this thing. Let's hope last night's game was a Heimlich maneuver of sorts, and they get back on track.

It's ridiculous how often this team leaves runners on third with less then two outs. It's uncanny. The Angels are taking care of business again. Wonder what that's like.

We in trouble.

IMO, this (including Gleeman and Bonnes podcast) is the best place to go for Twins content. A lot of the stuff in the papers around here are full of fluffy PR quotes from team personnel which don't reflect reality, and a recap of the game. Then there's the opinion pieces (Souhan, Reusse), which don't provide much meaningful insight either, IMO. Lavelle works his tail off and reports things as they happen, and is great at it. But, my gosh, that guy has some terrible baseball takes sometimes. It's a preference thing I guess, but I want brass tacks, not a short story from a pro that loves to do nothing more than show off their vocabulary. I want numbers, observations, trends, specifics etc. honestly, IMO, nobody does it better than Gleeman. When it comes to writing about baseball, Gleeman is Hammermade - meticulous, analytical, above and beyond in terms of detail. Souhan is a Big Johnson t-shirt - appeals to impulse and emotion, not much shame, not as funny as they think, cheaply made. Who cares if Souhan has been covering the team for decades? It's a different game than it was 5 years ago. Who cares if he has Tom Kelly's phone number? Gleeman just had the team's GM for a lengthy interview and has access to some of the greatest analytical minds in the game. I think Souhan is becoming increasingly angry that he's becoming the topical TMZ version. He's been grandfathered in, and knows the days are numbered. The real credibility is being shifted to guys like Gleeman.

Dropping Santana and Berrios starts consecutively to fellow wildcard contenders....Better luck next year.

This team's in trouble if they drop this series. Angels and Yankees just keep winning, and we're giving games away to teams behind us (Royals and Rays). Not feeling real great about where we're headed (on terms of the playoffs this year).

Souhan doesn't do enough real work to merit being included with "the old guard." What he does requires almost no effort. I don't think a sportswriter in this down has ever deserved to be relegated to obscurity like Souhan. He's a total hack that does nothing but write provocative garbage with no real substance to get his name out there (think of it as f'd up marketing, he and paper must think his "edgyness" appeals to somebody). Anybody can walk the line of libel, like a rebellious teenager. Then, he has the audacity to say that he is the authority and tries minimize others who aren't legit by his decree. The man in the high tower. Honestly, this guy needs a knuckle-sandwich from somebody, and a reality check as to who he actually is. In my opinion, the Strib should be embarrassed about this, and so should that unjustifiably pompous dancing monkey.

They've given away too many games like this. It will cost them. When are they going to get human error of this and actually let the best players win? I've seen the Twins get jobbed on so many calls this year. Clearly a swing, and a bad call decided the game. Just let a damn computer make all the calls. There is bob"game integrity" in the terrible biases games that these umps call.

Gibson is not getting nearly enough credit for how he's the turned things around this year. He said been pretty good for a while now. It was like Buxton's BA. It was so bad to begin with that it's hard to make the numbers look good again. Looking at the overall numbers for them gives you the impression that they've been bad to mediocre all year. In reality, Gibson and Buxton are two of the key guys who drug this team back from the dead. The guy should be praised right now, not reviled.

That was awesome. Really fun to watch. Get the series win tomorrow, and hopefully get a game in the Yankees and/or Angels. Angels hit a two run shot in the ninth to tie tonight, then won in extras. Tough break.

Honestly, it's a little ridiculous from the outside that Slegers hasn't gotten another shot yet. Why would Gee earn multiple starts, but not Slegers? Is there something about the kid that makes the front office feel like he would be less successful than Gee? Gee has never been a good MLB pitcher, and has had plenty of shots elsewhere. He's a known commodity, and you know it's awful. Just one of many head scratching moves throughout the year (no bullpen help, waiting too long on Berrios, numerous independent league pitchers thrown against the wall with guys like Gonsalves, etc dealing all year) that will be there to point at when this team finishes 1-2 games out of the second wildcard, which I'm convinced is going to happen.

The story (again): Runners on third base with less than two outs that they couldn't advance home. I don't know why this team has such trouble making contact in that situation. But, if Vargas, Rosario (and I believe one more) can execute there, Twins win and they hold the #1 Wildcard with 2.5 on third place. Instead, second Wildcard with 1.5 on the Orioles (who will catch them) and Angels. Huge difference. I was told by someone innthe gamethread that this series really isn't not a big deal. That even if swept, they're still good. That couldn't be be further from the truth. If they get swept they're not making the playoffs.

Smart stunt there by Yost.

Umps bailed the Royals out there.