2010 Season, Game Post

Game 2010.022: Twins at Tigers

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Hey, at least Scott Baker can’t be quite as good as Francisco Liriano was last night can he?

Baker goes for the Twins after getting beat up for 10 hits and 6 runs in 5.2 innings against Cleveland his last time out. Baker has continued his reverse platoon splits from last year into this young season where right handers hit him better than left handers.

Max Scherzer is coming off a strong outing that earned him a quality start on a 7 K, 2 BB, 7 inning effort in Arlington. He’s never started against the Twins.

Your lefty heavy lineup is:

  1. Jackson, CF
  2. Damon, DH
  3. Ordonez, RF
  4. Cabrera, 1B
  5. Boesch, LF
  6. Inge, 3B
  7. Raburn, 2B
  8. Avila, C
  9. Santiago, SS

64 thoughts on “Game 2010.022: Twins at Tigers”

  5. Here we go once again….getting behind early. Odds are against coming back more than they are for coming back and winning the game

    1. Aw, c’mon!! Why be such a Debbie Downer? It seems like it would take all the fun out of being a baseball fan if you don’t expect your team to win any games!

      1. It takes a big toll on the players ….having to come back all the time…..and I go through too many heart pills!

  14. I’m gonna predict that the missed 3rd strike on Span is gonna cost us the game. I’m looking for a 6-5 finish.

  15. Another good AB for AJax. 6 pitch walk. He didn’t even take the bat off his shoulders either.

    Here’s Magglio!! Big hit there. Score 6-5!

  19. I wonder what the fly ball rate is for the Tigers with RISP, LT2Os and for all other at bats and how that compares with the rest of the league.

  20. I wonder if the Twins will convert this lead off double into a run.

    I’m trying really hard not to talk smack about Raburn.

  22. Career, with R3L2O, Raburn strikes out 36% of the time, so that was somewhat predictable…

  23. How can Raburn strike out in one inning for the Tigers and then play centerfield in the next inning for the Twins?

  32. Wow, if we make the playoffs by one game, remember tonight. That ‘non-catch’ call was maybe the worst one I’ve ever seen at the major league level.

    1. At least we took advantage of it. Wouldn’t have mattered if 2 strikeouts would have followed. It’s nice to see us taking advantage of opportunities.

    2. I dunno. I’ve never been to umpiring school, but it didn’t look like a caught ball to me.

    3. Oh, there have been worse calls. I’ll just view umpire Paul Emmel as our Metrodome. He was the one that punched out and tossed out Span last night also.

      1. I’m with you Billfer. I’ve seen worse…Inge not getting the base in 163 comes immediately to mind. These are the kind of bounces the Twins have gotten ever since they became the darlings of small-ball brilliance under Gardenhire. I don’t feel remotely bad about it.

      2. But Rod Allen said he apologized after the game to Emmel! I thought all was right in the world.
        Maybe not the worst call, but it really takes the ‘must remove ball from glove’ rule to a ridiculous level. I’m waiting for someone to catch a fly ball for the third out, trot all the way in, drop the ball as he is flipping the ball to a fan, and have everyone ruled safe.

        1. Hey at least this isn’t the NFL where we’d still be watching the replay and the resulting rule change would be the baseball equivalent of the “tuck rule.”

          1. Don’t get me started on the tuck rule! I’m a Raiders fan and I firmly believe the foundation of the Patriots dynasty was a ridiculously insane rule whether it was correctly called or not.
            Ok, breather. Where are my pills?

  33. That first pitch swinging when you’ve got a guy on the ropes. What was Boesch thinking after a walk and a HBP? And what were Raburn and Inge thinking too?

    1. oh dear, bilfer don’t give in to the sarcasm. that’s the refuge of the rabble like me. You’re our leader, we expect more

  34. How about the job that Brad Thomas did? He stopped the bleeding and kept the Twins from adding on.

  37. Coke. This bullpen has just been brilliant. Where would we be right now without these performances?

  38. When Billfer goes to the sarcasm, I feel like a kid who has pushed his nice dad way too far. All of a sudden, Dad’s mocking the lack of aerodynamics in my Pinewood Derby car and the fact that my t-ball coach always has me playing left-out, uh, I mean left field.
    All I want to do is make dad a gin-and-tonic and find his pipe while promising I’ll never punch my big sister in the stomach again.

  39. Quick questions – does WXYT do a post-game for home games/all games? If so, are they on any of the iPhone radio apps?

  42. Definition of a catch (italics are mine)
    (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2008/official_rules/02_definition_of_terms.pdf)

    A CATCH is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of
    a ball in flight and firmly holding it; providing he does not use his cap, protector, pocket or any other part of his uniform in getting possession. It is not a catch, however, if
    simultaneously or immediately following his contact with the ball, he collides with a player, or with a wall, or if he falls down, and as a result of such collision or falling, drops the ball. It is not a catch if a fielder touches a fly ball which then hits a member of the offensive team or an umpire and then is caught by another defensive player. If the fielder has made the catch and drops the ball while in the act of making a throw following the catch, the ball shall be adjudged to have been caught. In establishing the validity of the catch, the fielder shall hold the ball long enough to prove that he has complete control of the ball and that his release of the ball is voluntary and intentional.

    1. You think you’re proving your point, but you’re actually proving mine. He caught the ball. He took 2-3 steps. He dropped it when he removed it to throw it.

      1. How could you make that argument? He hadn’t even begun to move his throwing hand in that direction. Completely different scenario than when a guy goes to the glove and inadvertently knocks it out.

  43. Finally not only does a break go the Tigers way but it leads to a large bunch of runs…nice pitching by Thomas and Coke not to be over looked

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