9/5 Game Thread: Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays

by Jesse on Sep 5, 2006 7:09 PM EDT in News

Second game of the series, the Twins leading the Sox by 1/2 game in the Wild Card race and winners of game one against the Rays. They trail Detroit by 5 games. Minnesota: 79-57. Tampa Bay: 55-83.
Minnesota Twins Name POS AB AVG HR RBI OBP SLG VORP Castillo 2B 497 .296 3 45 .349 .372 17.5 Punto 3B 350 .297 1 36 .373 .391 13.5 Mauer C 442 .346 10 73 .427 .498 56.1 Cuddyer RF 453 .274 20 91 .355 .503 26.1 Morneau 1B 488 .318 33 114 .371 .580 45.6 Hunter CF 449 .269 23 71 .337 .472 21.4 White DH 264 .220 5 30 .251 .326 -18.1 Tyner LF 166 .307 0 11 .335 .337 -1.3 Bartlett SS 240 .338 1 22 .402 .438 21.3

Lineups Kansas City Royals Name POS AB AVG HR RBI OBP SLG VORP Baldelli CF 267 .303 8 40 .348 .461 21.7 Young RF 27 .370 2 5 .379 .667 4.3 Crawford LF 518 .305 16 67 .349 .483 33.4 Wigginton 1B 356 .267 19 60 .316 .483 12.9 Navarro C 150 .267 4 17 .347 .387 4.2 Cantu 2B 345 .243 11 56 .292 .394 1.0 Hollins DH 308 .224 14 31 .267 .412 -8.3 Upton 3B 98 .245 5 26 .288 .265 -6.0 Zobrist SS 118 .237 2 11 .270 .339 -3.9

Pitchers Name IP W L ERA WHIP K/9 AVG VORP Santana 198.1 16 5 2.95 1.02 9.39 .220 65.3 Seo 59.1 1 5 4.40 1.63 4.40 .311 8.3

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Kill em

Kill the rays that killed the croc hunter, Santana. Rondell White is hitting .667, 2 HR, 5 RBI, in 9 AB. Rondell killem like last night. Lets go Twins

by Twins2006 on Sep 5, 2006 7:30 PM EDT reply actions

8-10

Rondell is now 8 for 10 against Seo. Way to go Rondell.

by Twins2006 on Sep 5, 2006 7:35 PM EDT reply actions

hunter / tyner / rondell

What is with Gardy DH'ing tyner? seems to me that with hnter's ailing foot, why not play tyner in CF adn DH hunter? Its these little line-up decisions that confirm that gardy is just plain dumb.

by bobio on Sep 5, 2006 8:33 PM EDT reply actions

I agree

I agree. total headscratcher. Hunter is a bit better than before, but he is still diminished in center, and I don't think he would complain about getting a day off on the hard Tropicana astroturf.

But all is well. The Twins win and the Bitches and (lions) Tigers (& Bears) go down for the second day in a row and we are able to pad our little lead.

A happy day in Twinkietown.

Also, now that we are only 4 games behind the Tigers, our next series has some interesting possibilities. I haven't really concerned myself with the Tigers to this point, figuring we should focus on the card, and if the division falls to us, more the better. But if we were to make a run, this weekend would be a golden opportunity. If we wer to somehow manage a sweep, we could take this thing over in one fell swoop. That would really ease our mind; reducing the Tigers to a dogfight with the Sox and happily holding our own playoff spot.

"Baseball is great because you can't take a knee or kill the clock. You have to put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn chance." C Stengel

by AdamOnFirst on Sep 6, 2006 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Man, that's BS.

Total BS call on the umps' parts. Double for Cuddyer that was easily out, and a fan totally interfered. Shoulda been a HR.

Then they toss Gardy for arguing.

And then they eject the fan. So if he was interfering, shouldn't it be a homer?

Durr.

by ravenfly on Sep 5, 2006 9:00 PM EDT reply actions

Stadium request

Call your legislators and tell them when they build the new stadium there should be no doubt when a home run is hit. A ball that is a homer should never come back onto the field, unless a Cub fan throws it back. No yellow lines, they are for indoor kickball.

by wcooley on Sep 5, 2006 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Kid ejected

And it wasn't the kid, but the guy behind him who reached out and deflected the ball.

I like yellow lines. Let's paint one on the Metrodome right field wall, about 10 feet up.

by twintown on Sep 6, 2006 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Gardy thrown out

What is his point getting thrown out on that call? The ump's discussed it, made the wrong call agian, but really what else could be done anyway? Probably just got our pitcher tomorrow squeezed as a result. If he would have thrown a temper tantrum, the ups may have given us a call back tomorrow.

by bobio on Sep 5, 2006 9:03 PM EDT reply actions

Why not black lines

I never understood why they chose yellow for lines or foul poles, for that matter. Yellow and creme do not provide enough contrast. But if the poles/lines were black, you could see a ball flying past them on one side or the other.

Joe Mauer for MVP.

by cmathewson on Sep 6, 2006 2:11 PM EDT reply actions

Hmm

It is more so the line stands out with the environment it is in (cement, blue padding, dark clothing) than for it to contrast with the ball.

And yeah, it was stupid for them to kick the kid out. He was just catching a ball out of play!

"Baseball is great because you can't take a knee or kill the clock. You have to put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn chance." C Stengel

by AdamOnFirst on Sep 6, 2006 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Especially since...

The kid didn't even touch the ball. The kid they kicked out was wearing a tan-colored glove. The guy who droped the homer onto the field wore a black glove and actually reached over the kid's shoulder from the second row. He stayed in the game.

Joe Mauer for MVP.

by cmathewson on Sep 6, 2006 2:40 PM EDT reply actions