Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox GameThread, May 6, 2008 8:11 PM EDT

Game 31: Twins @ White Sox

by Jesse on May 6, 2008 7:15 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 14 comments

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, May 6, 2008 8:11 PM EDT

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 8:11 PM EDT
U.S. Cellular Field

Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 70.

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	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Nick Blackburn	2-1	6	6	0	0	0	0	38.1	47	15	15	1	6	19	3.52	1.38

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Gavin Floyd	2-1	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.1	19	13	11	4	15	15	3.16	1.09

I've inserted the lineup widget, but it was done before the lineups were announced. I'm not sure if these widgets automatically update or not--so if when this posts the lineups are blank, if one of the other admins wants to jump in and re-post the lineup widget (under insert stats), that would be great. I'll be in bed when this game kicks off.

Lineup

Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox

05/06/08 8:11 PM EDT

Minnesota Twins	Chicago White Sox
Carlos Gomez - CF	Orlando Cabrera - SS
Brendan Harris - 2B	Carlos Quentin - LF
Joe Mauer - C	Jim Thome - DH
Justin Morneau - 1B	Paul Konerko - 1B
Michael Cuddyer - RF	Jermaine Dye - RF
Jason Kubel - DH	AJ Pierzynski - C
Delmon Young - LF	Nick Swisher - CF
Mike Lamb - 3B	Joe Crede - 3B
Adam Everett - SS	Juan Uribe - 2B

WIN TWINS!!

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Lineups

Are in! Pretty standard for the Twins – with the exception of Everett instead of Punto at shortstop, it’s the same lineup that faced Floyd in his last start.

by Jon Marthaler on May 6, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not a good first inning

Top: Twins 0-2 with runners in scoring position, both Morneau and Cuddyer with routine ground balls.

Bottom: A walk, two hits, two runs, and Carlos Quentin scoring from first on a single thanks to two errors. Gomez’s throw from center hit Quentin as he slid into third, and Quentin was out by ten feet at home, but Mauer dropped Blackburn’s relay throw. Only Gomez was credited with an error, but Mauer deserved one as well.

Dana Demuth squeezing both pitchers. Could be a four-hour game tonight.

by Jon Marthaler on May 6, 2008 8:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ARRRGH!!!

Swisher never toughed the bag!!! He only stepped on Blackburn’s heel! That should have been a double play!

Grrrr…. Now the Bitch Sox have a third run because of it.

-Flip

by Flip27 on May 6, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Through seven innnings

Gavin Floyd still hasn’t allowed a hit.

JINX! (I hope.)

by Jon Marthaler on May 6, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mauer to the Meople

Joey Bland breaks up Gavin Floyd’s no-hitter in the ninth inning with a one-out double.

Mauer reached base three times, walking twice and doubling.

by Jon Marthaler on May 6, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

Well done.

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane

by AdamOnFirst on May 7, 2008 4:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The last time....

Note: I was all set to post this at the end of the game, but then Floyd’s no-hitter went bye-bye.

The last time….

THE TWINS WERE NO-HIT
May 17, 1998 – New York Yankees 4, Twins 0 – David Wells’ famed perfect game at Yankee Stadium.

Other pitchers to no-hit the Twins: Catfish Hunter (Oakland, 5-8-68); Vida Blue (Oakland, 9-21-1970); Nolan Ryan (9-28-1974).

THE TWINS WERE NO-HIT BUT SCORED A RUN
Never happened before

A MAJOR-LEAGUE PITCHER THREW A NO-HITTER BUT ALLOWED A RUN
September 8, 1993 – Darryl Kile no-hit the Mets, but Jeff McKnight – the only New York baserunner of the game – walked in the fourth inning, then scored after a wild pitch and a throwing error.

THE TWINS WERE NO-HIT BY THE WHITE SOX
Well, the last time it happened, the Twins were the Senators. It was August 20, 1957, the second game of a Senators-Sox doubleheader. Bob Keegan out-hit the Senators by himself, going 1-4 at the plate and driving in a run while no-hitting the Sox.

A WHITE SOX PITCHER THREW A NO-HITTER
On April 18, 2007, Mark Buehrle no-hit the Texas Rangers. Floyd’s is the 17th in White Sox history.

A MAJOR-LEAGUE PITCHER THREW A NO-HITTER
Boston’s Clay Buchholz no-hit the Orioles last September 1, walking three and striking out nine.

by Jon Marthaler on May 6, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs