Game 151: Twins @ Indians
by Jesse on Sep 16, 2008 6:01 PM EDT
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Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, Sep 16, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Pregame (12 games remaining)
While Kevin Slowey's start last night was far from bad, the two homers he allowed did more than enough damage to take out the Twins. In an attempt to rebound against a getting-better-but-still-inferior Cleveland squad, the Twins turn to Francisco Liriano. Liriano is still getting better, and he keeps getting great results. He's now thrown over 1000 pitches in 2008, with fewer signs of trouble as time goes along. Tonight, the Twins need him to continue to locate his fastball, and to stay on his gameplan. Even though he's shown the ability to work himself out of jams in recent starts, he'll be much more efficient if he can pitch the way he wants. He still has a tendency to get into innings with large pitch counts, and that's exactly what this team doesn't want right now.
The home team is sending out Zach Jackson, a 25-year old lefty. Jackson throws a fastball around 90, as well as a slider, cutter, changeup and an occasional curve. In 2004 he was a first-round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays, making his debut in their farm system at 21. By the following season the Jays had rapidly promoted him to triple-A, where he posted a 5.13 ERA in 47 innings; he wasn't very impressive in general. After being dealt to Milwaukee with Gabe Gross and Dave Bush for Lyle Overbay (and don't forget Ty Taubenheim!) in December of '05, he made his MLB with the Brewers that following summer. A couple of months ago he became a throw-in piece in the trade that sent C.C. Sabathia to the Brewers, and after the Indians dealt another starter (Paul Byrd), they recalled Jackson, who made his Indians debut on August 14th. In his six starts with Cleveland this season he's 0-3 in 36.1 innings and a 5.70 ERA, with 46 hits, 20 strikeouts and five walks.
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Lets Go Boys
Get the W tonight, and Forgive Me for saying this but GO YANKEES!
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 6:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cuddles getting another start tonight!!
He’s 1-for-5 in three games since his return, with a strikeout.
by Jesse on Sep 16, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
love that you call him cuddles
that’s my favorite Twins nickname ever
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice chinstrap
Francisco. Whatever works.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A really lousy second inning
A K and two bunts for outs.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 7:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A really lousy inning for Liriano, too
The run of homers won’t seem to stop. This is a real problem at this point in the season.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
His fastball has life
but he’s really relying on the changeup.
by Eric in Madison on Sep 16, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This Could Get Ugly Fast
Go Yankees for Tonight and Tomorrow!
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Ugliest, most beautiful game of the year???
if the Twins hold on of course
by caluofmn on Sep 16, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RALLY TIME!
Down 8-5 top 7, runner on second and third, 1 Out
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gomez with a 2 RBI Single
8-7 TWINS, Juan Rincon is pitching
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes!
I didn’t have my glasses on and thought it was top of the 8th for a second and we were down by three. I’ll take an extra inning and being down by 1 instead. Love you, Juan Rincon.
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, it's top of the 6th, not the 7th
Ha, Tony O, you magnificent bastard! I just got yet another inning back!
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on Joe Mauer!
Let’s take this division back!
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on Justin Morneau!
Let’s take this freaking division back!
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaargh
Time to MVP-up, Justin.
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Man, anybody else real nervous about turning 6.1 innings over to the bullpen?
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Boof has Looked
What a Double Play by Nick Punto, Unreal
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"Doesn't get any better than that!" - Dan Gladden
643 double play to retire the Tribe
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Need to win this game
Chicago is winning, time is running out
by .mnqwerd on Sep 16, 2008 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cuddyer Young Buscher
let’s get this done
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Delmon Flies out to center agaisnt Brendan Frieken Donnoley
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
our boy has no patience
maybe you don’t want to reach for a down and out slider when your man can’t hit the strike zone
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
V-Mart not much better than K-Mart
E-2, take your base, Brian.
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Big break
Catcher Interference. 1st and 2nd 1 out. Let’s take advantage
by .mnqwerd on Sep 16, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Watch out
It’s up to left handed Nick Punto
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
well that might be the season :-(
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I just want to keep it inside 3 games so that white sox series isn't meaningless
Not looking super possible right now. Cleveland’s a good team, though. We’re not losing to a bunch of scrubs.
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
5 pitches, 2 outs
for Matt Guerrier. Can we possibly get out of the 7th inning unscathed?
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Shin Soo Choo vs. Craig Breslow
2 on, 2 outs
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Breslow 1, Shin Soo Choo 0
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WALK to start the 8th
Come on Tolbert!
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Once again Justin Morneau
Lets keep our season alive!
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
YES!
8-8
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Liriano owes this offense big time.
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two on, one out
Morneau at the plate. Result: TIE GAME!
MVP! MVP! MVP!
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
if only he could have driven in at least one
in the previous AB, maybe the Twins wouldn’t have lost this one but I’d love to see him be MVP
If the Twins play in October, he has a great chance
by caluofmn on Sep 16, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's Cuddyer time! Let's win this game!
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Sox just beat the Yanks tonight.
So we need to win this.
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Liriano off the hook
The offense DID bail him out. Now—win the game!
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Everybody Comes out of the Woodwork
as soon as we tie the game, i swear i saw tumbleweeds earlier tonight
LOL
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bases loaded for Young!
Three-Run-Jack steps to the plate.
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Was it Killebrew
that used to swing at intentional balls one and maybe even two times, just to dare the pitcher to pitch to him?
Or was it Carew?
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Delmon Young!
One run in.
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on Buscher
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the wheels are really coming off the Bettancourt wagon
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
For at least 75% of pitchers
You can’t tell from year to year what will happen. Betancourt was great last year, this year awful. You could say the same about Guerrier, Reyes, and a lot of others.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Did I dis your girlfriend Betancourt?
Sorry bro, I’ve got a Twins team I’m trying to cheer for
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Punto FAILs
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Eddie?
As Dick Enberg would say “Oh my!”
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 10:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm twitching
more than Nathan right now with Eddie on the mound
Gardenhire's major league career: Banjo hitting, futility infielder who couldn't lick it.
Rick Anderson's major league career: Strikethrower who never made it happen with his sub 90's fastball.
Really gives a new definition to living vicariously through other people, don't it?
by caseintheface on Sep 16, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
when the Twins bat next
You’ll tell us as John Maddon says “Boom!”
by caluofmn on Sep 16, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Thanks for that Eddie. You rock.
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeech
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How many homers against the Twins
have hit the foul/fair pole?
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Like I said this team is a tease
Gardenhire is a fucking moron
Gardenhire's major league career: Banjo hitting, futility infielder who couldn't lick it.
Rick Anderson's major league career: Strikethrower who never made it happen with his sub 90's fastball.
Really gives a new definition to living vicariously through other people, don't it?
by caseintheface on Sep 16, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Eddie as a Fielder
http://preview.tinyurl.com/eddieg
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by Andersklasen on Sep 16, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice inning
For the “Big Sweat” vs. 3 RH hitters.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Mijares. That’s…something. I will never, ever understand why no Nathan in these situations, but I’ve learned not to expect it.
by Eric in Madison on Sep 16, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nathan is far from a sure thing these days…wonder if its because Gardy has been using him more
by guinness junky on Sep 16, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand
the ump’s strike zone. It has helped the Twins more than it hurt them, but it is either small or inconsistent.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Sep 16, 2008 11:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
brutal, brutal loss
I fear we might be at the end of the road, friends.
by Eric in Madison on Sep 16, 2008 11:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm tired of this make up, break up crap
by caluofmn on Sep 16, 2008 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe it's time to see other people
when are the Wild, Vikings, Gophers, Wolves on TV????
by caluofmn on Sep 16, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like the wheels are falling off the Nathan wagon
8-(
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 16, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We Deserved that Loss guys
That was a Game we had no fricken buisness even coming back in. We deserved to lose that one.
by Tony_O on Sep 16, 2008 11:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
At least the Vikings will never break our hearts...
by guinness junky on Sep 16, 2008 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
there are multiple generations of Vikings fans who think your post is so damn funny it makes us cry…
by caluofmn on Sep 16, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Especially with a stumbling Idiot at Coach
and the worst QB in the NFL, that Post is Funny as hell
by Tony_O on Sep 17, 2008 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's Becoming more a more neccesary that we sweep the White Sox all the time.
"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 Sep 17, 2008 5:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
how awesome would that be?
Definitely would make all this nail biting about making the playoffs worth it…
"I don't care about feelings." - Lou Piniella
by natetheskate on Sep 17, 2008 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
3 games after the series
against KC, we’d all have to hope they don’t lose the division in those games like Detroit did a couple of years ago
by caluofmn on Sep 17, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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