Game 25: Twins vs Kansas City
by Jesse on May 3, 2009 12:48 PM EDT
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PrintKansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins, May 3, 2009 2:10 PM EDT
First Pitch: 1:10 pm
TV: WFTC (29)
Radio: Twins Radio Network
Know Thine Enemy: Royals Review
A win would be good today; take a series from the Royals, and help maintain the cluster in the standings for the AL Central. Fourth place is never fun, even at this stage.
Last night the Twins exhausted their complement of bullpen arms. All six relievers came on to pitch in Saturday's fiasco, and even though they all threw 25 pitches or fewer I doubt they'll all be available tonight. Should the bullpen be needed, Jose Mijares and R.A. Dickey would likely be the guys to pick up the ball. All the same, Scott Baker needs to go long today...and not just for the team, but for himself. He's had a rough start to the season.
For the Royals it'll be Gil Meche, who's had one bad start in five during April. He throws a good fastball around 92-93 mph, a slider, curve and changeup. In many ways he profiles like Scott Baker: misses a few bats, limits walks, good stamina when healthy. The big difference is that Meche keeps the ball in the park, in part because he gets more ground balls, and in part because he hasn't had the horrendous starts that Baker has.
Here's hoping Scott will turn it around today.
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Lineups
Royals
Crisp, CF
Bloomquist, SS
Teahen, 3B
Guillen, DH
Jacobs, 1B
DeJesus, LF
Callaspo, 2B
Buck, C
Maier, RF
Twins
Span, CF
Harris, 2B
Morneau, 1B
Kubel, DH
Cuddyer, RF
Buscher, 2B
Young, LF
Morales, C
Punto, SS
Ok....then do THIS:
Span, CF
Harris, 2B
MAUER, DH
Morneau, 1B
Kubel, LF
Cuddyer, RF
Buscher, 3B
Morales, C
Punto, SS
i really don't see why he isn't playing
especially with how Morales is going to sent to Rochester once Crain comes back…
i dont know, but
i think id sit Mauer and start Morales today too.
by montanatwinsfan on May 3, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
seems like a good motto
to me, rather lose him once a week than for several weeks at a time.
by guinness junky on May 3, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
If the Royals are going to play so poorly in the field
we really need to pull our heads out and capitalize…
Dick said
The team that has scored in the first inning has won the last 11 games. Hope this is a trend that continues today.
The only stat that counts is W
Gordon just speculated that Punto might have hit the ball twice with the same bat during the same at bat...
sometimes I wonder about Gordon…
Just stepped out for a bit...
…LOST is on Sundays here in the UK.
Back to baseball, nice to see the boys out in front!
Let the home announcers stupidity continue,
griping that the “hard-working” coaches dont get paid as much as the “lazy” players. Swear to god that is what Gordon said as they were discussing the fact that Chili Davis has refused to accept a batting coach position because no one has offered him the league players’ minimum.
Righties coming around?
I think most would agree that our right handed hope lies in Cuddyer, Crede, and Young. No one is expecting too much from Gomez and Punto.
I thought they had all three been hitting a bit better overall lately and it turns out it’s true. Here’s their stats over each of their last ten games.
Cuddyer
.242 .390 .424 .814 1HR 8BB 7Ks also one double, and one triple
Crede
.263 .333 .447 .781 2HR, 3 BB, 3 Ks plus one double
Young
.387 .429 .419 .848 0 HR, 2BB 7 K only 1 double
So hopefully these guys have turned a corner, obviously Youngs isn’t as encouraging with the BB/K still sucking and only one extra base hit. At least he’s hitting for average again.
Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?
this ones on you...
better hope Baker doesnt visit this website
probably dont care
if his arm falls off…
by montanatwinsfan on May 3, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Ayala
Seriously, wtf. why the hell would you ever put ayala in a situation where the game is on the line. Use anyone else but ayala, he is complete garbage. Please just get rid of him, i don’t want to even have the worries of him coming into a game.
Are you telling me that Morales gets to decide that - a rookie catcher and that Ayala doesn't know better, or isn't cappable of shaking him off?
by montanatwinsfan on May 3, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
They have game plans for hitters and for situations.
Morales is going to stick to that gameplan. A rookie won’t deviate from that plan as much as a veteran.
every one of his pitches to Buck and Maier were on the outside line too - except pitch #5 to Buck.
thats 16 0f 17 to both lefties and righties – that is not a gameplan.
by montanatwinsfan on May 3, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Although I agree that inning was on Baker not Ayala
that is why I didn’t post any arson pictures…yet
by montanatwinsfan on May 3, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, it's not a good gameplan...
but it is what it is. It’s somebody’s mistake, be in Ayala’s or Morales’ or the gameplan’s.
Yup
its only one run, we can definitely get it back
by montanatwinsfan on May 3, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes!
Not good contact there, but I’ll take it…Texas Leaguer, Span to third, Morneau to second on the throw.
My daughter has a cd of Backyardigan songs.
One is titled “A Pirate says Aargh” Might as well be titled “A Twins Fan Cries Aargh!”
Bullpen blues
There’s no bright spot in that bullpen. Mijares is fine for what he is, and Guerrier is OK. But our bullpen has been pure gasoline outside of those two and Nathan.
Ayala sucks.
Dickey sucks.
Humber sucked.
Crain sucked.
Morillo sucked.
We’re effed without another arm or two down there.
if only we could have known
that the BP was going to be a problem…could have addressed it in the offseason…thanks BS
by guinness junky on May 3, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Crain didn't suck
Until he got hurt. He really only had one bad outing and he went on the DL a couple of days later.
"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot
good news is
the Royals arent really that good…the bad news is we arent even as good as them
Saturday and Sunday was a big FAIL!
right now they can’t finish the job which makes me wonder if all can be well if they fix the pen. The question is how do they fix the pen?
A very disappointing weekend considering this should have been a sweep.
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