Game 28: Minnesota Twins @ Baltimore Orioles
by Jesse on May 6, 2009 6:14 PM EDT
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Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles, May 6, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
First Pitch: 6:05 pm CDT
TV: Fox Sports North
Radio: Twins Radio Network
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Is it just me, or is there some bizarre scheduling going on so far this year? This will be the second two-game series of the week, third of the year. Afternoon games on Wednesday or Thursday on a travel day? Nope.
At any rate, the Baltimore Orioles play host to a mid-week mini-series. Their run production is better than the Twins while their run prevention is worse. Tonight they offer up southpaw Mark Hendrickson. The 34-year old is with his fifth team since entering the league in 2002, and over the last few years has split time between the rotation and the bullpen. Between walks and hits he allows plenty of base runners, so there's no reason the Twins shouldn't be able to KO him early. Of course he hasn't had a good outing since his first start of the year, which means he's probably due. It would figure that tonight would be the night he'd go seven innings and strike out eight without allowing a run. Hendrickson offers a fastball in the upper-80's, a changeup in the lower-80's and a curveball in the mid-70's. Every once in a while he'll mix in a slider/cut fastball.
Minnesota counters with Kevin Slowey, who battled through five rough innings his last time out. The good news is that in his prior two outings he seemed to have gotten his act together, so here's hoping the rough night against Kansas City was just a bump in the road.
Lineup
Minnesota Twins @ Baltimore Orioles
05/06/09 7:05 PM EDT
| Minnesota Twins | Baltimore Orioles |
|---|---|
| Denard Span - LF | Brian Roberts - 2B |
| Matt Tolbert - 2B | Adam Jones - CF |
| Brendan Harris - SS | Nick Markakis - RF |
| Justin Morneau - 1B | Aubrey Huff - 1B |
| Michael Cuddyer - RF | Melvin Mora - 3B |
| Joe Crede - 3B | Luke Scott - DH |
| Delmon Young - DH | Gregg Zaun - C |
| Mike Redmond - C | Felix Pie - LF |
| Carlos Gomez - CF | Cesar Izturis - SS |
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I'm glad Joe Mauer isn't in the lineup again.
Span-Tolbert-Harris is a front three that should strike fear into the heart of even the most stoic of pitcher’s hearts.
Yeah
Interesting line-up. I guess Harris is our best right-handed batter. Who knew?
"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot
there must be a mistake....
the catcher must bat third.
Why I didn't get MLB Ticket this year
First game I’ve been able to watch for awhile because I live near DC/Baltimore …. And brilliant Gardy has Tolbert and Harris hitting 2-3? WTF is that?
The Orioles on the other hand have their best three hitters—Roberts, Jones-Markakis—hitting one two three.
Infuriating.
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Uffda
It’s going to be a long night.
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Suddenly it looks like RA Dickey being on the team is reeeeeeeeeeeeeal useful.
"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
That R.A. Dickulous.
It’s sad how long it took me to think of that.
has anyone else noticed that it ALWAYS rains when we go to Baltimore?
by thewild_viking_twins on May 6, 2009 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
So can bringing up Tolbert do anything for our pitching too?
b/c right now they can use all the help they can get…
delay in the 2nd
Ouch again.
Well I don’t think it’s gotten completely out of hand yet, but it’s not too far away from that. Maybe he’ll recalibrate after the sun comes out.
Denard Span shows off the gun!
I think we can ink that man’s name in the leadoff spot for the next few years.
aaaaand another intermission
Slowman just hasn’t really looked that good all season
Span pretty much Rocks, all we need is for him to coin the new “smell’em” slogan and light a fire under everyone
Slowey has pitched
back to back great games! So your statement about him not looking good all season is kinda a falsehood.
his last outing vs the Royals
8 hits
5 runs, all earned
4 Ks
I wouldn’t say that was a great outing. But he was good the start before vs Cleveland
I was about to say...
He did have two back-to-back good outings. But the outing before that and the outing after that were poor. He has been the very picture of inconsistency.
"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot
must be why feel so love / hate w/ this team
but really it’s love…
I just wish it didn’t hurt as much as it has… i’m still smarting from yesterday
JESUS GOMEZ STAY PUT
There are times to stand still, such as when you are on third base with one out.
you know what
I think it sucks that they stretched to play just enough so it counts…
I think they knew they’d never get 9 innings in
That's super lame
Really really lame we got screwed out of a chance to come back against their shitty pitching like that.
"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
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