Game 29: Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles
by Adam Peterson on May 7, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
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Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles, May 7, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
Fortunately, the forecast in Baltimore this evening calls for partly cloudy skies, no rain until Friday morning. The Twins look to bounce back from a lethargic (other than Denard Span in left field) 4-1 six inning loss in the rain last night. Glen Perkins, the Twins' most effective starting pitcher through the first five turns, faces Baltimore rookie Brad Bergesen. I know very little about Bergesen, other than the fact he's been pounded pretty well in his three starts. However, he gave up all of his 3 HR and 5 of his 11 runs in one home start against Texas. In Bergesen's two other starts, he's shown an ability to keep the ball on the ground with 27 GB to 10 FB.
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Lineups
Twins (13-15)
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Matt Tolbert, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Jason Kubel, DH
6. Joe Crede, 3B
7. Michael Cuddyer, RF
8. Delmon Young, LF
9. Nick Punto, SS
Pitching: Glen Perkins
Baltimore (11-17)
1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Adam Jones, CF
3. Nick Markakis, RF
4. Melvin Mora, 3B
5. Aubrey Huff, DH
6. Ty Wigginton, 1B
7. Lou Montanez, LF
8. Gregg Zaun, C
9. Cesar Izturis, SS
Pitching: RHP Brad Bergesen
Seriously, if they’re not going to start putting Gomez in there then they need to go ahead and demote him so he can get regular at bats.
Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?
by halfchest on May 7, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice to see Mauer back in the lineup.
I like this batting order.
by Jesse on May 7, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I also like the order
but I’d prefer to see Cuddyer in front of Crede the way he’s been hitting.
by Adam Peterson on May 7, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder what Gomez did...
he needs to play, either here or AAA…
by guinness junky on May 7, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the Baltimore announcers
Gomez’ neck was hurting tonight after the collision at home plate last night.
by Adam Peterson on May 7, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perkins getting hit hard
Dang, kinda scary with two of your three outs coming on hard hit long balls to left and right.
Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?
by halfchest on May 7, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jones
Everytime I see that guy, especially this year, I think about how he was a rumored guy to the Twins for Santana. Dang, that would have been nice.
Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?
by halfchest on May 7, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
but I would want the Twins to get more than
Jones for Santana straight up
and by more I don’t mean Seattle giving the Twins Silva back
by caluofmn on May 7, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Bedard trade got . . .
CF Adam Jones, LHP’s George Sherrill and Tony Butler, as well as RHP’s Chris Tillman and Kam Mickolio. Now we might not have gotten as much for Santana because of the money involved in signing him but we would have gotten more than just Jones.
I honestly don’t know much about any of those guys except Sherrill who has been Baltimores closer but we definitely would have gotten more.
However, I also remember most people didn’t think the Mariners were all that serious about Santana because of the money issue. I honestly wish we could see exactly what offers were out there. The one I always hope back to is the one with Boston that would have brought Crisp, Lester, Lowrie, and possibly even another minor league pitcher (Bowden or Masterson). Now if that was ever on the table I would be very happy with that trade right about now.
Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?
by halfchest on May 7, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why IS Young playing ahead of Gomez?
He hasn’t been better offensively—Gomez has the same number of walks and more extra base hits in less plate appearances and the batting average advantage for Young is precisely 2 singles, and Gomez is so obviously superior defensively.
by Eric in Madison on May 7, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather see Gomez
It isn’t so much that Gomez is better than Span in center, but how much better Span is than Young in left.
Gomez is athletic, Young appears to be the opposite of athletic when in the field.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on May 7, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
4 runs won't win tonight
However, I suspect the O’s will score more than 5.
by Alexi Casilla All-Star on May 7, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Markakis robs Morny
of extra bases or a homer….damn that good player!
by 33MorneauMVP on May 7, 2009 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now let's show we're better than B-more
at least for tonight
by caluofmn on May 7, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
another bad loss
who gets the anti-stars of the game tonight?
by caluofmn on May 7, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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