Sox 8, Twins 7: Chicago Beats Minnesota In Rotation Implosion Contest
by Jesse on Jul 16, 2010 9:39 AM EDT
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PrintKevin Slowey implodes again, Alex Burnett helps.
I'm going to make this quick and painless, because the game last night was long and painful.
After the White Sox dropped a deuce on Slowey in both the first and second innings, it looked like the Twins were about to turn the tide of the game by running up half a dozen runs on John Danks in the third. Well, it turns out that the zero Slowey hung on the Sox in the top of the third would be the last outs he'd record.
Slowey was lifted after facing two hitters in the fourth, and while Burnett stranded one of the two runners he inherited it wasn't a sign of good things to come. By the end of the fifth he'd surrendered the momentary Twins lead as Chicago put up three more, moving ahead 8-6.
Naturally the Twins wasted opportunities to take the game back. A leadoff double in the seventh by Orlando Hudson was wasted. Three consecutive two-out singles in the eighth didn't yield a run. And in spite of a clutch hit by Delmon Young that brought Minnesota to within one, Jim Thome struck out to end the game.
So, the Twins pick up right where they left off before the break. Luckily there are three games left in this series, and I'm still hoping for a series win.
What can I say...I'm an optimist.
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Slowey just doesn't have his command.
That was always his premium skill, but it seems to have abandoned him.
Did it occur to anyone else that with all the short starts we’re getting there would be plenty of opportunity to stretch Duensing out with the MLB club just coming in early relief?
I question why Duensing didn't pitch last night?
He wasn’t sent down. Swarzac pitched a good game at Rochester and slama. If they were going to send him down why didn’t he start in Roch last night?
I'm wondering if he just sucks now or it's the pins in his wrist
To lose command…THAT much command where almost everything is right down the middle. It’s just really odd.
Bert was mentioning that Slowey still has great command. I don’t remember all of what they were saying about his pitching, but I was like “what?”
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
Optimism
I hope you have enough for the both of us; I’ve lost mine…
Let's Go Twins!
Minnesota Wild Off-season: In Fletch We Trust.
Slowey pitch breakdown
Did Slowey throw an overly high percentage of fastballs again?
If Gardy wants to pinch hit Valencia for Punto...
..why the heck doesn’t he start Valencia and then use Punto as a defensive replacement after Valencia helps us get a lead? Punto can’t be that much better of a fielder to warrant starting him over Valencia. By pinch hitting Valencia for Punto, Gardy acknowledged that Valencia is the better hitter. And he has done nothing in the field to warrant this much bench time—no errors, several sparkling plays.
"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot
I don't know why,
but I really feel as though we’re going to win the next three games. There is absolutely no basis for that, given how we’ve played of late. I just feel it. The White Sox can’t win series in MN…they just can’t.
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