Twinkie Town - Gamehub: Twins at Red Sox, Game 28An online community of Twins fans mourning the death of Prince Rogers Nelson.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52554/tt_fav.png2013-05-07T01:38:16-04:00http://www.twinkietown.com/rss/stream/40703732013-05-07T01:38:16-04:002013-05-07T01:38:16-04:00Red Sox 6, Twins 5: Drew's Walk Off Ends It In 11
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<p>There were ten doubles in tonight's game. The last one hurt.</p> <p>I'll be honest: I think the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Twins</a> lost because of me. In my time in Boston, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> have been undefeated during my visits...except for when they play the Twins. When they've played Minnesota and I've attended, Boston has lost. So when I bolted out of my seat at 11:50-something because I suddenly remembered that if I missed the last train I'd have to walk home from Fenway Park (into Jamaica Plain, though a few unsavory neighborhoods no less), which is just not something I wanted to do.</p>
<p>The second I walked out of the gate, I heard that damned song they play every time the Sox win. My fault, guys. My bad.</p>
<p>This game was thoroughly entertaining. Getting to Clay Buchhholz early and hearing the silence of Fenway Park was a beautiful thing. <span>Joe Mauer</span> and <span>Josh Willingham</span> with a little "whap-whap". The Twins did it again later with <span>Oswaldo Arcia</span> and <span>Aaron Hicks</span>. Mauer's fantastic tag at the plate when the Red Sox tried to pull within one. <span>Chris Parmelee's</span> fantastic extra innings catch. Four thousand double plays turned behind <span>Vance Worley</span> and a big one behind <span>Brian Duensing</span> as well. <span>Brian Dozier's</span> ninth inning homer to tie the game back up at five, whereupon I was the only person in the right field porch cheering.</p>
<p>At least it felt like it.</p>
<p>The Twins did blow their chances. Dozier and Mauer reached in the seventh with nobody out, but they weren't able to cross the plate. Back-to-back walks in the tenth from <span>Trevor Plouffe</span> and Arcia went nowhere. <span>Wilkin Ramirez</span> was brought in to pinch hit for Hicks, which is just not a good sign for Hicks. This was already after Gardy had inserted <span>Eduardo Escobar</span> to pinch run for Josh Willingham.</p>
<p>Tonight it just wasn't to be. But I'll be back for at least one more game this week, and hopefully the Twins will have better luck then.</p>
<p><b>ROLL CALL!</b></p>
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<p>Just a couple of other notes...</p>
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<span>Justin Morneau</span> looked generally awful at the plate today. He looked like he was back to just straight up guessing, and he was unable to really catch up with anything. He did manage to put good wood on the ball a couple of times, but he didn't look good doing it.</li>
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<span>Anthony Swarzak</span> was huge, giving the Twins three innings of scoreless baseball.</li>
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<span>Casey Fien</span> allowed a pair of crucial solo home runs. No, I'm not putting the game on him, but they really were big runs at bad times.</li>
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<p><b>Studs</b></p>
<p>Brian Dozier<br>Joe Mauer<br>Josh Willingham<br>Anthony Swarzak</p>
<p><b>Duds</b></p>
<p>Justin Morneau<br>Casey Fien<br><span>Pedro Florimon</span><br><span>Jared Burton</span></p>
https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/5/7/4307504/red-sox-6-twins-5-stephen-drew-walks-off-boston-with-rbi-doubleJesse Lund2013-05-06T17:44:10-04:002013-05-06T17:44:10-04:00Pitcher Preview: Vance Worley vs Clay Buccholz
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<p>Previewing the starting pitchers of tonight's opening salvo between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park.</p> <p></p>
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<h4 class="player-position">#49 / Pitcher / <a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota Twins</a>
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<p><label>Height:</label> 6-2</p>
<p><label>Weight:</label> 230</p>
<p><label>Bats:</label> R</p>
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<p><label>Born:</label> Sep 25, 1987</p>
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<p>Whenever Worley looks like he's improving, he has a clunker. His first start of the year was fine, until he followed it up with a "meh" performance and then a solid hammering. Then he put together back-to-back outings which were, for all intents and purposes, one hell of a lot better. Followed by a shellacking in Detroit.</p>
<p>Worley is never going to overpower anyone. But he's a better pitcher than he's proven to be so far this season. All we're asking is just to keep us in the game, Vanimal. Keep us in the game.</p>
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<h4 class="player-position">#11 / Pitcher / <a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Boston Red Sox</a>
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<p><label>Height:</label> 6-3</p>
<p><label>Weight:</label> 190</p>
<p><label>Bats:</label> L</p>
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<p><label>Born:</label> Aug 14, 1984</p>
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<p>Apart from the fact that he could pass for a girl (minus the facial hair) in this picture, Clay's been a man among men in terms of starting pitching this season. Six consecutive quality starts to kick off the season. 47 strikeouts in 44.2 innings. His ERA is a microscopic 1.01, and he's actually allowing LESS than one run per start. His ERA+ is 427. FOUR. TWENTY. SEVEN.</p>
<p>Let's just chalk it up to small sample size to keep from crying, shall we?</p>
<p>Now in his age-28 season, what we appear to be witnessing is Buchholz turning into the ace the Red Sox always expected him to be. Going into 2008, Baseball America ranked him as the number four prospect in the game. And since then he's had some pretty good years with Boston. But this? This is unprecedented.</p>
<p>I'd like to say that Buchholz is due for a clunker of his own. But his fastball is as alive as it's ever been. And that curveball is downright illegal. Let's just cross some metaphors: my fingers are crossed, but I'm not holding my breath.</p>
https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/5/6/4306264/pitcher-preview-vance-worley-vs-clay-buccholzJesse Lund2013-05-06T10:00:12-04:002013-05-06T10:00:12-04:00Twins at Red Sox: News and Notes
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<p>It's a four-game Fenway formation. (Sorry. I got carried away with the alliteration and it ended up making no sense.) </p> <h3>Probables (all games 6:10pm Central Time)</h3>
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<li>Monday, FSN: <span>Vance Worley</span> vs. Clay Buchholz<br>
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<li>Tuesday, FSN PLUS: <span>Scott Diamond</span> vs. <span>Ryan Dempster</span><br>
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<li>Wednesday, FSN, ESPN: <span>Pedro Hernandez</span> vs. Felix Doubrount<br>
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<li>Thursday, FSN: <span>Kevin Correia</span> vs. <span>John Lackey</span> </li>
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<li>Tonight is <span>Clay Buchholz's</span> first start since <b>Jack Morris</b> and <b><span>Dirk Hayhurst</span></b> <a href="http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9236955/boston-red-sox-manager-john-farrell-miffed-jack-morris-allegations-clay-buchholz">accused the righthander of throwing a spitball</a>. I'm sure there will be no coverage of this whatsoever today. Near as I can tell, Buchholz acknowledges that he puts rosin on his arm, which he then rubs on the ball, but can't understand why anyone would therefore accuse him of cheating. Here's hoping <b>Ron Gardenhire</b> asks the ump to check him like once an inning, and the whole thing leads to a good solid brawl. <br>
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<li>The Red Sox are 20-11 and are tied for baseball's best record.</li>
<li> <span>Mike Carp</span> is hitting .406 in part-time action for Boston, who is 10-3 when Carp gets at least one at-bat in a game. Boston's road to a championship is thus clear: More Carp. #morecarp</li>
<li>Sox closer <span>Andrew Bailey</span> hasn't pitched in a week, and will undergo an MRI on his right biceps. In his absence, <span>Joel Hanrahan</span> has four saves.</li>
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<a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Twins</a> Notes</h3>
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<li>As of May 3, <span>Darin Mastroianni</span> will be in a walking boot for at least another week, after which the Twins will presumably send him on a rehab assignment and then stop returning his phone calls, a la <span>Tim Wood</span>.</li>
<li> <span>Cole De Vries</span> made the first start of his rehab assignment on Sunday in Fort Myers, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits in four innings of work. De Vries also struck out two.</li>
<li>Another note from looking up that box score: Remember <b><span>Levi Michael</span></b>? He's hitting .184, the worst of any player on the Miracle roster. </li>
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https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/5/6/4303342/twins-at-red-sox-news-and-notesJon Marthaler