Twinkie Town - Gamehub: Twins at Brewers, Game 48An online community of Twins fans mourning the death of Prince Rogers Nelson.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52554/tt_fav.png2013-05-27T17:44:49-04:00http://www.twinkietown.com/rss/stream/41340072013-05-27T17:44:49-04:002013-05-27T17:44:49-04:00Twins 6, Brewers 3: B-Squad Falls to Minnesota
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<p>Correia has his best start of the month.</p> <h4>
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<i><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">If you're a </span><a style="font-size: 1.25em;" class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Twins</a></i><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><i> fan get on your knees and pray that Angel Hernadez doesn't review this.</i><br><br></span>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">- Dick Bremer</span></div>
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<p><span>Kevin Correia</span> didn't look like he was going to pitch well today. In the bottom of the first he walked <span>Norichika Aoki</span> on five pitches, <span>Jean Segura</span> fought him off until he was able to line one up the middle, and then he plunked <span>Carlos Gomez</span> with a 2-2 fastball. Yet the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> didn't score. It turns out that was more of an indication for how Milwaukee's afternoon would go.</p>
<p><span>Yuniesky Betancourt</span> smashed a hard liner right to <span>Pedro Florimon</span>, who flipped to <span>Brian Dozier</span> to complete a double play. Aoki didn't have a chance to go anywhere. Somebody named <span>Jeff Bianchi</span> then struck out to end the threat, and that's how Correia walked off the mound unscathed.</p>
<p>Gomez homered to lead off the fourth, and then was the second half of a back-to-back homer pairing in the sixth when Segura hit his eighth bomb of the year. Those were all the runs the Brewers would get, and they're a great example of how home runs aren't that big of a deal as long as the bases are empty.</p>
<p><span>Justin Morneau</span> continued his hot month of May by pushing a bouncing ball through the left side in the top of the first to score Joe Mauer. Pedro Florimon and <span>Ryan Doumit</span> combined to drive in three, meaning that even after the back-to-back shots from the Brewers the Twins were still leading 4-3. Joe Mauer homered off of the yellow padding in left field in the seventh (credit Angel Hernandez and crew for actually getting the review right this time), and <span>Chris Parmelee</span> took <span>Burke Badenhop</span> deep to extend Minnesota's lead to our final score.</p>
<p><b>ROLL CALL!</b></p>
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<div><b>Bullet Point Highlights</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Is it just me, or is Major League Baseball really starting to gather a collection of umpires who are constantly under fire from fans and the media? Angel Hernandez, Joe West, and even Alfonso Marquez seem to rise above the game from time to time, and too often it's because they make incorrect calls or draw attention to themselves. Not a fan, folks. Not a fan.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Wasn't <span>Joe Mauer's</span> last home run also off the top of a fence?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Carlos Gomez is really good at pimping his own home runs. More power to him - the guy is having a fantastic season and the Brewers have clearly gotten more out of him than the Twins did (or than the Twins got from <span>J.J. Hardy</span>). He's having himself a year.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">The Brewers were already sans <span>Corey Hart</span>, and both <span>Aramis Ramirez</span> and Ryan Braun were kept out of today's game (at least until Braun's pinch hitting appearance in the bottom of the ninth). Give credit to the Twins where it's due - a win is a win and we need all the wins we can right now. But the Twins did just double up Milwaukee's second string.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;"><span>Josh Roenicke</span>, <span>Brian Duensing</span>, <span>Jared Burton</span> and <span>Glen Perkins</span> combined for three shutout innings in relief this afternoon. Perkins in particular was absolutely filthy, striking out the first two batters he faced.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Parmelee's fourth home run of the year came as the result of a double switch, when he came in to play right field for Doumit while Roenicke and the pitcher's spot moved to sixth in the batting order. Parm's had a really tough year, so it was good to see him get hold of one today.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 9px;">Can we officially state that Florimon has a penchant for the dramatic? Once or twice a week he's coming through when the Twins need him to. And that's great coming from a guy hitting at the bottom of the order.</span></li>
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<div><b>Win Expectancy Graph</b></div>
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https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/5/27/4370824/mlb-final-socres-twins-6-brewers-3-parmelee-mauer-homer-as-minnesota-tops-milwaukees-bJesse Lund2013-05-27T11:37:41-04:002013-05-27T11:37:41-04:00Gamethread: Twins at Brewers, Game 48
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<p>The Twins look to turn things around with a couple of games in Milwaukee.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 9px;"><strong>First Pitch:</strong> 1:10pm CDT</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>TV:</strong> FS-N</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Radio:</strong> K-TWIN, TIBN</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Know Thine Enemy:</strong> <a href="http://www.brewcrewball.com" target="_blank">Brew Crew Ball</a></p>
<p><em><strong><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Twins</a>: </strong>Carroll (3B), Dozier (2B), Mauer (C), Willingham (LF), Morneau (1B), Parmelee (RF), Hicks (CF), Florimon (SS), Correia (P)</em></p>
<p><em><strong><a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Brewers</a>: </strong>Aoki (RF), Segura (SS), Gomez (CF), Betancourt (3B), Bianchi (2B), Gonzalez (1B), Schafer (LF), Maldonado (C), Peralta (P)</em></p>
https://www.twinkietown.com/2013/5/27/4370028/game-48-twins-at-brewersJesse Lund2013-05-27T11:24:40-04:002013-05-27T11:24:40-04:00Pitcher Preview: Kevin Correia vs Wily Peralta
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<p>Corriea will try to regain the form he had in April while Peralta would like to be consistently effective twice in a row just once this season...and is hoping to start that streak today.</p> <p></p>
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<th></th> <th>W-L</th> <th>G</th> <th>GS</th> <th>CG</th> <th>SHO</th> <th>SV</th> <th>BS</th> <th>IP</th> <th>H</th> <th>R</th> <th>ER</th> <th>HR</th> <th>BB</th> <th>K</th> <th>ERA</th> <th>WHIP</th>
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<td class="td-name td-first">2013 - <span>Kevin Correia</span>
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<td>4-4</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>57.2</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>25</td>
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<td>7</td>
<td>9</td>
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<td>3.90</td>
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<p>Correia has started four games so far this month, alternating unimpressive ones with ones where he's been knocked around like he was a 17-year old pitching to professionals. It would be good to see him turn things around today and get himself under control a little bit, particularly after the upheaval in the rotation this week and the way <span>Mike Pelfrey</span> is being pushed by <span>Kyle Gibson</span>.</p>
<p>Facing off against Aoki, Segura, Braun, Ramirez, and Gomez as the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> one to five batters won't make it an easy task. Current Brewers have also combined to hit .288/.335/.481 against him in 160 at-bats, although <span>Corey Hart</span> won't be an issue today. Gomez, Aoki, and Segura have just 13 at-bats against him though, so Milwaukee's level of comfort in seeing Correia might not be as imposing as it looks.</p>
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<td class="td-name td-first">2013 - <span>Wily Peralta</span>
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<td>3-5</td>
<td>10</td>
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<td>69</td>
<td>44</td>
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<p>In ten starts this season, Peralta has actually put together five quality starts. Of course, a "quality start" is at least six innings and three earned runs or less, so that's quite subjective and, as you can see by his line, he hasn't really been all that good this year.</p>
<p>Peralta has never pitched against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Twins</a> and no Twin has seen him as a member of another club, so the Twins would probably be well served to be patient today. He's exclusively a three-pitch guy this year: fastball, slider, changeup.</p>
<p>Right-handed hitters will see Peralta's mid-90s fastball in and out, although at times he'll consistently catch far too much of the plate. His sliders are always down and away, and will drop out of the zone just as often as he'll nip the corner. The changeup is generally at the knees, but his occasional lack of command means the changeup is left up in the zone and can give hitters big opportunities to take advantage of mistakes.</p>
<p>Against lefties Peralta isn't nearly as confident coming inside, which works pretty well for <span>Joe Mauer</span> and <span>Justin Morneau</span>, who are both pretty happy going the other way. The slider is used more as a back door option here, and if he does throw it on the inner half it almost always drops out of the zone. The changeup, like the fastball, is consistently down and away.</p>
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