Happy Dad’s day to JC since he’s our only contributor who is actually a father – but hope all the rest of the dads out there are enjoying the day as well.
So it’s been raining just about the whole day here in Minnesota but the sun just came out at my house about half an hour ago.. I am thinking they may actually be able to get great game weather!
Let’s see if we can’t actually get a better GAME than we got last night though…
That’s the kind of ballgame you watch and it brings back memories of the way the Twins used to play baseball on a regular basis. Seven excellent innings of work from Sam Deduno just demonstrated what can be accomplished when you get good starting pitching. Jared Burton struggled just a bit again, but Glen Perkins closed the door in the 9th inning.
Joe Mauer did his Joe Mauer thing collecting a two-out, two-RBI single in the sixth inning.
But Birthday Boy Trevor Plouffe is the clear choice for BOD tonight. 3 for 3, a double, a home run, 3 ribbies and a couple of runs scored in his first game back from the Disabled List. Welcome back, Trevor!
Congratulations to Everyday Eddie and Tom Mee on their inductions into the Twins Hall of Fame this evening!
Now, we face our third consecutive former CF’er hosting the Tigers – Span, Revere and now Hunter. Tonight the pressure is on Scott Diamond to keep the Detroit hitters in line.
Let’s see if we can try to get OUR offense going tonight BEFORE we are trying to win by coming from behind.
[My apologies for the late post folks – for some reason the first post attempt did not publish]
So I haven’t given up on Pelfrey – but then again, I still don’t trust him all that far either. Does that make me a bad fan? Regardless, I never know which version we’re going to get when the game starts so I always feel like I need to cross my fingers and hope really hard.
This lineup doesn’t exactly give you the utmost confidence either but I’m an optimist so I always look to each game as its own animal with possibilities. Let’s see what the boys can do – and hopefully they have a long enough dry spell to do it in.
Nice that we can get a come from behind win!! The first half of this game didn’t even look like this was possible but then it started warming up..
But it didn’t get hot until the end and Arcia and Thomas actually started making some SERIOUS moves.. Tonight was a career-high 4 hit night for Clete AND he hit the tying RBI and scored the Winning Run so he is tonight’s BOD!
Minnesota Twins’ Clete Thomas is congratulated by third base coach Steve Liddle, left, as he runs toward home plate on a two-run home run against Texas Rangers pitcher Neftali during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, April 15, 2012, in Minneapolis. The players were all wearing No. 42 jerseys in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)
I THINK that is what time the second game starts… not 110% sure and I can’t seem to find it listed on the website – gotta tell you that seems like a big failure on the part of the team admin…
Anyway here’s the second game lineups! let’s hope Deduno can be effective and efficient..
I have decided that I’m simply too sore after all the landscaping work to cook a big breakfast this morning so I’m taking my husband out to brunch. We’ll be back in time to watch the game I’m sure but just in case I’m not back in time to give you a chat, here you go. (and yes, it’s still too early for lineups.)
except for that truly fantastic fake out from Brian Dozier!! I can’t find a clip of it yet but surely it will show up at some point because it was hilarious! If I find it, I’ll add it!
My apologies but I’m not going to be around during game time so if someone happens to come by that can give you our fancy lineup chart, then we’re all go and if not, at least you all have a place to gather and chat!
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It sure took these guys a long time to figure out their lineups and get them posted!
Ryan Doumit hitting 3rd for the Twins. That’s different.
Of course, we get to say hello to an old friend today in Denard Span.
I’ve got a wedding reception to go drink at this afternoon, so I won’t be around after the first couple of innings, but hopefully we’ll see some of the Twins’ historic inter-league success today. – JC
A Win is great! A Win after 11 innings is a blessing! This is going to be a long weekend of ball for the boys since they have a double header tomorrow to make up for last nights postponement.
At any rate, the boys actually fought hard and this time, whenever they gave up a run, they came back and got another one – this game was tied from most of the 4th inning on – hard fought baseball.
It’s hard to decide on BOD today but the vote eventually went to Doumit for hitting the winning RBI. Congratulations Ryan.. again. 🙂
Ok, we let the Royals break their home losing streak.. can we go back to winning now?
I won’t be able to be there for the game – unless of course it’s still going when I get home from a 3 hour choir rehearsal… [I’m looking at you, Pelfrey]
How do you go from a 3-3 tie in the 7th inning (the last time I checked the score while the game was still going on) to getting beat 7-3? I thought the bullpen was supposed to be the one area that was actually working well for the Twins.
It appears it was a relatively nice outing for Mike Pelfrey, anyway, so that’s a good thing. But five lousy hits? Ugh. – JC
