{"id":18214,"date":"2014-05-06T17:05:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T22:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/?p=18214"},"modified":"2014-05-06T21:14:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T02:14:15","slug":"gamechat-minnesota-cleveland-2-605pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/2014\/05\/06\/gamechat-minnesota-cleveland-2-605pm\/","title":{"rendered":"GameChat &#8211; Minnesota @ Cleveland #2, 6:05pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Still no Mauer &#8211; and this is why I never understood all those people who said they needed to move him to 1B to protect his playability. Physical issues\/injuries happen no matter what position you&#8217;re playing so he&#8217;s still going to have down time now that he&#8217;s moved over. Just about every guy on this roster is going to have downtime like that at one point or another &#8211; some every season but let&#8217;s hope not many.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s tonight&#8217;s lineups:<\/p>\n<table width=\"432\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><strong>Minnesota<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"38\">@<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><strong>Cleveland<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=572821\">Dozier<\/a>, 2B<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=460579\">Morgan<\/a>, CF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=453539\">Fuld<\/a>, CF<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=430897\">Swisher<\/a>, 1B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=461858\">Plouffe<\/a>, DH<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=488726\">Brantley<\/a>, LF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=499624\">Colabello<\/a>, 1B<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=467793\">Santana, C<\/a>, 3B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=430585\">Kubel<\/a>, LF<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=461815\">Murphy, Dv<\/a>, RF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=435559\">Suzuki, K<\/a>, C<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=452678\">Cabrera, A<\/a>, SS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=500871\">Escobar, E<\/a>, 3B<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=502082\">Chisenhall<\/a>, DH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=543302\">Herrmann, C<\/a>, RF<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=543228\">Gomes, Y<\/a>, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=542454\">Santana, D<\/a>, SS<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=608070\">Ramirez, J<\/a>, 2B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"197\">\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=465679\">Deduno<\/a>, P<\/td>\n<td width=\"38\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=458708\">Tomlin<\/a>, P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"padding-left: 2px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#dedede\">\n<td class=\"white\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" width=\"200\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>1<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>2<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>3<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>4<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>5<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>6<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>7<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>8<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>9<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>R<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>H<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"33\"><b>E<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2014\/month_05\/day_06\/gid_2014_05_06_minmlb_clemlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><b>Minnesota<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><b>2<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>5<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>1<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gd2.mlb.com\/content\/game\/mlb\/year_2014\/month_05\/day_06\/gid_2014_05_06_minmlb_clemlb_1\/bis_boxscore.html\"><b>Cleveland<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>x<\/td>\n<td><b>4<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>6<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>2<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I admit, I gave up even following this game after the Tribe jumped out to that 4-0 lead. Looks to me like Sam Deduno figured something out after those first two innings. And am I reading that boxscore right? Three perfect innings of relief for Logan Darnell? Wow! &#8211; JC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still no Mauer &#8211; and this is why I never understood all those people who said they needed to move him to 1B to protect his playability. Physical issues\/injuries happen no matter what position you&#8217;re playing so he&#8217;s still going to have down time now that he&#8217;s moved over. Just about every guy on this roster is going to have downtime like that at one point or another &#8211; some every season but let&#8217;s hope not many. Anyway, here&#8217;s tonight&#8217;s lineups: Minnesota @ Cleveland Dozier, 2B Morgan, CF Fuld, CF Swisher, 1B Plouffe, DH Brantley, LF Colabello, 1B Santana, C, 3B Kubel, LF Murphy, Dv, RF Suzuki, K, C Cabrera, A, SS Escobar, E, 3B Chisenhall, DH Herrmann, C, RF Gomes, Y, C Santana, D, SS Ramirez, J, 2B \u00a0\u00a0Deduno, P \u00a0\u00a0Tomlin, P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 0 0 0 0 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/2014\/05\/06\/gamechat-minnesota-cleveland-2-605pm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  GameChat &#8211; Minnesota @ Cleveland #2, 6:05pm<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18214"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18214"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18217,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18214\/revisions\/18217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/knuckleballsblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}