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Game 149: Twins vs. TigersBased on his PECOTA card, Jurrjens was a ground-ball heavy pitcher in the minors that doesn't get many strikeouts, but should be better than Bazardo. He's recently had trouble with his shoulder, but apparently felt fine against the Rangers last time out. I think Baltimore was the last time the offense really took over a game in the early innings and the Twins were able to get a win out of it. Is it October yet? This entry was posted by ubelmann
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J. Tyner lf
J. Kubel dh
T. Hunter cf
J. Morneau 1b
M. Cuddyer rf
B. Buscher 3b
C. Heintz c
L. Rodriguez 2b
N. Punto ss
I really want to know why MLB.com doesn't have their strikezone anymore for their MLB Gameday feature.
Yikes.
Bad start.
I really dislike Mr. Sheffield.
Baker is very generous in giving up XBH's today so far.
Only one run in the first inning today? Nice.
Where is everybody today?
I was surprised to hear Buscher was hitting sixth until I heard who was batting seventh, eighth, and ninth. Wow.
Come on, it's only the fourth inning. It isn't going to stay 4-0 all game, you know.
Someone needs to let the Twins know there's a game today.
Dazzle on the Tigers' baserunning mistake: "For a minute there I thought the Twins were running the bases."
Okay, Twins, let's get some offense going. You can do it, guys!
I guess you can't. For three of the best hitters on the team against a pitcher like this, that was pathetic.
Jurrjens sets a career high for strikeouts in only 3 1/3 innings.
Hellooooo, out therrrrrre.
Baker seems to be settling down pretty well, but it would be nice if we weren't always four runs behind when our starting pitcher settled down.
Detroit has scored 820 runs this season. The Twins have scored 667 runs. That has a lot to do with what the score is right now.
This may be the day the Twins finally get no-hit. They sure haven't done much so far.
This would be the line-up to do it, too. About the only way you could feasibly make the lineup worse is if Garrett Jones was playing 1B for Morneau and RonDL was playing LF for Tyner.
If I had anyone to talk to, I'd be making sure not to tell them that the Detroit pitcher has a NO-HITTER going. Because, you know, you can jinx a NO-HITTER if you start talking about the NO-HITTER or even mention the words NO-HITTER. So, if anyone is out there, don't mention the fact that the Detroit pitcher is throwing a NO-HITTER because we certainly wouldn't want to jinx his NO-HITTER and keep him from actually pitching a NO-HITTER.
I knew we could count on Nick Punto to break it up.
Those watching television, if you listened at the beginning of the sixth inning, you'll hear my friend yelling "No Hitter!" She was lucky enough to score third row (first row behind the dugout view or whatever those two rows are called), from whence we enjoyed the game. Or tried to. My Scott Baker adoration made things a little miserable for the first three innings--I was surprised he made it through seven, though!
Cool.
Well, this is a bit embarassing. Not quite as bad as it could have been, since we're being no-hit by an established, veteran hurler. Nice to see the 2 errors thrown in as well.
People! There are people! I've been so lonely....
You'll be lonely again, I'm afraid. Unless Ubes sticks around, I have a nap to take before flying to Omaha. Good luck storming the castle!
I might be in and out, but I likely won't be here consistently. Sort of like the Twins' offense.
Bye-bye, Rhu_Ru.
Should have known. Punto + Tyner = a run.
Not to say a pop-up is a good thing, but I don't think I want Kubel to just hit a groundball or a sac fly there. It's the sixth inning, the Twins are down three, and they haven't done much today. It isn't a bad idea to try for a big inning rather than just get one more run.
Of course, as it turned out, they didn't get any more runs.
The fact that the Tigers were playing the infield back, conceding Tyner's run if Kubel hits a GB, speaks to how worried they were about Tyner's run.
Granderson is going to be a pain in the neck for years to come.
Some people think he's a pain in the neck, others have an even lower opinion of him.
Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out to the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack
I don't care if I ever get back
Oh, it's root, root, root for the home team
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out
At the old ball game.
Reminds me of the movie where Jimmy Stewart is a one-man filibuster in the Senate, starts reading the Constitution...
Dazzle on Clemens v. Schilling tonight: "Ten years ago that would have been a marquee matchup."
Jeff A - you're doing a great job manning the ship with a skeleton crew!
There are lots of games I'm not around for, so I have to make up for it when I am.
Yes, and it's ahem September. You know what month comes after that?
Dazzle and Gordo say Detroit has to sweep Cleveland. Certainly, if we're talking about the division, that's true. But for the wild-card, they'll still be in it if they just can take two out of three. If the Yankees would lose some games, they could even do worse than that. I know the season is running out, but Detroit's situation isn't that desperate yet.
Good hustle by Cuddyer there.
Buscher comes through, and the tying run is at the plate. If Heintz hits a home run, it's a tie game.
And if pigs had wings, they'd be pigeons.
Passenger pigeons.
Cue circus music.
Action on the basepaths!
Dick doesn't understand how Perez got an error there? What is an error, Dick?
MLB scorekeeper gave Buscher the sac/rbi.
Buscher not making a lot of positive points in his September call-up. Ullger doesn't hold up that many people, so when he does, it's best to do as he says.
That was really stupid, whoever's fault that is.
Time to schedule that trip to the optometrist, Brian.
Nick Punto represents the go-ahead run.
Just a little bit short.
Daz: "We have a semi-rally here." What cap to use, the yarmulke?
Maybe that's a cap with a truck insignia on it.
Who's this Neshek guy? Has he been with the club before?
Cali is warming up. If Gardy uses him as a LOOGY here, I may say a bad word.
Neeshank redemption, please.
Ruh-roh.
I guess all that clawing back for one run in the 7th wasn't enough.
Was it just me, or did that seem like an incredibly weak throw from Rodriguez?
What's up people?
As you can see from the game log, not much.
Yeah, I noticed. I was watching the Colts just about blow the game. CBS is showing bonus coverage of the Browns-Bengals barnburner. Bengals are down 45-51 with 30 seconds left and just entering Browns territory
45-51? Wow. I've been in my office all day and haven't heard any football scores. Anything happening I should know about?
Palmer threw a game ending interception. It was really nice footwork by the DB to come down in bounds.
Well, with the score 6-2 now, Cali isn't really being used as a LOOGY.
*Gordo gets another check from the Preserve 'Carom' Society*
But if Gordo didn't do stuff like that, he wouldn't have any personality at all.
NBBW loves it when he does that dry old man laugh that trails off. Heh, hah, h...
I used to really dislike Gordo, but over the years he's kind of grown on me. Part of it is that, next to Dazzle, he almost sounds smooth. But part of it is that he kinds of seems like your goofy uncle, the one who everybody kind of makes fun of, but who means well and who nobody really dislikes. When he does his stuff, you say, "Well, that's just Uncle John" and go about your business.
If the Twins are going to get back into the game, they'd better do something this inning.
BB! A juggernaut in the works?
The Twins games lately have been like being on a seesaw with a fat kid. You might think you're getting close, but don't worry, you're going to get slammed sooner or later.
The Twins games lately are like a country kid who takes you out to the pasture on his farm and tricks you into relieving yourself on the electric fence.
I'm shocked, pally.
My uncle has an electric fence around the cattle, and once I was down there and I wanted to see if the fence was on or if the cows were in a different pasture. So I touched it with a stick. Nothing happened, so I went ahead and grabbed it, only it was on. Only later was it that I learned about conductivity and the fact wood lacks it.
Punto's batting average crawled out of the ocean and lays panting like an amphibian on an arid beach.
It's up 4 points since this time last week. The scoreboard at Comiskey showed him at .199 on Saturday. I remember it quite vividly because Adam started ripping on a guy who can't even hit better than the Mendoza line.
But he plays FANTASTIC defense.
He's my pick to click now that the season's meaningless.
Refreshing to hear Gordo and Dazzle criticizing Pudge's defense. So many times, announcers just give you his reputation and don't even try to see if it still applies.
Well, the tying run is up. If Buscher hits a home run, it's a tie game.
Laze, Jam You!
Not a good spot for a yearling.
Making a call. Joe grounds out sharply 4-3.
You mean, "crisply".
HA! You were way off! He struck out on 3 pitches. Man, you are awful at making calls.
I'm no New Guy...
Anybody know what happened to New Guy? I mean, I'd hate to think he could have been involved in a terrible accident or something.
Maybe he is pulling an Ubelmann (cross-country trip as hydration assistant to University womens' volleyball team).
Tacoma doesn't have internet service.
What? The winning run is up to bat, and we aren't going to let Heintz hit?
I mean, he is due, after all.
Should'a let Heintz hit. Jack Bauer left his man purse back at the apartment.
Laze JamYou gives up some love! No hits for this mess.
My horse for a slug bunt!
Richard the Turd.
Raspberries.
Chokecherries.
The Twins games lately are like the kid in the school playground that tricks you into licking the metal on a frozen merry-go-round.
The Twins games lately are like the kid that leaves a flaming sack of Punto on your doorstep. And you're barefoot.
+10 lol.
Anybody just see Adrian Peterson school that Lions safety on proper hitting technique? He got 10 more yards after flattening him.
Rodriguez, Punto, Tyner. That should be a bunch, shouldn't it?
In French cooking they call that bouquet garni (a few sprigs of parsley, thyme, and bay leaf).
On Good Eats, Alton said the best way to do that is not to tie them together, because that prevents water circulation, but to use one of those tea ball things. It allows the water to pass through more evenly and get the full flavors out of the herbs.
When making Moules Marinieres, I just toss them in with the mussels and pick them out later. Country style.
Yum. A nice crusty baguette to sop up the jus?
Oui. You got it.
*memo to self*
Buy mussels at Coastal Seafood this week.
Coastal on Snelling Ave in St. Paul also sells baguettes. I recommend the P.E.I. mussels.
Depends on the season, but they often stock New Zealand Grouper - perfect for ceviches, unless you have a Panamanian connection for corvina.
I go to the Coastal in SE Mpls. I'll prolly drop by Surdyk's for some vin, and pick up one of their lovely loaves in the cheese shop. (I believe they get them from the French Meadow Bakery.) Top notch stuff.
Haven't had a Panamanian connection since a dust-up with Manny Noriega.
Surdyk's is great - you might also get a slice of their pâté de campagne.
*cries softly to self*
man, I love mussels /Olivia Newton-John
steamed with garlic, herbs a la NBB, lemon and beer (preferably belgian)
or with ginger, garlic, really freakin' hot chiles, green curry paste, herbs and coconut milk
a baguette and a bottle or two, and you are good to go.
note to Andrew: Brown also advocates removing a few mussels, pureeing the meat and returning to the sauce as a thickener. I think that's too much work. I mean, that's what the bread is for
In keeping with my recent theme, one of my nephews when he was being potty trained would stroll back into the room after making "number two," and proudly announce, "I made a bunch!"
Bunch works here.
+2
Will Todd Jones ever have an easier save opportunity than this? Three runs ahead, and the dregs of the offense coming up.
Dazzle and Black Jack debating the merits of using Punto versus pinch-hitting Jones. It has come to this.
6-4. Tying run up to bat again. Back-to-back two-hit games for Punto.
Nicky Clutch. As in purse.
Tyner's problem is that the outfield plays him so shallow he has a hard time dropping hits in front of them.
Tying run up to bat for Kubel. Hunter on deck. We can't say we didn't have as good a chance as we were likely to get.
Not a nice day for Kubel.
Morneau represents the winning run. Wouldn't it be something if he hit a homer?
I'm trying not to get excited about this.
Refer to see-saw, electric fence, and frozen merry-go-round above.
Don't forget the flaming bag of dog-poo
And bare feet.
Give him the green light. We won't have a better chance.
Come on, Michael. A base hit ties the game!
Rats.
Sh*t.
Well, on the bright side, this gives the Tigers a better chance to overtake the Yankees for the wild-card. I think the Yankees will probably get it, but I haven't given up hope yet.
*tongue stuck to frozen merry-go-round*
Gaath niiite thellas.
Gordo - "Jones gets his 300th save this season."
that's gotta be a record...
That would be a record.
"Jones gets his 300th Save. Not all on one play. That'd be a record or something." ~ Kenny Mayne
Somebody blow this one up. I don't know how to do that.
Twins Lose
Thank you.
Only thirteen games left this year. That makes me sad.
TWINS LOSE!
*sees Stealth* That's my boy!!!
Off to wash my feet. And treat the blisters.
WGOM Holds-Down-Fort Badge to Jeff A today.
Thank you. But it will be at least a week until I'm around for another game log (seminary, high school homecoming, niece's wedding) so someone else is going to have to pick up the slack for a while.