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Twins demolish Rangers 15-2
In news not related to yesterday’s game, Kyle Lohse was traded to the Reds, who has a GM that loves bad Twins players. The Reds are the team that accepted a Juan Castro trade earlier in the year. The player we got in return is a pitching prospect named Zach Ward, who has amazing numbers playing for the Dayton Dragons in Class A. 7-0, 2.29 ERA, 114 IP in 18 starts, allowing 74 hits, 29 ER, just TWO homeruns, while walking 37 and striking out 95. This was the only trade that was made before the deadline for the Twins, and it appears to be a good one. Read the rest of this entry »
Twins tie…excuse me, Tyner ties the series at 1. July 14th game
Jason Tyner, yesterday’s late night replacement for the injured Lew Ford, was the MVP in everyone’s minds of tonight’s 3-2 win against the Cleveland Indians. Read the rest of this entry »
Liriano gets the Twins back on track. July 8th game
Francisco “The Franchise/Phenom” Liriano pitched 7 scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to an incredible 1.83. The Twins also added another home run, albeit a solo one, from Torii Hunter. Read the rest of this entry »
All good things must come to an end. July 4th game
Boof Bonser v. Jimmy Gobble. What a ring! Unfortunately, the Gobble rang louder tonight. Read the rest of this entry »
Thanks to the Royals for that one
I was listening to KFAN radio earlier, and Chad Hartman was on with one of his cronies. They were discussing Santana and Liriano. They both agreed that Liriano is the better starter this season. I disagree to an extent, and wanted to touch on that. In Santana‘s 4 losses this season, the Twins have scored 0 runs, 1 run, 2 runs, and 3 runs. I’m not saying Liriano isn’t a good starter, but just wanted to point out that Santana‘s losses came early in the season when they weren’t on this 20-2 tear. Read the rest of this entry »
Two games, one post
Friday’s game saw back-to-back home runs by Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter, along with another good pitching performance from Brad Radke. Read the rest of this entry »
Last night’s game, tonight’s game. June 22nd
Lohse. That space was there so you can think about what he did last night. So you can think again, in case you didn't the first time. In case you didn't think at all,: He didn't record an out, gave up 3 hits while pitching to just 4 batters, with 2 of those 3 hits scoring runs, while walking a guy and throwing just one more strike than he did balls. He's more of a headcase than Brad Radke. When he's on, he can actually do some decent things. Unfortunately, the last time he was on was in 2002 when he pitched a complete game shutout, had the best Ks-per-9/BBs-per-9 ratio in his career with over 46 innings pitched, and had a winning record of 13-8. I just don't see very many positive things about Lohse right now, and apparently the stint in triple-A didn't help him get his mind in the right place.
On a positive note, Silva pitched good enough to keep the Twins in the game, pitching a quality start with 5 Ks and 1 BB. He did give up a first-inning homer, but it seems like all Twins pitchers do that in the season. He also went 1-3 at the plate, although he did leave 4 men on base.
Castillo went 0-5 last night, leaving 5 men on. Not a good night at all, and hopefully he can get on a hot streak and maybe get a 36-game hit streak rolling.
Tonight is a well-publicized game with the starters being Roger "The Rocket" Clemens and Francisco "The Phenom" Liriano. Wait, did I say well-publicized? Nah, there won't be any more attention paid to this game than any other in the series, even though this is the lone game being televised on ESPN.
I saw a bad stat today: Torii Hunter is 0-20 lifetime against Rocket, including 12 strikeouts. Hopefully it will be an amazing pitcher's duel.
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