Thursday, April 13, 2006
Lights-out Liriano (Twins Sweep!)
Following a 1-5 road trip to start the season, the Twins are now a game away from .500, after sweeping the Oakland A's at the Dome. After scoring 27 runs in 6 games vs the Blue Jays and Indians (with half of those runs coming in one game), the Twins scored 21 runs in 3 games against A's- the odds-on favorites to win the AL West.
Lohse rebounded nicely, pitching 6 solid innings, then Liriano came in for two innings which I wished I could have seen (especially the Seventh!):
7th Inning
Kendall- strike looking, strike swinging, strike swinging SIT DOWN!
Johnson- strike looking, ball, strike swinging, foul tip SIT DOWN!
Scutaro- ball, ball, strike looking, strike swinging, strike swinging SIT DOWN!
That's 12 pitches, 3 Ks- the only bat-on-ball contact was the foul tip strikeout. Must have been a fun 7th-inning strectch! His second inning was just a tad less dominant:
8th Inning
Swisher- ball, ball, double
Crosby- strike swinging, ball, line out
Perez- strike looking, ball, strike swinging, strike looking SIT DOWN!
Thomas- strike looking, foul, strike swinging SIT DOWN!
He's just continuing what he's done throughout the minors- here are his combined numbers from AA and AAA last year: 168 IP, 204 K, 126 H, 50 BB, 2.63 ERA. Wow. You've gotta imagine we'll see him in the soon enough (although you never know with the Twins).
On the downer side, Rondy White continued his putrid play. Here's what he did today:
1st inning (1 out, runner on 2nd): fielder's choice. [Hunter follows with HR]
3rd inning (1 out, runners on 1st and 3rd): inning-ending DP
5th inning (0 out, runners on 1st and 2nd): fly out (runners don't advance)
7th inning (0 out, no one on base): strikeout
Ugh. His numbers on the season? 3-34 (.088 avg), 10 Ks, 0 BB, 1 HBP. He's gotta come around soon enough, doesn't he?
Bring on the Yankees!
Lohse rebounded nicely, pitching 6 solid innings, then Liriano came in for two innings which I wished I could have seen (especially the Seventh!):
7th Inning
Kendall- strike looking, strike swinging, strike swinging SIT DOWN!
Johnson- strike looking, ball, strike swinging, foul tip SIT DOWN!
Scutaro- ball, ball, strike looking, strike swinging, strike swinging SIT DOWN!
That's 12 pitches, 3 Ks- the only bat-on-ball contact was the foul tip strikeout. Must have been a fun 7th-inning strectch! His second inning was just a tad less dominant:
8th Inning
Swisher- ball, ball, double
Crosby- strike swinging, ball, line out
Perez- strike looking, ball, strike swinging, strike looking SIT DOWN!
Thomas- strike looking, foul, strike swinging SIT DOWN!
He's just continuing what he's done throughout the minors- here are his combined numbers from AA and AAA last year: 168 IP, 204 K, 126 H, 50 BB, 2.63 ERA. Wow. You've gotta imagine we'll see him in the soon enough (although you never know with the Twins).
On the downer side, Rondy White continued his putrid play. Here's what he did today:
1st inning (1 out, runner on 2nd): fielder's choice. [Hunter follows with HR]
3rd inning (1 out, runners on 1st and 3rd): inning-ending DP
5th inning (0 out, runners on 1st and 2nd): fly out (runners don't advance)
7th inning (0 out, no one on base): strikeout
Ugh. His numbers on the season? 3-34 (.088 avg), 10 Ks, 0 BB, 1 HBP. He's gotta come around soon enough, doesn't he?
Bring on the Yankees!
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Hey Moore -
All these great posts and no one has anything to say? Tragic. Just wanted to let you know that someone is out there reading your analysis.
Keep up the nice Twins coverage. I, too, follow them more through the paper, online and radio (the wife doesn't like baseball on TV too much). I hade the gamecast working yesterday at work and was loving the Liriano 7th.
Let's hope for good things against the Yanks this weekend. I am glad we have them at home. Who do you think is going to make an impact in right field? I was hoping Kubel would have showed a little more by now...
-J.Faust
All these great posts and no one has anything to say? Tragic. Just wanted to let you know that someone is out there reading your analysis.
Keep up the nice Twins coverage. I, too, follow them more through the paper, online and radio (the wife doesn't like baseball on TV too much). I hade the gamecast working yesterday at work and was loving the Liriano 7th.
Let's hope for good things against the Yanks this weekend. I am glad we have them at home. Who do you think is going to make an impact in right field? I was hoping Kubel would have showed a little more by now...
-J.Faust
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: 6:48 AM
All it takes is one positive comment to make it all worthwhile...
I would have to imagine Kubel will be sent down once Sierra is activated. Cuddyer hasn't done much, but he did hit a HR yesterday. My original hope was that Cuddy would eventually unseat Batista at third, but Batista's three big hits early in the season will probably cement him firmly at 3rd, even after his avg drops to .220.
I imagine Gardy will end up shifting between Cuddyer and Ford, never letting either get totally comfortable. Then Kubel will come back up in a couple months, once an injury hits.
If it were up to me, I'd deal Cuddyer or Ford, and give Kubel the job.
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I would have to imagine Kubel will be sent down once Sierra is activated. Cuddyer hasn't done much, but he did hit a HR yesterday. My original hope was that Cuddy would eventually unseat Batista at third, but Batista's three big hits early in the season will probably cement him firmly at 3rd, even after his avg drops to .220.
I imagine Gardy will end up shifting between Cuddyer and Ford, never letting either get totally comfortable. Then Kubel will come back up in a couple months, once an injury hits.
If it were up to me, I'd deal Cuddyer or Ford, and give Kubel the job.
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