Twins @ Astros, August 8, 2021

4 run lead is not the end of the game

But gotta stop the bleeding

Why won’t he swing the fucking bat? If he won’t, why is he hitting in the middle of the order?

Why Dusty?

There is nobody on base and Maton has only thrown 23 pitches.

Still need to get 11 outs and you are down 1 RP on suspension and 3 others have pitched in consecutive games.

So . . .

1 Like

Maton also struck Rooker out on 4 pitches, but didn’t get the call and went on to walk him.

1 Like

Maton struck Rooker out on the 1-2 fastball. May not have made any difference to Polanco, but that is one less run.

Agree re pulling Maton. No sense to it.

1 Like

This ump is terrible but we needed that call

1 Like

Still a lot of game.

Man, Carapasa is having a brutal day behind the plate.

Second only to the pathetic Astros bats.

Who are you gonna put there? No Altuve, no Brantley, no Bregman, no Gurriel…you want Jacob Wilson hitting there?

1 Like

This is a very fair point.

It does not explain why Carlos watches pitches down the middle, regularly.

Is he seeing them?

Wow! Montero!

Hard to miss a fastball right down the middle.

Springer just hit a 3 run HR to put Toronto up in Boston 9-8, going to the 9th

He destroyed that ball.

2 Likes

Another double play.

Umpires do it all the time

1 Like

Wrong thread for this.

People mention other games all the damn time in here.

3 Likes

Jake!