Twins vs Tribe

[henks]

Use your imagination.

[Izzy]

Haha, very funny.

[henks]

[Izzy]

Isn't it great, all the Twins farm teams are winning tonight (except Beloit, I think). Elizabethton, maybe.

[Izzy]

2nd game of the series tonight. Aaron Laffey vs Kevin Slowey.

[henks]

Slowey is 3-0 with an 0.93 ERA in his last 4 starts. 16 inning scoreless streak while striking out 24 batters in 29 innings. Hopefully he can keep it up.

[Izzy]

That's amazing. I hope he could keep it up.

Kevin Slowey in past 4 games:
.188 Opponent BA
106 Batters faced - 2 walks
.072 WHIP

[mntwinsfan]

Hope it continues tonight! We win Soxs lose we will be tied for first!

[Izzy]

I wonder how long Casilla will be out? One more game or a few more days? Punto better do good job when Casilla isn't in the game.

Casilla has improved significantly both on the defense and at the plate compared to last year. He is on my #1 personal list for the most surprising player of year. That's just my semi-biased opinion.

[Izzy]

Lineups for tonight's game is in. Harris to play 3B?! That's a big risk and what has promoted Gardy to make such a move like that?

Also, there will be 4 speedy runners on it, 2 on the bottom of lineup and then the top 2, starting with Punto, Span, Gomez, and Casilla. It should be interesting.

[henks]

Perhaps Buscher is tired and Gardy wanted to give him a break. But to put Harris at 3rd is a bit mind bottling.

Has he ever played there before?

[Izzy]

Yes, he have but not too much. Maybe about 10-12 games?

[henks]

Hmmm, interesting. Punto has played a lot more games than that at 3rd...I wonder why Gardy set up the defense like he did.

[henks]

Armed Forces night at the Dome!!!

Air Force TSgt Jodi Kiminski performed the National Anthem.

Let's go Twins!

[henks]

Slowey gets around a leadoff triple in the opening frame.

Twins are also wearing various armed forces hats this evening.