Texas vs Minnesota ***Game 4 Thread (SUN-1 PM CST)***

[armadillo slim]

T6

Minnesota is really going to be ready to go home this afternoon.

Slim's boy, Travis Duke comes to the bump

Final book on Clemens: 5.0 IP/1 H/0 R/2 BB/4 K/18 BF

Motl

1-0

1-1 foul

2-1

6-3; 1 out

Schaefbauer

1-0 dirt

Single through left side into LF

Fiedler

1-0

1-1 fouled back

2-1 down

4-6-3 DP

Texas leads 8-0 going B5

Announcers saying Duke hasn't been himself and has struggled a bit. LOL. He's "struggled" to an ERA of 0.00.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

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[joeywa]

This is impressive production

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[armadillo slim]

Jake McKenzie just starting to get loose.

My new boy

Love the way his pitches look

 

[Matt Cotcher]

New pitcher is sophomore Matt Fiedler, a RHP from Eagan, MN. He goes 5'10", 195.

His favorite mammal is the sea otter.

 

[joeywa]

B6

Marlow

1-0

1-1 take

2-1 up/away

2-2 fouled down

1-3 high chopper back to P

1 out

Boswell

1-0 away

Hard grounder down 1B line; fielded deep behind the bag by 1B; 3-1

2 outs

Cantu

1-0 down

1-1 take

2-1 away

2-2 check swing-he went

3-2 dirt

Draws a walk

New Minn P RHP Fiedler, and he'll continue to DH

Gurwitz

0-1 swing

1-1 away/dirt

1-2 swing

2-2 away

3-2 down

3-2 fouled away right

1-3 on an easy chopper to the P

1 LOB

With 6 in the books, Texas up 8-0

 

[armadillo slim]

New pitcher is sophomore Matt Fiedler, a RHP from Eagan, MN. He goes 5'10", 195.

His favorite mammal is the sea otter.

River otter man myself but to each his own

 

[Matt Cotcher]

2.5 innings in 44 minutes. It's gonna be close.

 

[streettopeschel]

Hard to work sea otter and Lucky Charms into a baseball thread. Color me impressed.

 

[armadillo slim]

Hard to work sea otter and Lucky Charms into a baseball thread. Color me impressed.

Speaking of colors, you clearly missed the favorite color reference to cyan earlier. Try to keep up.

Matt is on his game today, dudes.

 

[joeywa]

T7

Hanson

0-1 swing

1-1 just misses down

1-2 take

1-2 fouled down 3B line

6-3; CJ was playing Hanson perfectly shaded towards 2B

1 out

Handel

0-1 take

1-1 away

1-2 takes one up in the zone

U3;

2 outs

Smith

0-1 take

1-1 down/in

L4

At-'em ball to Marlow

1-2-3

Going B7, Horns lead 8-0

EVERYBODY STRETCH!!

 

[armadillo slim]

Damn. The gophers bench has got to be just shaking their heads

 

[Bear19]

Ben Johnson is a freaking machine.

 

[streettopeschel]

Sucks to be not very good AND unlucky.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Johnson with 20 hits already, that's crazy. 

 

[Bear19]

Let's score 2 here and run rule them. I'm getting cold.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Jake McKenzie just starting to get loose.

Schimpf is warming too. They both put jackets on when they finished throwing.

 

[joeywa]

B7

Mathis to lead off the 7th

1-0 up

2-0 down

3-0 in

4-pitch free pass issued

Johnson

Singles again; through the left side

4/5 today for Johnson

Runners on 1&2

Shaw

0-1 take

0-2 take

0-2 foul

0-2 foul

1-2 up

KS

1 out

CJ

0-1 take

1-1 low/away

2-1 up

3-1 low

Walk

Bases juiced

Tres

0-1 take

0-2 couldn't hold back the check swing

K looking

Marlow

0-1 big swing

1-1 in

F8

3 LOB

Horns close out the 7th up 8-0

 

[Matt Cotcher]

It's 3 degrees colder than it was at first pitch.

 

[armadillo slim]

Great thing about Moreland is he avoids baseball cliches.