***Offcial home opening series vs the Guardians thread***

[Hornets]

Somethin special about the home opener. The local 9 has started the season at 3-2 and look to take down a division rival to begin sending the message "this is our division, NOT yours!"

Pablo gets the start!!

WIN TWINS!!

[weimy froob]

[weimy froob]

[LwnmwrMan222]

Anyone else going? I'll be the guy in the Twins jersey.

[PurpleValhalla]

I'm glad Pablo is going today for the home opener. Now we really get to see what he's made of. Royals game only sorta counts

[weimy froob]

Spoiler:

is there a worse clean up hitter in the majors right now? asking for miley.

[weimy froob]

AK triple.

[weimy froob]

buxton can't put the ball in play. kepler up.

[LwnmwrMan222]

Kepler's sitting up there taking 1/2 swings. He should be batting no higher than 8 right now.

Definitely not cleanup

[weimy froob]

kepler fail. julien's AB was the one that also hurt though. he took a called strike at the top of the zone on a 3-2 pitch.

[weimy froob]

wallner gets HBP. again.

[weimy froob]

his bones might not break--but that one hurt. he's trying to shake the pain out of those fingers.

[weimy froob]

bases loaded for julien. smart play by correa not to head home.

[weimy froob]

how does he take that pitch?

[LwnmwrMan222]

Julien staring at strike 3 again.

Swing the f'n bat.

[weimy froob]

then how does he take that pitch on 3-2? that looked like a strike the whole way. that's julien's approach though.

[LwnmwrMan222]

then how does he take that pitch on 3-2? that looked like a strike the whole way. that's julien's approach though.

Pretty sure last year, the radio team was saying analytics says take, that more often than not, that pitch is a ball.

That protecting the plate is a thing of the past.

[weimy froob]

then how does he take that pitch on 3-2? that looked like a strike the whole way. that's julien's approach though.

Pretty sure last year, the radio team was saying analytics says take, that more often than not, that pitch is a ball.

That protecting the plate is a thing of the past.

i think he just decides when he sees the pitch come out of the pitcher's hand if it's a ball or strike. not sure, really. but that one looked like a strike the whole time and dived to the lower end of the strike zone at the end. definitely a strike.

[weimy froob]

good interview with dick bremer. pablo is sharp. bibee's thrown a lot of pitches--but he hasn't been dented yet either.

[LwnmwrMan222]

No hitter over.

[weimy froob]

guardians making noise in the 4th.

[LwnmwrMan222]

Wheels coming off.

[weimy froob]

guardians making contact. should be 3-0. see if lopez can leave those runners stranded.

[weimy froob]

they get that run home anyways. lopez couldn't get the strikeout when he needed it.

[weimy froob]

twins 0-5 with runners in scoring position so far. correa with his second hit to begin the bottom of the 4th.

[weimy froob]

two more runners in scoring position stranded--0-6 now. at least vazquez put a decent swing on the pitch.

[boxter432]

just checking in now and see they are playing like absolute garbage, that;s fun... should have 3-5 runs easily.
and I see we are on pace for 15-16 strikeouts to Cleveland's 3-4. nice approach!
7ks and zero walks to a guy who walked 5 against Oakland in 4 innings.
Julien HR though, yay!

[weimy froob]

get out of this inning lopez and then it'll be an okay start. could've been an awesome one--but he couldn't get the big out(s) in the 4th.
disappointing, really.

[LwnmwrMan222]

Funderburk in relief.

First pitch, hits the batter.

[weimy froob]

i would have let lopez face one more batter.