Outscored them 18-15 in the series and could have been more. Offense was excellent. SP came back to earth some and defense wavered a bit, but solid series and played better than 1-2 indicates.

Well, everyone can step off the ledge for a day.

Given what they have coming up in the next two weeks, winning today was really big.

They couldn't allow themselves to get swept by a team with a losing record.

Just a solid win today.

Edited Wednesday at 11:02 PM1 day by Lip Man 1

1 minute ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Given what they have coming up in the next two weeks, winning today was really big.

They couldn't allow themselves to get sept by a team with a losing record.

Just a solid win today.

They took out the Padres and swept the Blue Jays who are better than they are currently showing. They also don’t seem afraid of anyone. Bring them on.

The Sox have to have some kind of tell on Taj Bradley. They kicked his ass last year when he wasn't good and they still kicked his ass today when he had been pitching really well.

Edited Wednesday at 08:40 PM1 day by chw42

Busy day at work. Decided to check and see the score.... yippee!!!!

Nice to see that it looks like Gonzalez had a nice game and Fedde pitched well.

And of course....Sam is the Man

Edited Wednesday at 08:42 PM1 day by wegner

Wasn’t exactly crucial but I think we needed that win today.

Good clean win, the guys continue to avoid long L streaks.

Heckuva job by Fedde today. He understood the assignment and delivered 5 scoreless.

Also congrats to Taylor for his 100th career strikeout in under 70 innings.

Bradley's inability to pitch well against the White Sox fascinates me. Career 10.47 ERA and 2.33 (!!) WHIP in 4 games.

Came into this stretch of 10 games up 1 on the Twins, and they leave it up 4.5 after going 7-3.

Their run differential is now the best in the division (even though Cleveland never loses), and T-3 in the AL.

Just gotta stay afloat until they get healthier.

Erick Fedde: our new stopper! 😄

22 minutes ago, chw42 said:

The Sox have to have some kind of tell on Taj Bradley. They kicked his ass last year when he wasn't good and they still kicked his ass today when he had been pitching really well.

52 minutes ago, Green Line said:

Well, everyone can step off the ledge for a day.

This is Soxtalk.

You will need to specify the direction.

Great win. Actually sad there is no Sox baseball for 48 hours. Can't remember the last time I felt that.

Let's go take 2/3 in Philly and finish .500 on the road trip.

Looking forward to Plesac in the booth and the return of the South Side Rally Polo.

5 minutes ago, JoeC said:

This is Soxtalk.

You will need to specify the direction.

LOL Yeah I think it's supposed to be step away from the ledge not off it .You don't exactly want to be plummeting to your death.

Huh. Just noticed Fedde has a career 0.96 ERA vs. MIN in 5 starts, so maybe today should be less surprising.

Only 3 ER in 28 innings, with 27 K to 6 BB. Set his career high in K's at 11 against them during his first Sox stint in 2024.

Today was the Twins' first time being shutout this season

Edited yesterday at 12:42 AM1 day by Autumn Dreamin

27 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Huh. Just noticed Fedde has a career 0.96 ERA vs. MIN in 5 starts, so maybe today should be less surprising.

Only 3 ER in 28 innings, with 27 K to 6 BB. Set his career high in K's at 11 against them during his first Sox stint in 2024.

Maybe the Twins seriously kicked the tires on Fedde back in 2014 and he's still mad at them for picking Nick Gordon #5.

is this true? Should we be concerned about Colton? Our Chuck wouldn't do it for nothing.

Does anybody know where to find catch probability live data? I'm trying to see if Nishidi made a solid or great play on that hooking liner by Lee. xBA was .490 FWIW, so probably just a solid play.

I like some aspects of what Nishida can bring but he's superfluous on this roster given Hill is a way more complete player and you don't really need two backup CF let alone 3.

Edited yesterday at 02:58 AM1 day by chitownsportsfan

5 hours ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Great win. Actually sad there is no Sox baseball for 48 hours. Can't remember the last time I felt that.

Let's go take 2/3 in Philly and finish .500 on the road trip.

Looking forward to Plesac in the booth and the return of the South Side Rally Polo.

Plesac filling in for Stone Pony? At least that will make me 50/50 the broadcast crews if so. Stone and John are auto mute for me but John and Bacon or Plesac is doable.

1 hour ago, Green Line said:

is this true? Should we be concerned about Colton? Our Chuck wouldn't do it for nothing.

Chuck Garfein will turn on a player on a dime.

8 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

played better than 1-2 indicates

I love the “belt to ass” thread title and that they did today… but the first two games they played sloppy. Should have been at least 2-1 this series instead.

Hope the boys do something special for Sam after he crushed it today! Love that kid.

8 hours ago, Green Line said:

is this true? Should we be concerned about Colton? Our Chuck wouldn't do it for nothing.

Things aren’t drastic as his OPS is .788 but the kid is streaky, hopefully he will figure things out like Vargas has. He needs to use the whole field and stop trying to pull everything.

Edited yesterday at 10:37 AM1 day by The Mighty Mite

15 hours ago, Green Line said:

is this true? Should we be concerned about Colton? Our Chuck wouldn't do it for nothing.

It wasn't that bad. Chuck said it was his worst game of the season or career (hitting) with the with all men he left on base and K's in those situations.

Ozzie wasn't pleased but he's still stuck in the 80's and has some issues with statcast data especially hard hit rates.

OK the Nishida grab in the 4th only had 25% catch probability. Legit great play.

NM

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by Chick Mercedes