Winnable Losses

Game 17 - Mets

Twins 6, Mets 3
Record: 11-6

"Winnable wins" doesn't find many returns when you search the annals of MLC. "Winnable losses"? Oh, yeah.

The offense is still a case of the haves and have-nots in MetLand. 

The Haves

Pete crushed another one and doubled. That only accounted for 1 run and 1 RBI thanks to his mates. Soto added a solo shot, his second homer in as many nights. Luis Torrens doubled -- oh, and gunned another would-be base stealer.  Sort of. I mean, the replay crew went for it, so it counts. Torrential. 

The Have Nots

Baty. Marte. Vientos. Taylor. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. 

Oh, and Lindor. He came up in multiple key spots, including as the tying run in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. 1-for-5 with 2 K's. He now has an OPS+ of 83. Slow start, yeah yeah yeah.

And a(nother) crucial error that cost the Mets a pair of runs early. The Twins are a weak team, step on them early and suck the hope out of them. (It's no Conan mantra, I realize.) Instead, between McGill's imperfect (though not disastrous) outing and what we call What Francisco Did, the Twins came alive, knocked out 13 hits, and pitched well enough to stifle the Metbats into submission.

Of note: Winker, Soto, and Lindor each had belt-high fastballs dead center and dead in their sights that they couldn't launch... the way that Brooks Lee launched a bomb off Max Kranick when he did the same. Come on, lads. Make 'em pay.

Rubber match this afternoon. Huascar Brazoban pressed into starter duty with Griffin Canning having called in sick. 

He's been great thus far. But... well... okay... LFGM