Amazing comeback outlasts my ability to write about it sensibly as I’m more than a bit tired and adult beveraged.
A crazy comeback against a bullpen that doesn’t give up comebacks. Zebby Matthews delivers his best-ever MLB performance if you ignore his first inning. I basically thought I could phone this in after the Twins went down 6-3 late and I was completely wrong.
Wow.
Inning-by-inning notes:
1: Larnach has a single, but the most notable thing here is the rain of boos showered down on Carlos Correa. I guess they hate garbage cans in Seattle. Probably more into composting. (I like composting too.)
Zebulon Matthews faces a challenge against Bryan Woo, Seattle’s best starter, and two singles to start things off don’t help. (One provided by old friend Jorge Polanco.)
Cal Raleigh becomes the first catcher in MLB history to hit 20 home runs before the end of May. Randy Arozarena then becomes the first Arozarena to hit a homer tonight. Oh, ZebbyZebbyZebby. Mariners 4-0
2: Mariners fans like Ty France, though. He played 3+ seasons here, and was pretty solid.
Miles James Mastrobuoni’s last name is pronounced “Mastroboney.” I dig it.
3: Twins hitters have all found out that the Woo ain’t nothin’ to fuq with.
Reminds me of when politician David Wu ran for Congress in the Portland, OR area. Every “WU FOR CONGRESS” sign got stolen within hours. I know I stole one. David Wu won, served 10+ years in Conress, and resigned after some pretty horrible stuff was revealed. So maybe we shouldn’t elect people because their signs are fun to steal.
4: Trevor Larnach hits a homer. Jeffers hits a double and Gladden calls him Trevor. Correa gets booed again, but advances Jeffers to 3rd and Brooks “Christopher Dracula” Lee groundouts him in. Scoring!
I really find the pronunciation “Mastroboney” funnier than an adult person should. The Pilots Left 4-2
5: Poor Royce Lewis is really struggling right now. I dunno if a minors stint would help. I feel bad for the guy.
Woo has something wrong with his finger and the trainers come out. He almost walks Buxton but when Bux recoils from a pitch up and in, it hits the knob of his bat, so it’s a foul. Buxton flies out.
Zebulon is channeling his inner Brad Radke here; get bombed in the first inning, settle down after that. I’ll take it.
6: The Twins do little. The Mariners this year are undefeated after leading past the 7th inning.
This will make you hate me. There was a 1969 Perry Como song, “Seattle,” which was originally written for a short-lived TV knockoff of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers called Here Come the Brides. It was a minor hit for Como, and it is terrible. You’ve got Sinatra doing “My Kind of Town” (about Chicago) and “New York, New York” (about Rochester); you’ve got Tony Bennett doing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” And then you’ve got this feggin’ thing:
They actually sing this at Seattle Sounders soccer games.
To make it up to you, the show Here Come the Brides had former vaudeville/comedy star Joan Blondell, famous for her fast-talking, wisecracking roles. Here’s a 1932 publicity photo of her that was banned after the Hays censorship codes were fully enforced in 1934:
From Wiki at this link, public domain.
Awesome!
Good for Zebby: a nice five innings after the first.
7: Homer for Castro! Zebby still in to start the inning. Zebby finishes! Let’s see if the Twins can bust that Mariners’ bullpen streak, here. Seasteaders 4-3
8: not yet
…and now Raleigh is the first catcher to hit 21 homers before the end of May. Cole Sands takes the ERA whammo. The Mollusk 6-3
9: Wait, Willi with ANOTHER homer? Who does this freak think he is?
A Buxton single! A Larnach RBI! We are tied! I am happy, but I’m running out of beverages my doctor would advise me not to imbibe.
10: i stopped taking notes and just went “holy poopers”
Just read the official site, I did. I was too stunned to take notes. Essentially, when Correa and Buxton are healthy, they are really, really good at baseball. Correa homered to score the Manfred Man, and Buxton snuck one through the infield to score two more. This was GOOD.
Studs of the game: Post-Radke Zebby, everyone else, no duds, Twins win!
Comment of the game goes to Nagurskiinnortheast for this streaking story: “‘My friend streaked on the field at Yankee stadium during his “dancing girls and blow” days… and went right by Dave Winfield who a few years later came to the restaurant we were working at when he was playing for the twins!… f****n classic (…) And my buddy asked him if he remembered that and we all laughed… Dave was like uh yeah how the hell could I forget something like that’”
Sorry I was too tired for a full TwinkieTown After Dark night, folks, but maybe next time, and still thanks everyone for commenting!
Tomorrow’s game features Chris Paddack and Luis Castillo at 3:10, and I think it’s on Fox 9, so enjoy that if it’s on free TV! Or don’t if I’m wrong! Or don’t if I’m right! Or do if I’m wrong! I’m not the boss of you.