Twins Statement Series Game 2: The Apocalypse Is Nigh

Indians 6
Twins 2

The 2 month collapse with the inevitable result has finally arrived. That 12 game division lead the Twins had in early June is now completely gone.

Another disgusting, lifeless, flat out embarrassing drubbing on their home field, only this time without even the tease of a comeback to make the final more respectable.

I was a little more focused on the Vikings tonight, but I was still keeping up on the ballgame.

Once again a starting pitcher gives the team no chance. Now, Devin Smeltzer is a rookie with only like 5 starts to his name, so he probably doesn't deserve quite the ripping that Kyle Gibson got, but like the vets all week he too was a miserable failure in a big spot. 4 1/3 innings, 6 runs, 3 walks from a guy who previously didn't walk anybody. God, where is pitch to contact when you need it?

And also failing yet again is the Bomba Squad. I know they were facing an all star pitcher, but god dammit step the fuck up and compete. They wait til the game is basically over to do anything, and when they so it's solo homeruns. It's the same damn thing for 4 straight games. Oh but hey, congrats on your team record, cause blowing the division is apparently a secondary concern.

It's almost a relief at this point that this team is falling out of the playoffs entirely. Who wants to watch these choke artists flail on a national stage in October? They are already the laughingstock of baseball for blowing this big of a lead.

It's just depressing to see a season that was so fun in spring turn into this over the summer. This will wind up as one of the all time Minnesota sports choke jobs.

And we still have like 6 weeks left to sink further.