and… the Pavano ‘stache discussion begins again. I don’t fault Sooze and her offering today at all but I was wondering if the focus on his facial hair would continue. Since Joe Nathan will be in the booth with Dick & Bert as a guest analyst for the whole broadcast tonight (yippee!), perhaps he will be able to keep the discussion regarding the mound on actual pitching.. then again, who knows?
| Colorado | @ | Minnesota |
| Gonzalez, C, CF | Span, CF | |
| Helton, 1B | Tolbert, 2B | |
| Tulowitzki, SS | Mauer, C | |
| Giambi, DH | Morneau, 1B | |
| Spilborghs, RF | Cuddyer, RF | |
| Smith, S, LF | Kubel, DH | |
| Olivo, C | Young, D, LF | |
| Stewart, 3B | Valencia, 3B | |
| Barmes, 2B | Punto, SS | |
| Cook, P | Pavano, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Colorado | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 9 | 14 | 0 |
After a disappointing conclusion to the Atlanta series, this was a HUGE win for fan morale.. *laugh* at least it was for mine. As has become his norm, Pavano came in and pitched FABULOUSLY for 7 innings and then let the BP come in with a great lead and clean up. Great outting which could be considered BOD worthy. And then there was little Tolby. Matt Tolbert walked twice and then hit his first HR of the season, his first at home ever, and interestingly enough, he’s now hit more HR’s in Target Field than Joe Mauer. Sorry Mauer. But no, the BOD award today goes to Delmon Young! Again! He was 3/4 and got yet another RBI – he’s second only to Justin Morneau (only behind by 2) on the team. Delmon 2.0 is definitely making his mark in this lineup. To Tolbert and Pavano – help yourself to pastries. Carl, try to keep the crumbs out of the ‘stache.
