Written by I always enjoy our series against the Rays simply because … well.. I like the Rays for the most part. I think they play in a ridiculous division and they do a lot of stuff with that anyway and let’s just say they do it efficiently. Of course by that I mean that they don’t have anywhere near the payroll as their divisional competitors. It’s just something that goes to the core of being a Twins fan that likes an underdog. I know I’m not the only one who feels that way, right?
At any rate, that doesn’t mean I don’t want the Twins to win.. it just means I would enjoy watching the Rays beat the Yankees almost as much as I would our boys. What I do hope is that the Twins are able to give better support to Liam tonight than they did the last time around for him. And I really want to see Hendriks pitch his little patooter off. I want to see one of our starters do well… please?
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Tampa Bay |
| Span, CF | Jennings, LF | |
| Carroll, SS | Zobrist, 2B | |
| Mauer, DH | Pena, C, 1B | |
| Willingham, LF | Longoria, 3B | |
| Valencia, 3B | Scott, DH | |
| Doumit, C | Joyce, RF | |
| Plouffe, RF | Upton, B, CF | |
| Parmelee, 1B | Gimenez, C, C | |
| Casilla, A, 2B | Rodriguez, S, SS | |
| Hendriks, P | Moore, P |
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| Tampa Bay |
Woohoo!! Starting a series with a win always feels good. And I’m grateful that the boys gave Liam enough run support to get it done.
Tonight was an easy BOD though – Josh Willingham all the way. Seriously that boy is hitting. Not only did his solid blast give the Twins the lead, but it continued his streak to 14 games. I don’t really get too excited about streaks but it is kind of fun to see from a guy who STARTED the season with starting his streak… yeah, like I said, fun.
Mauer & Carroll get treats too as well as the bullpen for coming in and nailing it down again. But the big honor goes to Willy – hope it continues.
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