Written by Oh, baseball season, constantly in battle with yard season…
The bad thing is actually I’m off to help a friend with a new fence instead of working on my own new yard..
The good thing? yeah, I’m going to have to miss at least part of the game to get the work done.. the way the Twins are playing these days though maybe that is a good thing. Of course, it also looks like there might be a bit of a rain delay. It’s a bit windy and cool but I think they will get the game in tonight.
My fondest wish is that I’ll come back to the radio to find out the Twins have chosen to spite me and made it a fabulous game since I couldn’t watch. I’d still be cool with that.
| Toronto |
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Minnesota |
| Johnson, K, 2B | Span, CF | |
| Escobar, Y, SS | Dozier, SS | |
| Bautista, RF | Mauer, C | |
| Encarnacion, DH | Willingham, LF | |
| Thames, E, LF | Doumit, DH | |
| Lawrie, 3B | Plouffe, 3B | |
| Rasmus, CF | Parmelee, 1B | |
| Lind, 1B | Mastroianni, RF | |
| Arencibia, C | Carroll, 2B | |
| Drabek, P | Blackburn, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Toronto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Our guys don’t do anything the easy way these days, but we’ll take a win at this point any way we can get it.
Nick Blackburn went 5+ innings for the Win. The 5 went alright, but the + part was a problem as Nick coughed up 2 home runs and a total of 3 runs in the sixth inning without recording an out. Fortunately, his teammates had provided a 4 run lead at that point, so he had a run of cushion.
Alex Burnett stopped the bleeding in the sixth and after Darin Mastroianni provided a key RBI single to provide a much needed insurance run, Jared Burton threw another of his patented 1-2-3 innings of relief work. Glen Perkins coughed up a solo home run to Encarnacion in the eighth, but Matt Capps slammed the door in the ninth with the tying run on 3B to secure the save and, more importantly, the win for the Twins.
Burton certainly earns baked goods for his performance, while Denard Span went 2 for 4 with a double and a couple of runs scored and Ryan Doumit came through with a pair of critical ribbies, also earning some pastries for their efforts.
But the Boyfriend of the Day can be none other than Darin Mastroianni, who not only collected his first MLB hits, but plated three VERY important RBI in the process! – JC
Darin Mastroianni (Photo: CapitalBabs)
