So we have already won the series – in dramatic fashion no less – but I would LOVE a real series win that might involve brooms in one form or another.. what about you?
Of course, today is the return of Liriano to the starting rotation – for however long – and I have to admit that I don’t have a lot of confidence in that…
| Oakland |
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Minnesota |
| Weeks, 2B | Span, CF | |
| Cowgill, LF | Revere, RF | |
| Reddick, RF | Mauer, DH | |
| Gomes, J, DH | Willingham, LF | |
| Donaldson, 3B | Morneau, 1B | |
| Suzuki, K, C | Dozier, SS | |
| Barton, 1B | Casilla, A, 2B | |
| Crisp, CF | Butera, C | |
| Pennington, SS | Carroll, 3B | |
| Ross, T, P | Liriano, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 6 | 0 |
That, ladies and gents, is what they call a sweep!
I know it’s not something Twins fans are too familiar with (at least from the sweeper, point of view) and granted that the A’s are not exactly the ’27 Yankees, but it still feels pretty damn good.
I was good to see Josh Willingham send yet another ball deep to left field and he could make an argument for a second consecutive Boyfriend of the Day award. Alex Burnett and Jeff Gray combined for three innings of no-hit (and more importantly, no-run) relief, so they earn themselves some fancy desserts, as well.
But “the Franchise” version of Francisco Liriano made his first appearance of the season in this game, throwing six shutout innings, giving up just three hits, while walking only two hitters and striking out nine Athletics! That’s the Frankie we’ve been waiting to see and we hope to see a lot more of him in comings weeks. It’s certainly the BOD version!
