The bad news is that the Twins just got swept in a 3 game home series with the Rays. The good news is that they get to start a series against a Central Division team. On top of that, they won’t even face Justin Verlander in this series.
also – Trevor Plouffe is back and the Twins optioned Nishi back down to Rochester. No, he has not been DFA’d.. yet… one wonders how long they have him taking a bench spot either there or here. – CB
| TIGERS |
@ |
TWINS |
| Jackson, A, CF | Revere, CF | |
| Dirks, LF | Mastroianni, RF | |
| Cabrera, Mi, 3B | Mauer, 1B | |
| Fielder, 1B | Willingham, LF | |
| Avila, C | Morneau, DH | |
| Young, D, DH | Doumit, C | |
| Boesch, RF | Plouffe, 3B | |
| Peralta, Jh, SS | Carroll, SS | |
| Infante, 2B | Casilla, A, 2B | |
| _Sanchez, An, P | _Deduno, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | x | 9 | 18 | 0 |
What’d I say? It only takes getting back to the Central Division in order to turn the Twins’ fortunes around.
It’s been a rare occasion when the hitting, defense, starting pitching and bullpen all come together, but this was one of those nights.
Four different hitters had three hits a piece and a couple more added a pair of hits, contributing to the Twins’ 18 hit attack. Jeff Gray finished the game off with 1 1/3 perfect innings, including a game-finishing strikeout.
But the consensus co-BODs of the night were starting pitcher Sam Deduno, who upped his record to 4-0, and outfielder Darin Mastroiani, who had a home run among his three hits and added 3 RBI. That’s a combination of pitching and hitting we’d like to see a bit more of!
