So it’s been raining just about the whole day here in Minnesota but the sun just came out at my house about half an hour ago.. I am thinking they may actually be able to get great game weather!
Let’s see if we can’t actually get a better GAME than we got last night though…
Detroit |
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Minnesota |
Jackson, A, CF | Thomas, C, CF | |
Dirks, LF | Mauer, DH | |
Cabrera, M, 3B | Doumit, C | |
Fielder, 1B | Morneau, 1B | |
Martinez, V, DH | Arcia, LF | |
Peralta, Jh, SS | Plouffe, 3B | |
Kelly, D, RF | Parmelee, RF | |
Infante, 2B | Dozier, 2B | |
Avila, C | Florimon, SS | |
Sanchez, An, P | Deduno, P |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | x | 6 | 14 | 1 |
That’s the kind of ballgame you watch and it brings back memories of the way the Twins used to play baseball on a regular basis. Seven excellent innings of work from Sam Deduno just demonstrated what can be accomplished when you get good starting pitching. Jared Burton struggled just a bit again, but Glen Perkins closed the door in the 9th inning.
Joe Mauer did his Joe Mauer thing collecting a two-out, two-RBI single in the sixth inning.
But Birthday Boy Trevor Plouffe is the clear choice for BOD tonight. 3 for 3, a double, a home run, 3 ribbies and a couple of runs scored in his first game back from the Disabled List. Welcome back, Trevor!