So I didn’t see last night’s game and I hear mixed reports about how it went.. box score tells the only story that really matters though.. *sigh*
Tonight my requests are few and I may get to hear some of it on the radio:
- Hughes to pitch a solid road outing that keeps us in the game regardless
- Actual offensive production enough to allow our pitchers room to maneuver
- Ortiz & Gomes to decide they don’t really want to play against the Twins tonight..
Ok, so that last one probably isn’t going to happen and if we do #1 & #2 right, #3 isn’t necessary.
| Minnesota | @ | Boston |
| Santana, D, SS | Holt, CF | |
| Dozier, 2B | Bogaerts, 3B | |
| Mauer, 1B | Pedroia, 2B | |
| Willingham, LF | Ortiz, D, DH | |
| Morales, K, DH | Napoli, 1B | |
| Arcia, O, RF | Nava, RF | |
| Suzuki, K, C | Gomes, J, LF | |
| Escobar, E, 3B | Drew, SS | |
| Fuld, CF | Ross, D, C | |
| Hughes, P, P | Lester, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Boston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Again, I didn’t see this game, but the box score looks disturbingly similar to Monday night’s.
Phil Hughes throws a complete game and gives up just a couple of runs and you can’t get a win. At least he gave the bullpen a rest, I guess.
The Twins have now been outscored 3-1 in the last two games combined. – JC