Sorry Jan, no new word on Punto. But they are pulling out all the left-handed stops tonight against Verlander. I really despise this particular lineup but I know it’s going to end up changing as soon as we get to the bullpen… and I hope we get to the bullpen sooner rather than later.
| Minnesota | @ | Detroit |
| Span, CF | Jackson, A, CF | |
| Hudson, O, 2B | Damon, DH | |
| Mauer, C | Ordonez, RF | |
| Morneau, 1B | Cabrera, M, 1B | |
| Cuddyer, RF | Inge, 3B | |
| Kubel, LF | Raburn, LF | |
| Thome, DH | Laird, C | |
| Hardy, SS | Sizemore, 2B | |
| Harris, B, 3B | Santiago, SS | |
| Liriano, P | Verlander, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Wow, was THAT some odd baseball… a) Span must have been accused of saying something very naughty because he certainly didn’t do anything else to deserve being tossed – especially on a VERY bad call from the ump b) See what happens to your fielding options when you START with a DH in the OF??? and c) Thome? and infield base HIT?? really?!?!
But, chat BOD goes to Franky! Beautifully pitched game and even though I think that the Detroit radar gun is a TAD suspect, it said Liriano hit 96 mph tonight which is great to see. And a great big Thank You Very Much to the Detroit Circus Tigers.
Liriano was the guest on the radio postgame show. I dont think I have ever heard him speak before. I hope he is on more postgame shows because that means the Twins are winning ballgames!