GameChat – Rays @ Twins #3, 1:10pm

I would like to see the Twins reverse the very recent (I have been reassured that this is NOT a season problem) trend where they can’t seem to bring the day game home.

It would be a nice change for this series – you know, the whole not being swept at home thing..  If anyone on our pitching rotation can pull it off, it is Scotty so… here’s hoping.

Tampa Bay

@

Minnesota
Jennings, LF Span, CF
Upton, B, CF Revere, RF
Zobrist, RF Mauer, C
Longoria, DH Willingham, DH
Keppinger, 3B Morneau, 1B
Pena, C, 1B Doumit, LF
Roberts, R, 2B Casilla, A, 2B
Rodriguez, S, SS Dozier, SS
Lobaton, C Carroll, 3B
  Shields, P   Diamond, P
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 12 3
Minnesota 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0

Scott Diamond pitched well enough for 7 innings, and the bullpen brought the Twins all the way to the 10th inning before surrendering a run.  Unfortunately, the Twins couldn’t capitalize on multiple base runners and scoring opportunities late in the game.

Would have been nice to avoid a sweep at home, but it wasn’t meant to be.

ERolfPleiss