GameChat – Tigers @ Twins #2, 6:10

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

@

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!

Trevor Plouffe
Trevor Plouffe