So we have a makeup game this afternoon before the regularly scheduled evening game – Surprise! Honestly, I wish that the Twins could figure out how to update (or just do it) their iCal schedule for those of us who watch it – changes are never updated so let’s hope I’m paying attention… never a good bet.
At any rate, a little injury rotation notation – it’s Friday and I’m in a goofy mood:
Doumit is on the 7-day concussion DL. Not terribly good news but at least we have Chris and things are good there. Honestly, I always had the impression that Doumit’s noggin was especially armored the way he shrugs off most knocks to the helmet. I’m sure this is yet another occasion where he told himself, “wow, that rung my bell” and just kept going – until he got dizzy. He doesn’t strike me as a “get dizzy” kind of guy at all.
BACK from the DL is Josh Willingham. Convenient. Let’s see what he can do with that surgically repaired knee. It’s hard to believe he’s out there after only 5 weeks but they can do remarkable things with surgery and rehab these days. Let’s hope that his bat comes back as well…
I’ve lost track on Gibson’s schedule whether this is supposed to be a good start or a hittable start.. LOL Just joking but I sure hope that it’s a good day. We aren’t in any danger (at this point) of trading places with the White Sox who are just not playing good baseball as a rule this season BUT that never seems to stop this particular rivalry from throwing odd wrenches into the gears. I’ll maintain my general mode of “beat the Sox, whenever & wherever you can” and go from there.
| Minnesota |
@ |
Chi White Sox |
| Dozier, 2B | De Aza, LF | |
| Mauer, C | Beckham, G, 2B | |
| Willingham, DH | Ramirez, Al, SS | |
| Morneau, 1B | Dunn, A, DH | |
| Colabello, RF | Konerko, 1B | |
| Arcia, LF | Gillaspie, 3B | |
| Plouffe, 3B | Danks, Jd, RF | |
| Thomas, C, CF | Flowers, C | |
| Florimon, SS | Tekotte, CF | |
| Gibson, P | Danks, Jh, P |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| Minnesota |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
| Chi White Sox |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
Well that was certainly an enjoyable afternoon! It would be really easy to say today was all about the homerun.. Which is probably true but to be honest, those homeruns were so costly because of all the WALKS. We actually got runs with RISP!
But yeah, in a return to the Justin we remember, a very timely Grand Slam makes him the BOD for this afternoon…
