Ok, my apologies for the late post – somehow I’ve managed to get sick.. ain’t that fun?
But the Twins are doing pretty well in rubber matches this season so lets see if that translates to beating the BoSox today!
| Boston | @ | Minnesota |
| Pedroia, 2B | Dozier, 2B | |
| Bogaerts, SS | Mauer, DH | |
| Ortiz, D, DH | Plouffe, 3B | |
| Napoli, 1B | Colabello, 1B | |
| Gomes, J, RF | Kubel, LF | |
| Carp, LF | Suzuki, K, C | |
| Ross, D, C | Parmelee, RF | |
| Middlebrooks, 3B | Hicks, CF | |
| Bradley Jr., CF | Escobar, E, SS | |
| Buchholz, P | Hughes, P, P |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Well now that was fun! Despite Perk going through a bit of a closer slump right now, we managed to get that rubber match win again! Frankly, this is the first time we have won a home series against the BoSox since Target Field’s first season … ouch. They’ve clearly had our number here for most of it. Glad that we were able to make it happen today. Phil Hughes’ experience against them might have had a LOT to do with that. I am pretty happy with his performance against them today – wish he could have gone longer but not if it meant he’d have given them crooked numbers in the box score. Of course, they managed to get that tie anyway to give us an extra inning.
Looking at the box score, it’s clear to see that Kurt Suzuki continues to really shine in this lineup and I love how he seems to not only hit well, but to hit CLUTCH! He always shows up when absolutely necessary. And Hicks hardly needs additional recognition because the confidence booster he received from getting that walk-off winner and the support from his team mates does a lot for this young man. Let’s hope that he can pull it together and build on it to return to the big hitter we want to see him be. They are both our BOD’s today!
