Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 25, 2008
Piranhas Bite Back

Down 6-1 in the middle of the fourth, the Twins fight back to tie the White Sox at six and send the game into extra innings. Span and Mauer picked up three hits each and Gomez collected four, a homer short of the cycle (he has two triples in the game). The Minnesota bullpen has not allowed a run in relief of Kevin Slowey, who lasted just 3 2/3 innings. The White Sox were a bit more efficient in their scoring, picking up their six runs on just seven hits, while the Twins needed 14.

Update: Nick Punto walks, goes to second on a grounder, to third on a wild pitch, the Alexei Casilla singles off Bobby Jenks and the Twins win 7-6. They move into first place in the AL Central by 1/2 game, even with the White Sox in the loss column. They just need to play Chicago even over the next three games, then see if the White Sox can win the makeup on Monday.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:33 PM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
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Slowey was taken out only because he got hit on the wrist (throwing hand) by a line drive. X-rays were negative.

Posted by: alkaline at September 26, 2008 12:37 AM

An incredible game. Just look at the FanGraphs play-by-play chart to see how many ups and downs there were. Don't tell me baseball is boring. ;)

Posted by: TwinsFix at September 26, 2008 01:01 AM
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