Rauch blows it vs. Crawford + Longoria. Tough spot. Where's Nathan when you need him.
Rauch blows it vs. Crawford + Longoria. Tough spot. Where's Nathan when you need him.
Tonight, Pavano and Nieman locked up in a pretty good duel, but the bullpen lost the game for the Twins. Rauch blew the save and Guerrier allowed a run in the 10th that proved to be the winning run. Rays won 5-4.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans...." John Lennon
Rauch blew the save, but this is only like the 2nd or 3rd time he's blown a save and the Twins actually lose.
-Chris
Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
Price goes 8, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits...but takes the loss. Twins win 2-1 after an interesting 9th with Rauch.
-Chris
Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
Baker did a very good job of keeping the team in the game after a shaky 1st. I was happy to see him pick up the win tonight.
Valencia did a good job of hitting tonight, driving in the winning run. Mauer looked like he was pressing a bit, as did Morneau.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans...." John Lennon
Geez, what is with the umpiring this year?? Maybe I just forget in the off season that it's this bad every year. Hopefully the Rays can get a good showing from Davis and have a chance to break even...the Yankees are getting AWAY!
Jim Thome ties Harmon Killebrew for 10th place on the home run list with a solo off of Davis.
774! Wow, they had a message on the jumbo tron from Harmon himself.
Harmon is very gracious. I'm sure he's happy to see Thome pass him, especially wearing a Twins' uniform.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans...." John Lennon
By the way, it appears Liriano is pitching well today. 1 run on 4 hits and a walk through 7. 10 Ks.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans...." John Lennon
Well that was a fail if I've ever seen one. Gardenhire did his best to get as many pitching changes as he could possibly fit in to that 8th inning but it still let him down. He went righty-righty, lefty-lefty (for like 2 pitches!) and then righty-righty again, and Matt Joyce blows the game wide open with the pinch-hit grand salami. Game set match.
That was a lousy way to lose a game. Not sure if he could have done better in the 8th than the pen did, but he certainly wouldn't have done worse.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans...." John Lennon
Twin pen struggles yet again! Way yo blow a great game pitched by Liriano. Too bad as well because we need the win to keep ahead of the tigers.
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Rays are finally on the winning end of bull pen meltdown!
Blackburn is pitching a bit better today. Twins down 2-1 in the middle of the 5th.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans...." John Lennon