Angels Visit Target Field

[catman]

A 3-game series.
Here are the pitching match-ups
Tonight -- Danny Haren v. Brian Duensing
Tomorrow -- Trevor Bell v. Kevin Slowey
Sunday -- Jered Weaver v. Scott Baker.

[catman]

Torii Hunter said Target Field was the best ballpark in the AL before the game. Hunter went 1/4 tonight. The first run the Angels scored came in on a double-play ball he hit.
For the Twins, Mauer was intentionally walked with 2 outs and 1 on in the 3rd. Kubel came up and hit a long homer into the right field seats to add to the Twins 1-0 lead. Duensing pitched 8 innings, throwing 103 pitches (78 strikes, 25 balls), allowing 1 run on 7 hits. He struck out 6. Guerrier pitched the 9th allowing a run on a hit.
Final score was 7-2 with Duensing picking up his 7th win. Haren lost his 4th game with the Angels.

[catman]

The Twins pitching staff took a couple of hits today -- Kevin Slowey and Ron Mahay both left after suffering injuries. Slowey's triceps is hurting and Mahay stumbled on the field, suffering a leg injury of sorts. More will be known about their status after being evaluated tomorrow. Hopefully, neither will need a trip to the DL.
By the way, the Twins lost 9-3.

[catman]

Both guys were placed on the DL after today's game. Slama and Blacky were recalled to replace them. The Twins don't have a lefty in the pen for tomorrow's game as Perkins threw 2 innings today.

[Kingdom]

Mahay stumbled on the field? Was he drunk?

[catman]

I don't think so, but I guess it's possible.
Mahay's injury was to his right shoulder. He dove for a ball and landed awkwardly.
Hope the Twins play better tonight. They need to continue winning series.

[catman]

Baker pitched a nice game tonight, going 7 shutout innings. Crain pitched the 8th and Capps got the 9th. Jered Weaver pitched very well for the Angels, but made a couple of mistakes. Danny Valencia hit one into "big-people" territory (it was the longest homer I've seen to left in Target Field) and Cuddyer hit one with the bases loaded into the left-center field gap for a 3-run double. The Angels never got a credible threat going tonight and it appeared the Twins had the game under control, even before they scored the 4 runs in the 5th.
The White Sox lost in extra innings again, giving the Twins a 5-game lead going into their trip to Texas.

[henks]

Nice to see. Hopefully Blackburn got his shit figured out down in the Minors.

[catman]

We can hope.