Twins vs Mariners (08/18/05)

[Lynch]

Twins host Seattle tonight at the Dome for the first game in a 3 game series. The Twins are coming off a sweep of the division leading White Sox, including a 16 inning marathon as well as last night's great outting by Santana who flirted with a No-hitter through 6 innings.

On the mound tonight:
Mays (5-8, 5.03 ERA) vs Franklin (6-12 4.99 ERA).


With these two guys on the mound, we could easily expect a 7-9 run game tonight. Hopefully the Twins bats are awake and alive tonight.


Go Twins

[mntwinsfan]

they need to keep going with the wins. Chicago is due to lose 2 more in a row. After what we did to them I think they will not play well for a couple more games. We need to beat up on the M's and get the win streak to 7 games.

Go Twins

[mntwinsfan]

only 4 games out on the wild card. Hunter I hope will be back soon. What is his status? For a team I have really been down on the season is not over yet. We just need to win at least 2 of 3 from the M's.

[Lynch]

Good game by the Twins tonight. Beating the M's 7-3. Twins jumped out to an early lead of 3-0 in the first inning. By the middle of the 3rd, the M's tied it up. Twins then scored another in the bottom of the 3rd, 6th and 2 in the 8th inning. Hardly a good pitching game with Mays giving up 9 hits in 6 innings but luckily he only gave up the 3 runs.

But the Twins bats. That's what the good news is here (aside from the win of course). Lecroy hits a 2 run shot in the first inning (with 2 outs to top it off). Stewart went 4-5 tonight. Mauer, Abernathy and Ford all had 2 hits as well. The team still stranded 9 guys, but at least the bats were collectively awake tonight.


Good win by the Twins tonight. White sox had the night off, so we gain a 1/2 game on the division. Of course Cleveland kicked the snot out of the Rangers so we're still behind them in the WC chase.

[DiamondGirl]

Great game by the Twins last night. Good to see Mays settle down a bit after the 1st inning. He was pretty shakey but got out of jams.

Nice to see the bats swinging and hitting the ball - how about Shannon Stewart! Another 4 hit night for him - yeaaaaa!

Let's hope they can keep this up for the remainder of the homestand.

Go Twins!