We finally got the performance we've all been waiting for from Matt Garza. 7.2 IP, only 2 ER, and 7 strikeouts. He was efficient and in the strike zone, went deep into the game, and struck some guys out.Only problem: the Twins still lost.
That's because "All-Star" Mark Redman shut them out on 5 hits. Let me repeat: Mark Redman threw a CG Shutout. That lowered Redman's ERA to a stellar 5.47. This would be more depressing if this didn't happen to the Twins often. I swear, throw a junk-ball lefty and you will have success against the Twins lineup.
The Sox won, so that puts the Twins back at 0.5 GB of the Wildcard lead. Today, the Twins will send Boof Bonser to the mound to take on Luke Hudson. He's not a junkball lefty, so that helps. Twins need to win these games that they should, especially at home. Otherwise that series to end the year may not be significant at all.
2 comments:
Garza did well. I didn't think they were going to get to him at all. He tried getting ahead of Buck and Buck was ready. Still, two runs in almost 8 ip shouldn't get you a loss.
The Twins, especially Mauer, did nothing offensivly. Mauer seemed to roll over every at bat. I thought he hit leftys well? UGH, can't win 'em all I guess. Twins are still tie in the loss column and that is important.
Where is the offense?!?
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