On Monday, the Tigers and Twins were tied for first. Now, they’re both tied for third in a crazy, super tight early division race. And unfortunately, not even Johan Santana was able to get it done as the Indians held the Twins hitters in check.
On Monday, the Twins scored three runs in the seventh to tie the game at 3-3 only to lose it in the twelth. Alexi Casilla drove in two runs and Torii Hunter hit a solo homerun to account for the three Twins runs in the 7- loss. Carlos Silva was only okay and he gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five innings. Jesse Crain took the loss and he gave up the four twelth inning homeruns.
Last night, Johan Santana was touched up for four runs and that ended up being enough in a 5-3 loss. He gave up six hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings. Jason Kubel was the hitting star and he went three for four with an RBI.
I’d say a two game set against the Twins is just what they need but we all know what happened last weekend. This time it’ll be at home though so hopefully the Twins can take care of business. Sidney Ponson gets the ball in tonight’s game and hopefully he can bounce back from his previous start.
