The Tigers pretty much took care of the White Sox earlier this week, so while the Twins aren’t out of the woods quite yet, they’re almost just playing to see who they play in that first round game. They have an easy series this weekend (Orioles) so it’d be nice if we at least kept pace with the Tigers (who play the Royals) over the weekend.
Justin Morneau was five for five with an RBI and two runs in the Twins win on Tuesday. Jason Bartlett and Torii Hunter both homered and Matt Garza threw a nice game. He picked up his second career win in the 7-3 win.
Wednesday was an even bigger blowout. Torii Hunter led the way with the bat and he had two hits, including a homerun, and four RBIs in the 8-2 win. The homerun was his 28th of the season. Boof Bonser pitched seven solid innings and he improved to 6-5 on the season.
The Twins could have taken over in the Central but they ran into a very good Josh Beckett. The Twins were shut out on eight hits and David Ortiz hit two homeruns. Johan Santana took the loss in five pretty mediocre innings and the Twins lost 6-0.
Hopefully the Twins have a solid weekend.
