I’m starting to hate Kansas City. First we lose a series last weekend and now we need an eleven inning pitchers duel to salvage a split in the most recent two game series.
Yesterday was the Twins fourth straight loss and Sidney Ponson had another rocky start. He gave up four runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in six innings and he dropped to 1-3. The Twins tried to come back but the closest they got is 4-3. Torii Hunter went two for three with a solo homerun and two runs. Jason Kubel was hitless but he drove in a run.
Today’s game was one of the kind I love, a 1-0 eleven inning pitchers duel. Mike Redmond singled home Justin Morneau in the bottom of the eleventh to win it. He and Jason Kubel were the only Twins with two hits. It was the pitching that reigned in this one though. Boof Bonser threw five shutout innings and he struck out seven and Juan Rincon picked up the win with a shutout eleventh inning.
The Tigers come to town for three and this is one of those big early series. With things being so tight (first and fourth seperated by a game and a half), a series win this weekend would go a long way towards keeping pace with the pack.
