It sure is nice to get the Yankees out of town and the way they played, I’m almost happy we just picked up one win considering Johan Santana didn’t get a start. The first two games were beatdowns but then the Twins got some solid pitching from an unlikely source to pick up the finale.
Sidney Ponson was hammered in the opener. He gave up eight runs on ten hits in 5 2/3 innings and the offense got just two runs. Torii Hunter was the hitting star and he went two for three with a run and an RBI in the 8-2 loss.
Tuesday was even worse. Boof Bonser was hammered for seven runs in 4 1/3 innings and the Twins offense managed just a single run in the 10-1 loss. Jason Kubel singled home a run and that didn’t even come until the seventh inning.
The Twins got it done in the finale though. Ramon Ortiz completely shut down the Yankees and held them to a single run on three hits and through eight innings and he’s now 2-0. Michael Cuddyer had two hits, a run and an RBI in the 5-1 win.
So the Twins sit tied with the Tigers at 5-3 in the Central and Tampa Bay comes to town for a four game series. Anything less then three wins will be a disappointment this weekend.
