Talk about some crazy weather. The Indians and Mariners have had to use an off day just to get in two games of a four game set that practically got wiped out. In Chicago, the series opener with the White Sox was cancelled and the Saturday game may as well have been because the bats didn’t show up. Michael Cuddyer was the only guy who really did anything and he had two hits including a double. On top of that, a nice start by Carlos Silva went to waste. He gave up one run on just five hits in five innings of work.
Then, we have Johan Santana. Man, having this guy is huge because rarely will the Twins have an extended losing streak. So before the Twins could lose two in a row, he pitches seven shutout innings in which he gave up just one hit en route to a 2-0 record. The Twins got just one big hit, but it was a three run shot by Justin Monreau that was more then enough for the win in this one.
So the Twins are 4-1 and they’re a game ahead of the Tigers. Unfortunately, a pissed off Yankees team is rolling into town and at least for this series, we won’t have Santana. If the Twins can pull out two wins in this one, I’ll be extremely happy.
