Man, this weekend is huge. The Twins are four games back after winning two of three against the Devil Rays. And next up is a four game series against the Tigers.
Boof Bonser came up huge on Monday. He gave up one run on six hits with six strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. All the Twins got were two runs, and they were both on Rondell White’s two run homerun. With the way Bonser pitched though, that was enough.
Even better was Johan Santana on Tuesday. He should be in line for his third straight Cy Young but he got hosed last year. Hopefully the same thing doesn’t happen this year. He threw eight shutout innings and he struck out 12 in a dominating outing. Joe Mauer doubled and drove in two runs and Michael Cuddyer and Justin Morneau both scored twice in the 8-0 win.
It would have been nice to pull out a sweep but the Twins fell just short. Joe Mauer and Rondell White hit solo homeruns to make it 2-0 but then Pat Nesknik gave up three runs on two homeruns in the seventh to lose it. A great start by Carlos Silva went to waste in the 4-2 loss.
The White Sox are still nipping at the Twins heels so it’s just as important to win in order to put some distance between them for the Wild Card. Huge weekend, that’s all I have to say.
