I guess the Twins couldn’t build on that series win over the Tigers. In the first three games in the series against the Blue Jays, the Twins scored a grand total of one run. I had hoped their offensive struggles were behind them, but apparantly not.
A poor outing by Carlos Silva and only four singles by the Twins resulted in a loss on Thursday. Silva dropped to 8-10.
Matt Garza was awful in his debut on Friday. He gave up runs in each of his first three innings before getting pulled. When it was all said and done, he was dinged for seven runs on eight hits in 2 2/3 innings. A.J. Burnett held the Twins offense down but we finally scored when Jason Bartlett doubled home Luis Rodriguez in the seventh inning in the 7-1 loss.
Yesterday was the second shutout of the series. The Twins got seven hits in this one but nobody scored. Boof Bonser didn’t have a horrible game but he took the loss. He gave up three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings in the 4-0 loss.
Man, has Brad Radke been good the last couple of months. He and two relievers combined for a five hit shutout and the Twins actually put some runs on the board. Jason Tyner had three hits and two RBIs while Michael Cuddyer hit his seventeenth homerun of the season.
The good news is, the Tigers have hit the skids so we’re still on the fringe in the AL Central, eight games back. Unfortunately, the White Sox are winning so the Twins trail them by 2 1/2 games in the Wild Card race. Next up is three against the Indians with Johan Santana on deck. I like our chances.
