Maroth handles Twins
posted in 2007 season, Minnesota Twins |Detroit 7 Twins 3
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Not much recap tonight, but Mike Maroth was awesome. Watching on Yahoo! at work, I was a bit annoyed with his allowing leadoff batters on base. His innings weren’t exactly eventless, as he gave up nine hits. But while he allowed a couple extra-base hits after the second, he was seldom in too much trouble.
The bats must have benefited from going to Johan Santana to a more hittable bullpen. While the relievers the Twins can trot out to the mound are among the best in baseball as a whole, they just aren’t Santana. So when he left after six innings having allowed just two runs, Detroit pressed down the accelerator to score five in the final three frames.
Carlos Guillen went 3-for-5 with a homer and triple and 4 RBIs. Gary Sheffield hit a sixth homer and scored three runs. He’s now fourth in the AL in runs scored with 26 — Magglio is second with 27 if I’m to believe ESPN.com. Curtis Granderson had his fifth triple of the season as well.
Bottom line, I didn’t expect to win this. It’s not exactly a game stolen from the Twins. But it’s one they probably penciled in with a “W.” Now either Chad Durbin or Virgil Vasquez has to keep the ship together and the Tigers can escape the Dome with a series victory. But bottom line, I’m happy.
Around the Central:
Chicago edged the Royals. The A’s walloped the Indians. Tigers lead the Central by 1.5.
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