Things were looking good early but the Sox jumped all over the Twins in the 5th with a 6 run inning. The Twins had plenty of chances to come back and score runs but were unable to get that big hit. Tough loss to swallow as they now fall back 3.5 games to the Sox. Good news is everyone else in the Central continues to suck, so it looks like the Sox will be the only competition for now.
Anyways it got me thinking about the season so far and where I think things will go. On some nights the Twins really impress me with there timely hitting and good pitching and I think this team compete with anybody, but other nights I wonder what is going on. The truth is I think they will continue to stick around that .500 mark for a while and stay within shouting distance of the playoffs. But the real question is come September will people in Minnesota still be talking Twins baseball or will it be all Vikings from that point on?
Interesting point about the game. The Twins homered 3 times in this one but still lost. The homers came from Gomez, Cuddyer and Cassilla. The home runs only produced 4 runs. It would have been nice if Gomez and Cassilla got there big hit in the 6th when the Twins had the bases loaded and they both proceeded to make outs with no runs coming in. Either way you can't really blame the offense fully because they did produce 6 runs. Blackburn got in really big trouble in the 5th and Rincon couldn't bail him out, so pitching deserves most of the blame. Twins will try to bounce back tonight with Livan Hernandez on the hill.
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