Well everything appeared to be in order for the Twins as they had their Ace on the mound in Scott Baker to try to finish off a sweep of the Brewers. The Twins had pounded the Brewers on Friday night with a great performance from Kevin Slowey and last night's game was one of the most exciting MLB games of the season. I don't want to hear any whining from the Brewers fans, Prince Fielders hit was not a home run as it clearly showed it bouncing off the wall into the field. The Twins blew chances for a few innings before finally getting to Brewers revlievers in the 12th with a 5 run inning. A big hit by Buscher with the bases loaded paved the way for the Twins victory. I thought it was a good win, even though it was so close to being over 3 innings earlier. In an unrelated note, I think Ned Yost is one of the worst managers in baseball and I thank him for leaving Tavarez in there and helping the Twins win it.
Anyway all of that set the tone for the sweep attempt today. But the pesky Brewers would not allow it. You cant really blame the pitching even though the Twins had a lead in this one until Mike Cameron hit one out to make it 3-2. But the offense that was there the past two days was not today. I thought Baker pitched well if you take out the home run, but I was a little frustrated with throwing Boof out there in the 8th when the team is down one run. Going into the series i was thinking the Twins needed to sweep and they came close but will end the road trip on a downer.
A serious downer. The Twins went 3-7 on this road trip falling to 34-36 and 4.5 games out of first place. The Twins will play Washington at home this week, lets hope they can get back on track and pull out another series win.
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