There weren't many people there to see it, but is was quite the crazy night. It took every available player the Twins had to knock off the hot of late Rangers and get the Twins back to .500.
Lets start from the top. Alexi Cassilla hit his first major league home run to give the Twins a 4-2 lead. That's right Casilla. Things were looking good in the 7th for Boof when with one out he threw away a potential double play to end it by throwing the ball into center. 2 runs would later score until Guerrier had to come in to bail him out. Dennis Reyes tried to hold off the Rangers in the 8th but couldn't do it giving up the lead after a couple straight hits. That set the tone for the Twins to trail 6-5 entering the 9th. The Twins put together a little rally and Joe Mauer managed a bloop single to tie the game. Onto the 11th were veteran bull pen pitcher Rincon walked 2 to load the bases. Fans booed as he left and in came Bobby Korecky. He forced Bradley to pop out and faced Micheal Young with the bases loaded. Korecky struck out Young to get them out. If that wasn't crazy enough Korecky had to bat the next inning because of a double switch pulled earlier and he even got a hit. The Twins had a great chance to win it in the 11th, bases loaded 1 out, Morneau stikes out, Cuddyer grounds out. But in the 12th another unlikely hero came through as Howie Clark hit a double over Hamilton's head to drive in Gomez to win the game. Whew!
Thoughts
Cuddyer is really slumping right now, he left 9 runners on base in this one. Maybe its time to give Kubel or Monroe some time out there. Rincon has really lost it, he and Crain have become very unreliable. This win should help moral in the clubhouse but there is still a lot of holes in the Twins lineup, rotation and bullpen that need to be addressed before this team competes for real.
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