A Wild Win in Seattle

Posted by John on June 6, 2009 under John | Be the First to Comment

In their third game pitching head to head this year, Francisco Liriano and Felix Hernandez battled for six and seven innings respectively in a 1-1 ballgame. After a couple solid bullpen innings from both clubs the 10th inning was nothing close to solid.

The top of the 10th got off to a good start with a Joe Mauer double and then an intentional walk to Justin Morneau. I thought the game would soon be over when Jason Kubel ripped a pitch slicing toward the left-center wall when Franklin Gutierrez made a spectacular play to rob Kubel of a possible homerun. After an incredibly futile attempt at a suicide squeeze from Matt Tolbert, Joe Mauer was forced into a rundown and all of a sudden the Twins had two outs with a runner on second base. 

That’s when this wild play happened.

Certainly not the prettiest win for the Twins, but on the road we’ll take it anyway we can.

• Speaking of home/road records, no team in MLB baseball has more wins than the Twins at home (21).
• However, only the Nationals have more losses (20) on the road than the Twins have (16) away from the Metrodome.
• Ichiro’s hitless night snapped his 27-game hitting streak.
• Michael Cuddyer could be back in the lineup today after missing time due to a sprained index finger.
• Nick Blackburn faces Jarrod Washburn who has had success against the Twins. First pitch at 3:05 pm central time.

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