Denard Span was out tonight, and is still day-to-day after experiencing symptoms. That put Carlos Gomez in the lead-off spot. Not the a winning strategy. Of course he then decides to draw a lead-off walk, and then score on Swing's home run. Delmon "Everything" Young's sac fly made it 3-0 and the rout was on.
Jeff Man(he's sinking the)ship thought otherwise, and after bumbling along for two innings, he gave lost the lead and his composure before giving way to Francisco Liriano, who seems perfectly comfortable cleaning up other pitchers' messes. Just not his own. He was pulled after giving up his billionth lead of the year. Franchise doesn't really fit in the bullpen right now. He doesn't fit in the rotation either, and neither does Manship. There's a reason Gardy's lined up the Detroit series to specifically avoid throwing Jeff out there in the most important series of the season.
The offense resembled the early-season, where everything came from long balls, doubles and home runs. Not the Twins' usual way, but effective nonetheless. And good thing too. This was probably the hardest win to come by against the Sox, and the Twins won. Here's hoping they can sweep this one tomorrow.
Something to consider: The Twins have six games against the Royals outside of the Detroit series, and Detroit has six against the White Sox. Two of those games will be against Zack Greinke. Advantage Detroit. It's still an uphill battle, especially with the level of crapitude to which the Sox have dumped. Maybe they'll snap out of it in time to pound Detroit. I can't believe I just rooted for the pale hoes.
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