The Grand Spanyon

Forgot to write about this yesterday, but I always prefer my domedogs with Denard. Lots of it. He took last night to erode the hazy landscape with a couple of hits, a walk, stolen base, and run scored before EXPLODING tonight with the biggest RBI, go-ahead triple in America. Granted, the Twins already should have had the lead on what looked like Cuddy's 31st homer of the year. It wasn't, and Joe Mauer, being the cautious type, made sure it wasn't caught before dashing all the way into the tag at home. Not often that Mauer costs his team a run in any way, much less by too cautious. Just not a good read by Joe. Luckily, Yuniesky Betancourt is a terrible defender, scoring the Twins' first run on a high throw, which allowed Brendan Harris to tie the game with a sac-fly. Threat over? No. A couple of dinks to load the bases later, and Mr. Spantastic cleared the bases with his tenth triple of the year. Amazingly enough, that would not be enough.

Admittedly, I ducked out before the sixth to see The Informant. It's good, go check it out. Anyway, Bakes was inconsistent, giving up back to back home runs to a couple of nobodies before settling down until the seventh, where Scott allowed a double which I assume was a pitch up, which is always the problem with him. The bullpen cleaned up well for the most part, but Spantasm's SIX RBI were really what shut the game up (get it? don't speak? no doubt?).

As everyone kept saying, this was a big game to win, bigger than usual. The Tigers won, and the Twins face Greinke tomorrow. They send out "Franchise," which will be a roller coaster. Here's hoping Ozzie Guillen's latest shameless moment inspires his team. Something tells me the real "Franchise" will not let his franchise be swept.