Is this momentum?

I highly recommend the Twins' annual internship/job fair. $30 at the door mean access to twenty or so local sports-related companies, from the four major pro sports to some minor league teams to different broadcast companies, most offering internships of some kind. Oh yeah, did I mention a $31 ticket to the game, and a free hot dog and soda?

It's hard to really follow the details of the game at the Dome, near the right field foul pole. No view of balls and strikes. So take everything I write with a grain of salt. That said, Scott Baker has changed a bit. He's started to figure out how to strike people out. By missing lots of bats. Ten swinging strikes in just 5.1 innings. That adds up to a little under a strikeout per inning. Which is well above his career average. Of course, the two walks in five is what comes of what seems to be a new approach for Baker. His three starts in September: 16 K, 10 BB, 18 IP. He's striking more guys out, but in the process is giving out more free passes. Surprisingly, neither of tonight's cost him. It was instead a series of hard hits. He had gotten lucky with some liners finding gloves, it was only a matter of time before the luck ran out.

The explosion of the night before was lacking, but the Twins took their traditional approach of doubles and well-timed singles to chip away at the Tribe lead, before O-Cab taxied one just over the left field fence to tie it up. The momentum had shifted, and the Twins took a much needed two-run lead in the next inning. Nathan needed some "let's go Joe" cheers before stranding the tying run on second.

Funny that as writing this, ESPN plays an interview of Jim Leyland saying "there is no momentum in baseball, there's only tomorrow's pitcher." Which sounds like sage wisdom. Blackburn's pitching the day game tomorrow. I hope he keeps the momentum in the park.