....but you can't fool Joe Mauer.
Joe Mauer slammed a ninth inning pinch hit homer off of The Lord of The Dance, Jonathan Papelbon, but it was still not quite enough as Boston held on to win the lidlifter in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, 6-5.
In town to face baseball's version of Romulus and Remus, the Bostons sent Brad Penny to the hill. Penny, who has been unusually competent when hurling the spheroid, turned in another performance that resembled actual major league pitching, going 5 1/3 while his mates were pounding the unusually incompetent Francisco Liriano for 5 runs.
New Guy RR and The Okey Doke put the kibosh on further denting of the dish by the Twinkies, while Man of a Thousand Pitches RA Dickey surrendered a run to Jeff "Beetle" Bailey to push Boston's lead to 6-3.
Mauer's aforementioned clout (this giving up homers crap has got to stop, Jonathan) brought the Twins close, but not close enough.
The series continues tomorrow, with the smoking remains of Jon Lester facing off against Nick "With A Name Like This, I Really Ought To Be A Premier League Soccer Player" Blackburn.
I think I get as big a kick out of the names as I do the information!
ReplyDeleteWhat a good day this has been... it's all icing. Thank you sir! I am stoked.