Twins Squeak By the Tigers

The night started out on a good note.    Our handy weather radio reported that the storms had passed us by and we found a free parking space, albeit a bit of a walk.   But the Duensenator did not start out so well, giving up three runs in the first two innings.

To be fair, they were not earned runs, but runs are runs in the game of baseball.  He battled back, putting up a lot of goose eggs until he came out of the game in the 7th inning.    In the bottom of the 7th the Twins came back with two runs.  It looked like we were on our way to a sure tie.  Cuddy and Young were at 2nd and 1st, respectively.  Valencia hit a long ball,  Cuddy scored and Young also crossed the plate.  But gosh darn it, the dang ball hopped over the fence for a ground rule double.  Young had to come back to 3rd.    We had to wait until the bottom of the 8th to get the go ahead run.

Used a lot of pitchers after Duensing came out.  They all make me nervous, especially Capp.  He came in to close in the 9th.  Before it was over, the Tigers had a runner at 3rd with two out.  But Capp did what he was supposed to do, getting a big swinging K for the final out.  Twins win 4-3.

No camera tonight.  I'll have to improvise.  Here's a picture of the lady who sits in front of us and reads the newspaper during every game.  Drives me batty...oooh,  that's a pun, get it?