The Twins
come into Baltimore for the first road trip of the year. The Orioles were a
playoff team last season and expected to be tough again. How will the Twins
fare?
One of my disappointments
of the Twins was trading JJ JHardy to Baltimore after the 2010 season. Friday
he was presented a Golden Glove award for his play at shortstop last season. The power he displayed as an Oriole is tough
to watch as well.
Friday I
came home from work and the Twins were up 4-1 and I thought this was awesome
and what a way to start the road trip.
One of the areas
of strengths in the Detorit series was the bullpen. Friday Casey Fien and Tyler
Robertson did not fare so well. The Twins got to watch history as Oriole’s
slugger Chris Davis hit his 4th home run of the year off Robertson.
A grand slam and a dagger in my heart as he becomes the 4th player
in baseball history joining Willie Mays,
Mark McGwire and Nelson Cruz to hit a home run in the first four games of the
season.
It is only
one game and the Twins are still in first place. A bright spot was the bottom
of the order had a good day. Hitters 7-9 went 5 for 12 with Chris Parmaleee,
Brian Dozier and Eduardo Escobar doing the damage.
Game 2 of the
series Twins jump out to a lead but once again the Orioles come back to tie it
up again. The hero of this game in my eyes goes to reliever Josh Roenicke
pitching 3 innings of 1 hit ball.
Parmalee
after having a nice day Friday provides the Twins with a big home run early in
the game. This could be a future great
asset to have with a player in the lower part of the batting order with power.
The Twins although
early in the season are able to get runs late in the game. Today Justin Morneau
comes through in the 9th to help with the win.
Roenicke
pitched great but now add on new Twins closer Glen Perkins comes in and mows
the Orioles down 1-2-3. Game over, Twins win!!!!
A Twins win
was the first in Baltimore since April 21, 2011. Minnesota teams of late are
very good at breaking bad streaks as I refer to the Wild breaking long losing
streaks on the road in Vancouver, Detroit and Dallas. Way to go Twins!!!
Sunday’s
game once again this young team finds a way to win the game. The Twins come
from behind then 2 relief pitchers for the Twins come in and dominate. Jared
Burton and closer Glen Perkins both came in and threw nasty pitches making the
Orioles hitters look foolish.
Two big
plays today late was the bunt by Brian Dozier successfully advancing the base
runners and pinch hitter Parmalee sacrifice fly.
Rookie Aaron
Hicks comes in with his last at bat of the game with a 1-25 start. What does he
do? He gets a single and an rbi.
One coincidence
in both series with the Tigers and now Orioles is Hicks gets a hit in his last
bat of the series and each hit has provided at least one rbi. His struggling is
hard to watch but the guy just does not quit. I am pulling for him to get out
of this awful stretch to start.
The Twins
won a series over Detroit at home for the first time since 2010. Sundays win
gave the Twins their first series win in Baltimore since July of 2010.
It is only 6
games but 3 firsts have occurred already with first win in Baltimore and first
series win over Detroit and Baltimore in 2 years.
Do we have
something brewing? It is not the name Morneau, Willingham, Mauer yet
consistently. It is Parmalee, Dozier, Burton, Perkins and the rest of the team.
Batters 1-9, who will be the next hero as the Twins move on to Kansas City?
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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