Twins Lose TWO

Diamond was pretty bad in the first game, but the Twins offense was worse. They rested Willingham, Mauer and Morneau for the second game and BOY was that noticeable. Three total hits in the game. Still I'd rather lose 7-0, than by one run late.

In the second game, the Twins lost by one run late. They loaded the bases with one out in the first and DID NOT SCORE. They had a runner on third base in the sixth WITH NO ONE OUT and did not score. Deduno wasn't great, but he wasn't bad either. The problem (and they had this problem the entire road trip) was that they could not score with runners in scoring position with less than two outs.

It's so hard to watch a team that cannot score runs when they are given so many opportunities.

On the brighter side: Yogi Berra is known for his many inane quotes, but I came across this one by Oscar Gamble yesterday that blows them all away.