Brian Dozier had a HUGE impact on the Twin's win last night. He doubled and scored the tying run in the eighth. He then singled in the tying run once again in the bottom of the ninth because Perkins gave up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth. Dozier then knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 13th.
Deduno had a wild fifth in which he walked 3 batters before giving up a hit. He wasn't horrible, but that fifth cost him any chance for the win. It didn't help that the Astros stole second base after the first walk because nobody covered second base and Mauer had no one to throw to.
If you thought that last sentence was awkward, you should have seen Gardy in the dugout in the ninth. He accidently lost our DH (Colabello) in the ninth by having Jamey Carrol run for him AFTER Carrol had officially been added as a defensive replacement. Gardy is always ragging on the players for not following the fundamentals and then he pulled out a huge bone-headed mistake of his own. That was the most awkward "play" the Twins have had all year.
Basically that means that Kevin Correia had to enter the game as a pinch hitter in the 13th. He layed down a perfect sacrifice bunt before Dozier singled in the GW RBI.
I went to bed after the ninth wondering how Gardy could screw up like that.
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