Kyle Gibson pitches much better at Target Field than on the road. Last night was no exception. He only gave up run one in the first 7 innings while Brian Dozier and Josmil Pinto both hit homeruns.
Between that and Plouffe, who hit another double last night, and Escobar, who is on a real roll hitting, the Twins managed onto hold on to another one-run squeaker.
Perkins didn't look great, but he got the job done last night, and the Twins are back to .500 for the season. 1/4 of the way through and they are alone in second place in the division.
The only real problem is that Detroit is still 6 1/2 games in front, and at 25-12 they don't look to collapse anytime soon. We might be having a a better than expected run this year, but with Detroit winning 2/3 of their games, it doesn't take a genius to see that .500 ball isn't going to cut it in the long haul. At this pace we'll be 27 games out by the end of the season.
But at least .500 ball is enough to keep me tuning in. That and Dozier's hitting.
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