Silva's not the only one with an upset stomach
Twins fans everywhere are reeling after a hard loss to the Devil Rays on Wednesday night. Heading into "Take Me Out To The Ballgame," everything looked golden for the Twins. 2-0 lead. Silva goes 6 IP with no runs. Neshek comes in. 15th straight against TB looked imminent.
Then the moon went full.
Neshek gives up a couples of bombs, and hence, the lead. And the offense, which apparently fell asleep thinking all would be fine, never woke up. And the Twins, let a golden opportunity to come to within 3 games of the Central lead slip away. Now I'm concerned they're going to start on their streak of losing the wild card lead despite going ahead on the road.
The Twins have now had the wild card lead four times. Every single time, they've gone into the lead on the road. Every single time, they've come home and lost at least two games before getting it back together. And now we have Detroit at home, for four games. It happened in late July. Remember, we swept the Sox to tie for the lead (until the Yankees won that night). Then we headed home to play the Tigers, and we lost two straight, and barely won the third.
It's bad enough that the Twins are missing Liriano and Radke, but to start to lose the offense that they rode all year long, and now to have the bullpen hiccup, those are not good signs. The last thing this team needs now is for their good legs to start buckling.
But yet, I still feel good about this series with Detroit. Three months ago, I couldn't have imagined being this close at this point in the season. Their destiny lies before them, and no better time to make a statement, than this week in Detroit.
Go TWINS!
Then the moon went full.
Neshek gives up a couples of bombs, and hence, the lead. And the offense, which apparently fell asleep thinking all would be fine, never woke up. And the Twins, let a golden opportunity to come to within 3 games of the Central lead slip away. Now I'm concerned they're going to start on their streak of losing the wild card lead despite going ahead on the road.
The Twins have now had the wild card lead four times. Every single time, they've gone into the lead on the road. Every single time, they've come home and lost at least two games before getting it back together. And now we have Detroit at home, for four games. It happened in late July. Remember, we swept the Sox to tie for the lead (until the Yankees won that night). Then we headed home to play the Tigers, and we lost two straight, and barely won the third.
It's bad enough that the Twins are missing Liriano and Radke, but to start to lose the offense that they rode all year long, and now to have the bullpen hiccup, those are not good signs. The last thing this team needs now is for their good legs to start buckling.
But yet, I still feel good about this series with Detroit. Three months ago, I couldn't have imagined being this close at this point in the season. Their destiny lies before them, and no better time to make a statement, than this week in Detroit.
Go TWINS!
posted by Joe at 9/07/2006 06:42:00 AM
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