Saturday, October 11, 2008
Weekend in Arizona
Just wanted
to get you caught up on the goings on in Arizona Friday and Saturday. The Phoenix Desert Dogs played Friday night and then
again on Saturday afternoon. They will have the day off on Sunday, so I thought
a quick update one how the Twins players did in the two games.
Friday Night
·
Tim Lahey came in to a tie game in the 8th inning. He gave
up a run on three hits to take the loss.
·
Danny
Valencia
had a rough game. He went 0-4, which happens from time to time. But he struck
out twice and in his other two at bats, he grounded into double plays. He
batted 5th and played 3B.
·
Dustin
Martin
went 1-4. He batted third and played in LF.
·
Steve Tolleson came in as a defensive replacement
in the late innings.
Saturday Night
·
Dustin
Martin
again batted third and played in left field. This game, he went 3-4 with a solo
home run, his first of the Fall League.
·
Danny
Valencia
went 0-3 with a walk. He didn’t strike out, but did ground into another double
play. He again batted fifth and played 3B.
·
Steve Tolleson batted eighth and played SS. He
went 2-4 with his first double and an RBI. He did get picked off once.
·
Rob Delaney came in for
the 7th inning. He threw just ten pitches to finish a 1-2-3 inning.
·
Anthony Slama came in for the 8th inning. He gave up an
unearned run on three hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out two. He
needed 29 pitches.
A couple other quick notes:
·
The Pioneer Press
and Star Tribune
are reporting that Pat Neshek’s rehab continues to go smoothly base on an
e-mail sent to the AP.
·
Friday afternoon, Joe
Christensen posted arguably his best blog entry yet. It discusses
whether the Twins MVP in 2008 was Joe Mauer or Justin
Morneau. It would be hard to argue against
either, and in the end, Twins fans should be thrilled to have both of them!
·
Josh Taylor talks
about boxing while there is an What Other
Sports Do You Watch posting at Twinkie Town.
That’s it for the quick update…
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