Neither starter looked sharp tonight. Santana started off well, retiring the first eight guys he faced, but the Royals had successive singles from McEwing, DeJesus, and Graffanino before Mike Sweeney crushed a slider that was right down main street to give the Royals a 4-3 lead after three innings.
The Twins were all over Lima early. He threw a change off the plate to Joe Mauer in the first inning and Mauer hit a line shot the other way over the left field wall. In the second inning, Jacque Jones annihilated a ball over the right field baggie. They jumped out to a 3-0 lead before the Royals stormed back and took the lead on Sweeney's 3-run shot.
The Twins got a run in the middle innings to tie it and the scored stayed that way until the eighth with Joe McEwing made a poor throw to first that Marrero couldn't scoop. And as usually happens, the guy who took second on the error ended up scoring to put the Twins up 5-4. The Royals went quietly in the ninth...game over.
Anybody else missing Joe Randa as much as I am?
Notes:
- McEwing was 2-for-3…
- Sweeney as 1-for-4 with a three run HR…
Tomorrow night Brian Anderson (1-1, 3.95) goes against Dave Gassner (1-0, 1.50).
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