Twins Win In Extras; Tribe Drop Series

Damnit, two outs and it was there for the taking and Rafael Perez couldn't close the deal.

Pitchers Duel: It was a good old fashioned pitching matchup. Brendan Harris had the lone jack of the game, and Frankie G knocked in the Tribes run. Paul Byrd pitched 7 strong innings and Scott Baker held the Tribe in check for 6.

Masa Kobayashi worked 2 outs in the 8th, while Perez came in to get one. He'd pitch a scoreless ninth but then surrender the winning run in the 10th to Justin Morneau.

Perez made two great pitches with the breaking ball to get Morneau reaching. But he threw him a third and not only was Morneau expecting it, the ball sailed up and Morneau pulled it through the gap between 1st and 2nd.

16 Left: Another game with leaving players on base. 16 were left and Hafner and Martinez accounted for 6 of them.

Baker pitched well, the bullpen pitched well. But they need to come through..

I mentioned 6 were left from Hafner and Martinez. Both destroyed prime chances when Dellucci and Sizemore got on with no body out. Hafner struck out and Martinez hit in to the double play to end the inning. You can't squander those opportunities.

Ryan Garko's streak of making it on base was also put to a halt today when he failed to reach. He struck out once.

Next up is Kansas City after an off day on Monday. Brian Bannister and Cliff Lee, two hot pitchers to start the year face off. Should be a good one.

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