8/19 Sox 4 Twins 1

Jon Garland pitched extremely well tonight, which was good to see. If the Sox can continue to get starting pitching like that, they will see much better results.

It was nice to see the Twins "stellar" defense cough up two unearned runs tonight, and it was particularly nice to see the Twinkies lose a ball in the roller dome's roof. Perhaps they should invest in a real ballpark sometime. Besides, the Sox are due to get a few breaks. It seems like everything has gone against them this year.

Has Rob Mackowiak's homerun landed yet? Mackowiak was 2 for 4 including the bomb. Jim Thome also chipped in with 2 hits of his own.

This game also included one of my favorite plays of the season. Jim Thome was on second base with A.J. Pierzynski at home plate. Pierzynski laced a base hit into left field moving Thome to third, and Thome rounded third to head for home. However, Thome soon realized that he had no chance to score, and he hustled back to third narrowly beating the throw. Meanwhile, Pierzynski rounded first to try and take second base. The stupid twins were unable to execute the pickle play, however, and Pierzynski was able to scamper back into first just before the tag was applied. Much to the Twinkies chagrin, Thome had already jogged home while they were preoccupied with Pierzynski.