The Eduardo Escobar game

Twins game #3 for me this year, my annual Red Sox game, sure ended in a different place than I thought it was going to after 5 innings.

I picked this game for the elite Berrios v Sale matchup, and I got what I paid for. This was an outstanding pitchers duel, and in fact I was convinced halfway through that Chris Sale was going to throw the 1st ever Target Field no-hitter and knock the top thing of my baseball bucket list off. I was actually bummed when Adrianza broke it up with an infield single.

But I got a damn good consolation prize. The Twins finally broke through against Sale with Eduardo Escobar hitting a rare double for a 2-1 lead. Berrios was again denied a win, as this time The Duke Of Blown Leads gave it up. As usual Molitor showed a quick hook with his best starter.

But in the bottom of the 8th the Twins kicked around the Sawx pen for 4 runs. First another massive hit for Escobar, and a misplay in the outfield for 2 runs. Then a rare bit of old school Grossmania, a triple, and 2 more runs. Then Rodney closed it out.

Nice win. I mean, if you're not gonna be no-hit you might as well win it.

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