What?! This winning score is not something Twins fans are used to seeing.
Denard Span doubled in the tying and go-ahead runs during a four-run seventh inning as our hosts, Minnesota, battled back to topple the New York Yankees.
Joe Mauer, who was lookin' good, went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored and Chris Parmelee doubled in a run for the Twins, who are embracing the spoiler role with wins in three of their last four games against the Detroit Tigers and the Yankees. What a surprise!
Phil Hughes (16-13) cruised through the first six innings but loaded the bases with one out in the seventh before being replaced by left-hander Boone Logan. The veteran reliever uncorked a wild pitch to narrow the gap to one run before Span reached down for a 3-2 slider and lined it into the gap in right-center to plate a pair. Mauer made it a 5-3 lead with an RBI single later in the frame.
Casey Fien (2-1) ended up with the win in relief and Jared Burton pitched a perfect eighth. Glen Perkins served up a solo homer to Jones but managed to get the final three outs for his 15th save.
Wanna know a secret? I went to this Tuesday's game, mainly because I have a roommate who is a Brewers fan and I wanted her to see Twins action AND because we got really cheap, great tickets through my internship. But, I had SO much homework so we left at the top of the 7th inning, not expecting the Twins to come back and win the game. But. They did. My bad.
GO TWINS!
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