Game 114: Sox 8 Twinkies 6

This was the first time I had ever seen the Twins’ new ballpark. Looks great! I especially liked the dead-on center view for the at bats. They look a little far away but you can really see the ball move and where it flies in respect to the strike zone.

Sox won this one but Wakefield still couldn’t get his 200^th win of his career despite going 7 innings and only giving up 3 ER. Sox played small ball in the 7^th and 8^th trying to push across one run to take the lead and give Wakes the win. They got their run in the 8^th but Aceves promptly coughed up a run in the bottom half of the inning. With the Sox plating 2 in the 9^th, Aceves ended up getting his 8^th win of the season instead. Sheesh.

The offense was led by Ortiz who was 4-5 with a double, a home run, 3 runs, and 3 RBI. Saltalamacchia went deep right after Ortiz in the sixth for his 11^th HR of the season. Crawford got a three bagger hitting out of the number 2 slot (a mistake if you ask me). He was hitting there as Youkilis got the night off with Lowrie coming off the DL. Scutaro had three hits too; he’s been really hitting well as Lowrie’s gotten closer to coming back. Coincidence?

Liriano v Bedard in the next game. A matchup of formerly very promising looking lefties who are trying to stay healthy and in the game.