Game 12 - Twins @ Yankees -4/18/12

[Seth Stohs]

Twins Lineup:

Denard Span CF
Jamey Carroll SS
Joe Mauer C
Josh Willingham LF
Justin Morneau DH
Chris Parmelee 1B
Sean Burroughs 3B
Clete Thomas RF
Alexi Casilla 2B

Jason Marquis SP

Yankees Lineup:

Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher DH
Raul Ibanez RF
Eric Chavez 3B
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF

SP: Hiroki Kuroda

[Nick Nelson]

Nice lefty-heavy lineup to take on Kuroda, who was awfully good his last time out.

[Seth Stohs]

Brett Gardner scratched from the lineup.

[spideyo]

Good. Who'd they stick in LF then?

[John Bonnes]

First pitch home run by Morneau. REALLY nice to see.

[John Bonnes]

Good. Who'd they stick in LF then?

Andruw Jones. He's batting seventh and Chavez and Martin are 8 and 9.

[chavez]

They had better keep scoring runs tonight - 4 in not going to be enough - gonna need 7 or 8

or 15

[USAFChief]

Marquis fits right in. Took to the whole pitch to contact thing like a natural.

[Shane Wahl]

They are going to need 13 pitchers in this game . . .

[Ultima Ratio]

Saved the lead with a DP. Can't win much of anything with these pitching performances.

[John Bonnes]

Nice to see Casilla get another hit. He's now 6 for his last 19 with 1 walk and 1 strikeout.

[Seth Stohs]

Nice 2nd inning for Marquis... would be nice if he can settle down and throw 5 innings tonight. I know, eventually we'll expect more, but for tonight, with all the family there, coming back, having his daughter able to be at the game... the human side has to take over a little. Emotional!

[Shane Wahl]

Wow. Morneau is back.

[amjgt]

Another quadruple for Morneau

[twinzgrl]

Wow. Morneau is back.

I sure had my doubts about his ability to come back...but, this is SO GREAT to see. Good for him!

[pjnelly]

Morneau has yet to get a hit against lefties this year.

[mhanson93]

Morneau has yet to get a hit against lefties this year.

So? Bench him?

[ashburyjohn]

Marquis fits right in. Took to the whole pitch to contact thing like a natural.

Yes, because he was always a total strikeout machine up to now.

[one_eyed_jack]

Good game so far. Love seeing Morneau hitting the cover off the ball.

It's 6-4 Twins but man, I tell ya, a 2-run lead feels like a 3-run deficit when we're playing in the Bronx.

[SpiritofVodkaDave]

Marquis fits right in. Took to the whole pitch to contact thing like a natural.

Sadly he is still a better option then our current "ace" Liriano