Sano tells Rocco. " Since I can't reach that low, outside pitch, they always strike me out on, how about if I just stand in the left handed hitter's box"?
That's nice. He gives up a bloop hits, and gets rewarded with the possibility of being the losing pitcher. If the leash was that tight, why not let him in the dugout. The only possible reason to run him out there was for him to face Mancini.
The Twins' hitter in the ninth look like little leaguers who try and hit against that one kid who is abnormally big. Like Lurch pitching against a smurf.
How ironic, our offense's weakness at key times, is striking out. Our bullpen's weakness is not being able to put hitters away at key times with a strikeout.