I can sort of defend using Parker in that situation. He's got the experience in that kind of high leverage situation and Baldelli didn't want to burn through Rogers if the Twins were unable to tie the game. There just weren't a lot of great choices last night. Again, I was surprised Parker only gave up 1 run. I thought for sure we were going to see Boston put 4 or 5 on the board.
No matter your take, this is the kind of pitching performance needed, should the Twins make the playoffs. Yeah, I know the Twins are 10 games up, but, I'm not counting my playoffs until the first game starts.
I was surprised that Perez made it as far as he did.. Meanwhile, Sano remains a DH playing 3rd. He's made some costly errors lately. But, the Twins are 4-2 on this home stand so far.