Tonight the MN Twins' match up is a parody of last night's. Yesterday we had Santana pitching an inspired, albeit uncharacteristic , 9 inning shut out. The uncharacteristic part of the game was the lack of strike outs by Santana.
Tonight we have the hopeful Baker pitching for Minnesota against the NY Mets in the rubber game of this series. Will Baker be able to keep his straight no-chaser fast-ball down? Or will we see those level no-movement fast balls fly over the fences a Shea stadium? We (and surely Scott Baker) are hoping for another uncharacteristic start with similar success for the Twins.
Pitching is of course only one part of the baseball formula which the Twins are trying to hone here in June. The other part is hitting. Last night the Twins bats were on fire - with a lot of tinder piled on by NY Mets fielding errors. Will the MN Twins flickering bats be able to maintain some of last nights fire tonight? Only time will tell - but Gardenhire should remember Santana's fine batting performance if he needs a pinch hitter in tonight's game.
I think that Johann Santana may have found a formula which will get him further into the game. And going further, and with fewer runs, and fewer pitches will mean that Santana will have more control of his fate in future games with the MN Twins.
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