Monday, July 23 - Toronto, Ontario
7:07 PM (EDT)
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Minnesota Twins Luis Castillo 2b Jason Bartlett ss Joe Mauer c Justin Morneau 1b Torii Hunter cf Jason Kubel lf Rondell White dh Jason Tyner rf Nick Punto 3b Pitching: Johan Santana, LHP |
Toronto Blue Jays Reed Johnson lf Alexis Rios rf Troy Glaus 3b Vernon Wells cf Frank Thomas dh Aaron Hill 2b Matt Stairs 1b Curtis Thigpen c Royce Clayton ss Pitching: Shaun Marcum, RHP |
After taking the series from Seattle behind some extraordinary work from Doc and a sudden offensive outburst, the Blue Jays welcome the Minnesota Twins to town for a 3-game series.
Toronto's pitchers have not allowed a run for 22 innings and Shaun Marcum will hope to extend that tonight after a hard luck start last time out, in which he pitched great through 6 innings, only to sputter in the 7th after his offense could not do a thing against the Yankees pitching. Overall, Marcum is 4-2 with a 3.24 ERA since he became a starter 13 starts ago.
Facing him will be a fellow whose name makes him sound like he should be shredding spanish-infused guitar whilst yodeling.
Lyle Overbay, who has quite an unimpressive record against Santana (1-11 with 8 Ks), sits for Matt Stairs (who also does but at least has a HR), while Curtis Thigpen, fresh up from 'Cuse, makes his first start for the Jays behind the dish. I, for one, am really looking forward to seeing him behind the plate.
For my part, I can't wait to tune in and see if the Jays can pull it out! And now that I've finished the last Harry Potter book, I might as well tune in...