European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes Page 43 twins amass 32 runs during doubleheader Minnesota uses lumber in pounding of White sox the associated press the Minnesota twins put on an offensive display unlike any seen in a doubleheader in nearly 70 and Justin Morneau was a big part of Morneau went deep three times in the second game of a Daylight doubleheader and the twins capped a huge Day on offence by routing the Chicago White sox 120 Friday Minnesota won the opener i didst know we were going to play a football twins Man Ager Ron Gardenhire it was the most runs scored by one team in a doubleheader since the Boston red sox totalled 35 in a sweep of the Philadelphia athletics on july according to the Elias sports Morneau became the first twins player to hit three homers in a game since Tony Oliva against Kansas City on july the Only other twins to do it Are Bob Allison and Harmon those Are just Days you put in your memory Bank and dont expect them to Morneau Morneau hit a three run drive in the a Solo shot in the third and a two run Homer in the Sev giving him 23 this Morneau had a shot at tying the major league record in the eighth but fell one Homer he unleashed a big swing and missed the first then flied to left Nam Minnesota Justin Morneau hits a three run Home run against the Chicago White sox during the first inning of the second game of fridays Morneau hit three homers during the second five pitches he just missed that last teammate Torii Hunter he popped it hit it we haunt had anyone do that in 34 Tony so that a big Honor for Morneau watched a video of his hits from last season on thursday night and responded with his first three Homer game at any i was trying to get something Good in my mind before i went to and it ended up the Al map in the the twins and White sox combined to score the most runs in a game since May when Cincinnati beat Colorado according to Jon Garland 66 tied a career High by allowing 12 11 the White sox right hander gave up 11 tying a season walked three and did not strike out a he did All that in just 3vs in his earliest exit since last ing innings against Detroit on but that was enough time for his Era to leap from to garlands Day ended when Jason Kubel hit the second grand slam of his career to make it 124 even though things had gotten ugly Long before the result was absolutely Terri Garland in embarrassed by Morneau became the fourth big league player to connect three times in a game this join ing Houston Carlos Lee april the Chicago cubs Alfonso so Riano june 8 and Texas Brad Wilkerson july but a major scare tempered the Good vibe for Catcher Mike Redmond sustained a bloody Gash on his head after Chicago Jim Thome Acci dentally hit him with his Bat in the first inning of the second Thome fouled off a pitch and lost control of the Bat on the Back sending it flying into the right Side of Redmond Redmond took seven stitches at the Ballpark but said Hes tigers red sox 2 Curtis Granderson led off the fifth with a Home run and Marcus thames added a grand slam in the inning for Host Rookie Andrew Miller 42 gave up one run and three hits Over seven Julian Tavarez 57 allowed a season High eight runs and matched his sea son High by giving up 10 hits Over innings to lose his third straight Yankees Angels 9 Alex Rodriguez hit his 493rd Homer to tie Lou Gehrig and Fred Mcgriff for 22nd place on the career list and Host new York won despite blowing a five run new York set season highs for runs and hits 19 every starter had a hit and an rib and won for the fourth time in five Blue jays indians 6 at Tor Vernon Wells homered and drove in three runs and Roy Hal Laday 103 remained unbeaten against the Blue jays erased a 10 Defi Cit with a five run second against Lethander Cliff Lee John Mcdonald had an rib single in the inning and Wells followed with a two run single and Rios hit a two run Devil rays royals 5 at Kan Sas Brendan Harris and Delmon Young drove in two runs apiece and Tampa Bay snapped an 11game losing James Shields 74 allowed four runs and seven hits in in Odalis Perez 48 gave up 10 hits and five runs in six innings and dropped to 15 in nine starts at he has one win in his last six rangers orioles 3 Michael Youngs on out rib sin Gle in the 10th inning gave Host Texas the Victory after rangers closer Eric Gagne gave up a run in the ninth for his first blown save of the Travis Metcalf singled against Paul Shuey 01 leading off the after a sacrifice and a Young hit a line drive off the Glove of diving third baseman Chris Gomez for the game win Ning mariners athletics 1 Adrian Beltre went 5for5 with two homers and Seattle took advantage of an Al record tying four errors by Oak land third baseman Marco Scuta Beltre hit a Solo Homer in the second inning and a two run shot in the eighth for the who beat Allstar Dan Haren 103 for the second time this sea Sabatula fire Baller became a Pitcher from Back Page it was a lot of pitching coach Carl Willis so Willis and bullpen coach Luis Isaac went to work on fixing Sabathia mechanics and they developed a new pitch a Cut fastball that devastated right handed Sabathia began to see immedi ate which in turn helped him get his emotions under there Are still times when Sabathia shows but its in a positive a few years he punched a huge Hole in a club House partition near his these he rarely gets if things Arent going his he returns to a simplistic just keep us in the he i used to be i gotta strike everybody out and i need to throw 100 Miles per i used to be i gotta strike everybody out and i need to throw 100 Miles per its More now just doing what i need to give us a Sabathia Cleveland Pitcher its More now just doing what i need to give us a opposing hitters have seen a dramatic change in he has become a Kansas City first baseman Mike Sweeney before this year everyone looked at him As a hed come at you in the first inning throwing 97 Hes working the Cor the Way his dad taught him who does everything right handed but pitch and play thinks of his father every All the time during baseball he he lived with me for my first three years in i just miss him in Spring going fishing with him Down things like Sabathia knows How proud his father would be of his upcoming Allstar the Home coming i know Hes he Paul Cleveland indians Pitcher and Catcher Victor Martinez talk during the third inning of thursdays game in
