What a tough way to close out the 2008 season as the Minnesota Twins fell to the Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Tuesday night as the two teams played a one game playoff to see who would advance to the ALDS. Nick Blackburn gave up a solo home run to Jim Thome in the seventh inning and the Twins had no answer as they only had two hits in the game.
You can’t blame Blackburn for this loss as he pitched very well. He lasted 6 1/3 innings and only gave up four hits and the one run which was the solo shot off the bat of Thome. The offense should have been able to score atleast one or two runs off of Danks but they were only able to get two hits as they struggled during the blackout in Chicago.
The one shot that the Twins had to score came in the fifth inning. Michael Cuddyer attempted to tag from third base on a short fly ball to center field but he was tagged out by A.J. Pierzynski to end the inning. Cuddyer tried to knock the ball loose as he rolled through Pierzynski but he held onto the ball to record the out.
It just wasn’t meant to be for the Twins in 2008 I guess. Now we will have a long off season that is for sure.
