Date: 6/15/10

Opponent: Colorado Rockies

Home/Away: Home

Starting Pitcher: Pavano

Final Score: W 9-3

Record: 37-27

Recap: It's nice to have a game where everyone really contributed. 9 runs ain't bad at all. Even Matt Tolbert somehow managed to hit a home run, and I couldn't have been more shocked. But good for the Twins. It would be nice if we could come out and win convincingly tomorrow, because facing Ubaldo Jimenez on Thursday is going to be quite a challenge. But no use dwelling on the future, let's stick with what happened today.

It was an immensely entertaining game to watch, at least I thought so. The presence of Joe Nathan as a guest commentator made Dick and Bert infinitely more palatable to listen to. We even got to hear him tell an anecdote about the players raising money to get Jesse Crain to grow his hair out because they thought it would look hilarious. According to Nathan, it was "the worst money we've ever spent," because the hair just didn't grow. Bert on the other hand got in a few zingers at Robby and also repeatedly butchered Tulowitzki's name (Tulowinski). And some fans decided to dub themselves "Pavano's Stache Posse" and wore fake mustaches. And one of them was female. I'm pretty sure I would never be so desperate to get on TV that I would don fake facial hair. I don't think it would be a real good look for me.

Pavano gave up a solo home run in the 1st, and a RBI triple in the 3rd, but the offense had his back today and responded with a 5-run 4th inning. Then they continued to pile on the runs with a 3-run 5th, before Matt Tolbert hit his aforementioned home run in the bottom of the 8th for the final Twins run. 5 Twins players had multiple hits (Span, Cuddyer, Young, Valencia and Punto). That includes the 7, 8 and 9 hitters. Way to go, bottom of the lineup! Young and Cuddyer both had doubles, and Jason Kubel had a 2-run homer. The only Twin without a hit was Morneau, although he did reach base with a walk. Pavano did allow another homer later in the game, but he had a very solid 7-inning showing with the 3 earned runs. Duensing and Burnett each pitched a scoreless inning to finish the game. I can't really complain about that game!

Best Moment: The whole game.

Most Questionable Moment: Morneau taking a cue from Punto and sliding into 1st base headfirst. It's not faster, people!

Worst Moment: Probably being down by 2 runs early in the game.

Quotations of the Day:

• "Hey Robby, I've seen some of the girls that you date, and I swear she looks a lot like that." - Bert Blyleven, in reference to the chick with the mustache.
• "Delmon's going to need a little repair before tomorrow night's game...Not Delmon, his uniform." - Dick Bremer after Skinny Delmon ripped a giant hole in his pant leg.
• "It's definitely nice. The guys at the top of the order are normally the ones doing all the damage. It's nice to help out." - Danny Valencia, on the bottom of the order contributing.
• "I was like wow. That normally doesn't happen for me." - Matt Tolbert. I must say, while I'm not the biggest Tolbert fan, he was kind of adorably pumped up after his homer. 

Suck-Ass Performance of the Game: I can't really pick anyone today. Well, I could, but I'm not going to.