Date: 8/17-19/10

Opponent: Chicago White Sox

Home/Away: Home

Starting Pitcher: Baker, Liriano and Pavano

Final Score: W 7-6, W 7-6 and L 11-0

Record: 70-51

Recap: That series sure went pretty well. The Twins entered with a 3-game lead in the central and ended up with a 4 game lead. Sure a sweep would have been nice, but a series win will do for now. It was especially lucky that we won considering the struggles of our starting pitchers in that series. But I guess a lot of offense (well, at least in the first two games) helps. Because I'm so behind again I'm going to sum up each game in exactly 10 words:

Game #119: Another blown save? Thank God for Thome! First walk-off hit!

Game #120: Mauer's first homer at Target Field. Offense saves Liriano's ass.

Game #121: The Pavstache gives up 15 hits. Ouch. Not so Super.

Best Moment: Thome's walk-off home run, the first walk-off hit in Target Field history!

Most Questionable Moment: Punto injured his hamstring again? If he were a horse, the Twins would probably shoot him.

Worst Moment: The final game of the series. All of it.

Quotations of the Day:

• "For me, it might go down as one of the better games that I've played in. Very exciting." - Jim Thome, after his walk-off home run.
• "It felt good. I've hit a lot of balls out that way that have died, so it's good to get one over the wall for sure." - Joe Mauer, on getting his first Target Field home run.
• "I think my stuff's up, that's for sure...A lot of the hits I've given up have been in some holes." - Carl Pavano. I figured I'd try to find something that could interpreted the wrong way.

Suck-Ass Performance of the Game: Scott Baker (4.2 innings pitched, 7 hits, 2 walks, 2 home runs, 4 earned runs), Francisco Liriano (5.0 innings pitched, 6 hits, 4 walks, 1 home run, 5 earned runs), and Carl Pavano (6.0 innings pitched, 15 hits, 1 home run, 7 earned runs, 1 loss). A trio of starting pitchers for you.