Sox 3 Twins 4

Another dejecting loss on the south side as the Sox lost another heartbreaker tonight. The Sox finished 3 runs, 10 hits, and 2 errors. The Twins finished 4 runs, 10 hits, and no errors. The starters were John Danks for the Sox, and Francisco Liriano for the Twinkies. The Sox missed key opportunities late in the game when there were two on for pinch hitter Mark Teahen who grounded into the inning ending and rally ending double play. John Danks pitched a solid game, and game which should have gotten him a win. His line: 6 innings 8 hits 2 runs 1 earned run and 6 strikeouts. He recorded a quality start, Danks has proven that he is a good pitched but always seems to be let down late in the game by the bullpen. Tonight he was definitely let down by the bullpen, and tonight's culprit is Tony Pena. Tony Pena pitched 3 solid innings, but had 2 key walks late in the game which proved to be the go ahead run for the Twinkies. There was a questionable call made by home plate umpire Cris Guccione (bad past with Sox manager Ozzie Guillen) who called a ball when the pitch could have gone either, looked like a strike though. Anyway the next pitch J.J Hardy hit a liner to short stop Alexei Ramirez who dove over the ball, go ahead run scores 4-3. Bullpen have blown the game 2 out of the 4 games, this is a trend that is not acceptable. These relievers make my heart rate go up when Ozzie calls to the pen. So far the only steady guys have been newcomer Sergio Santos and Matt Thornton. If we aren't going to have a solid bullpen we at least need to have solid defense. Alexei Ramirez could easily be the worst short stop (defensively) in the American League, if not all of baseball. For all of his web gems, I would trade all of those for a defensively consistent short stop. C'mon Sox. Next game 4/10 probables: for the Sox: Freddy Garcia and for the Twins: Scott Baker.