Twins 12 Sox 0; Twins 4 Sox 3; Sox 11 Twins 7

Thanks to another clutch outing by Tim Wakefield, the Sox managed to escape Minneapolis with one win after an embarrassing weekend that featured 7 errors and 8 earned runs in three games against the Twinkies.

The 11-7 victory on Sunday was especially sweet considering the 12-0 blowout loss on Friday night and the dramatic fashion in which the team gave away Saturday’s game, a 4-3 Minnesota win. A throwing error by Billy Mueller on a bad hop grounder off the infamous Metrodome carpet gave way to an even more egregious miscue by Timmy, who literally threw away the game when he threw wildly to first base on a bunt back to the box, allowing the Twinkies to score the winning run on a rare walk-off E1.

Sunday’s win, however ugly, was just what the Sox needed to erase the bad memories of Saturday. With Man-Ram (4-4, dinger, 3 RBI), Gabe (3-4, dinger) and the boys providing the offense, Wake pitched 8 strong innings, giving up only 2 ERs (and two more unearned, thanks to utility man Alex “I play third?” Cora) before giving way to rookie fireballer Manny Delcarmen. Del got the first two outs quickly before self-destructing in a flurry of singles and walks, loading the bases and letting the pesky Twinkies get close enough that Tito had to call on Schill to pitch in a surprise save situation to nail things down.

The boys return to Beantown on Monday to open a three game set against the boppers from Texas, hoping to extend their lead in the AL East as the MFY head to Chicago to face the first place White Sox.

Record: 63-47
Streak: W1
Standing: 1st in the AL East, 3.5 games ahead of MFY
Next Game: Monday 8.8 @ 7:05pm ET vs. Texas
BOS – Wade Miller (4-4, 4.78) vs. TEX – Ricardo Rodriguez (2-3, 4.95)