Twins Update

Johan Santana, in an unprecedented bid to convince Bryan Singer to turn his new movie into a documentary, had not given up more than three runs in a game since the beginning of last June, a run of 22 starts. Last night, he showed his human side by giving up 4 runs to the Mariners in the first inning. After getting the final out, he went back to the dugout, where manager Ron Gardenhire took him aside and asked to borrow his wallet. After showing Johan two photo IDs, his Cy Young trophy, pictures from the crash site at Gardenhire's Oklahoma farm and a blood test, Santana remembered that he was indeed Superman and went back out and retired 14 of the next 15 batters he faced. The rest of the Twins, continuing their grand tradition of scoring runs for Santana after not scoring any for Brad Radke, hit 25 singles in a row until Jacques Jones realized that there was a way to advance more than one base at a time and hit a 2 run homer to give the Twins an insurmountable 7-4 lead. The victory was key for one Joe Kreuser, whose fantasy team benefited from the Twins' hitting and pitching prowess, but also from Mariners' 3rd baseman Adrian Beltre's ultimately harmless 2 run double in the first inning. The rubber game of the series takes place today at 5:35pm central, or 2:38am last Thursday pacific.