Tuesday, April 19, 2022

#243---MIN @ CLE, 8/19/2003


Cleveland had at least one hit off Johan Santana in each of the first five innings, and stranded the bases loaded in the fourth. They finally broke through with two outs in the fifth, with a triple by Coco Crisp followed by a Casey Blake homer. The roof then fell in on Jason Davis, who yielded four in the sixth including a three run homer from Matt LeCroy. Another Twin tally in the seventh and three in the eighth off David Cortes turned it into a laugher. After Blake’s homer, Santana retired everyone until Blake singled. Santana got the last two outs for an eight inning, two run, one walk, 10 K outing on just 99 pitches. Grant Balfour had a 1-2-3 ninth to close it out. 

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