CHICAGO 3, MINNESOTA 0 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Tuesday, July 30.

Batting stars:  Bobby Kielty was 2-for-4.  Corey Koskie was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  David Ortiz was 1-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Kyle Lohse pitched 6.2 innings, giving up three runs on six hits and four walks and striking out three.  Bob Wells retired all four men he faced.  Kevin Frederick pitched a scoreless innings, walking one.

Opposition stars:  Mark Buehrle pitched a complete game shutout, giving up five hits and two walks and striking out four.  Aaron Rowand was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  Magglio Ordonez was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his twenty-third.

The game:  There was no score, and not even much of a threat to score, until the sixth.  With one out Rowand doubled, Carlos Lee walked, and Ordonez hit a three-run homer.  That was pretty much that.  The Twins threatened in the ninth, as Koskie led off with a double and went to third on an Ortiz single.  A wild pitch moved Ortiz to second.  Kielty then hit into a fielder's choice, as Koskie was thrown out at the plate.  Michael Cuddyer then hit into a double play to end the game.

WP:  Buehrle (14-7).  LP:  Lohse (10-6).  S:  None.

Notes:  Jacque Jones was out of the lineup, with Dustan Mohr in left, Kielty moving to center, and Cuddyer in right.  Luis Rivas batted leadoff and went 0-for-4.

Tom Prince caught in place of A. J. Pierzynski and was 0-for-3.

Kielty raised his average to .332.

This was Frederick's first appearance in ten days.  He would make two more appearances, go back to the minors, and come up to play two games in September.

Wells had now pitched 5.2 scoreless innings since coming back from injury.  He would not give up a run until August 22.

Due to a lack of time on my part, there will probably be no player profiles for at least a week or so, unless I happen to see someone who really interests me.

Record:  The Twins were 64-43, in first place, leading Chicago by thirteen games.