Thursday was the first game in a 4 game series between the Angels and the Twins. They are fighting hard for one of the wildcard slots.
The Twins jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st
inning, highlighted by a 3-run home run by Torii Hunter, number 48. He's now 40 years old, but still going strong. He made a terrific sliding catch in to foul territory and just missed another. This big start chased Detroit's starting pitcher, Tommy Milone, after only 2/3
of an inning.
However, in the top of the 2nd inning, the Angels struck
right back with a 6-run inning, highlighted by a grand slam by the young
star Mike Trout, getting rid of the Twins' Hector Santiago. Seeing
Trout standing at the plate next to the home plate umpire and the
catcher, you can really appreciate what a huge human being he really is!
After 2 and a quarter hours of play, with numerous pitching changes, we were still in the 4th inning (you normally expect to play 9 innings in 3 hours). The whole thing dragged along, really. Towards the end of the game, there were very few fans left again, just like last night, as the final out was made just about 4 hours after the game started. A lot of this time was down to the number of pitching changes.
My seat was a lot further back today, which made it somewhat easier to see the action.
I was sitting next to a Royals fan from Kansas City, who was in town for a training course and had decided to attend a game (and has an early flight tomorrow morning!) We chatted through the game about all things baseball, and he stayed until the end too, even though it was a quarter past eleven.
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