Joe C. is covering the game today, but here’s a few notes from yesterday’s win over the Motown Cats:

Denard Span and Carlos Gomez were on their own yesterday when they attempted to steal second base. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was disappointed because he wanted to get into a hit-and-run count or at least make Justin Verlander throw more pitches. Verlander is pretty quick to home plate and catcher Gerald Laird can throw - as Span and Gomez found out.

Scouts here felt yesterday’s game was the key game of the series - that was before the first pitch. One predicted that the Tigers would lose the division if they didn’t win Saturday. It will be interesting to see if that prediction comes true.

The Yankees, by the way, have FIVE scouts here. They are breaking down both the Twins and Tigers as potential postseason opponents.

Fans already were hanging out around the Dome this morning when I got here. Scalpers are in position. I laughed at one of them because he was selling tickets below face value when Oakland was in town but cleaned up yesterday.

Twins president Dave St. Peter said yesterday that the club expected around 36,000 fans for today’s game. It will be interesting to see if winning the first two games of the series will bring even more fans.

Gardy just said on his radio show that Brendan Harris will DH today. He’s 7-for-17 (.412) against Nate Robertson. O-Cab is 8-for-19 (.421).

Check me out tonight as I’m scheduled to appear on Rosen’s Sports Sunday. We’ll talk plenty of Twins but I’m sure we’ll also spend a little time on the Bears victory over the Steelers. YES, I’M CALLING IT NOW!

Finally, I realize I might have to write several times over the next few weeks that I was wrong about this team. I’m prepared for that. If they pull off this comeback, I will give the Twins their props. Besides, it’s always fun to cover postseason ball.

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