Another Giant's Record Falls

In case you missed it, Giants’ Fans, Jim Barr’s record of retiring 41 consecutive hitters set in 1972 and later tied by White Sox reliever Bobby Jenks in 2007, was broken today by Mark Buerhle, who retired 45 consecutive batters, before the Twins’ 18th batter of the game Alexi Casilla finally broke through and drew a walk.

Six of the next eight batters reached base safely.  One of the two outs came on a sacrifice.  The Twins ended up scoring five runs off Buerhle and beat him the ball game.  Is that baseball or what?

Twins’ fans needed one like tonight’s game after learning yesterday that ace Kevin Slowey is out for the rest of the season.  The only good thing is that the surgery Slowey needs is to remove a bone chip from his wrist.  That’s a lot less serious for Slowey’s long-term future than a blown elbow tendon or torn rotator cuff.

Glenn Perkins and Francisco Liriano will have to pick it up considerably if the Twins want to make a run at the post-season, even if they do pick up another bat for their middle infield.