After last night's pathetic offensive effort on the part of the Minnesota Twins, they looked much better tonight. Granted, Josh Towers is no Roy Halladay, but that doesn't change the fact that they put good wood on the ball tonight.

The game started in typical Brad Radke fashion. Radke gave up back-to-back home runs in the first inning tonight to Troy Glaus (two-run homer) and Lyle Overbay, and later another RBI single to Glaus in the third. After falling behind 4-0 early, the Twins scored 13 unanswered runs to win 13-4. They didn't show much offensively tonight the first time through the order, but starting the second time through the lineup, they started to put the bat on the ball, and when you combine that with some absolutely horrible defense by the Blue Jays, that lead to four Minnesota runs in the fourth inning to tie the game. Shannon Stewart hit his second home run in as many days in the fifth inning, Torii Hunter blew the game wide open with a grand slam in the eighth, and Luis "Li'l Rod" Rodriguez hit an opposite-field pinch-hit home run in the ninth. They also got three runs in the seventh off a couple of a hits, some bad throws, and a wild pitch. Brad Radke (1-0) picks up his first win of the season, while Josh Towers (0-1) takes the loss.

So, the Twins and Blue Jays play the rubber match at the Rogers Centre tomorrow at 6:07pm CDT. Carlos Silva makes his first start of the season for the Twins against Gustavo Chacin for the Jays.

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