Then came the highlight of the weekend - 
The Tigers vs. Twins game on Sunday Night Baseball. The Twins were looking to avoid being swept at home by the division leading Tigers and the bats exploded. Torii Hunter had 2 home runs and a career high 7 RBIs (a nice performance on national television for free agent to be Hunter), Michael Cuddyer broke out of his slump, going 3 for 6 with a homer and 4 RBIs, and even Mike Redmond hit a home run. Boof Bonser finally got a win in his 8th start, following 6 no decisions. Boof went 5 innings, allowing 4 runs, and struck out 6. Matt Guerrier, Pat Neshak, and Joe Nathan closed the door on the Tigers and sent the fans home happy in a marathon 3 hours 24 minutes.
The only bad part about this evening was that ESPN decided to leave Peter Gammons at home tonight.Hopefully, the Twins bats stay hot when the start a series in Cleveland on Tuesday.
Tonight's results:
Twins 16, Tigers 4 (18-19, 5.5 GB in AL Central)
Brewers 1, Mets 9 (25-12, 7 games up NL Central)
Reds 5, Dodgers 10 (15-23, 10.5 GB NL Central)
touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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