Uplifting, Boys –Ever Heard Of It?

Eleven groundball outs through five, including six to the shortstop.

And just as I finish typing those words, Michael Cuddyer launches a 411-foot homer into the left-field bleachers to cut Oakland’s lead to 2-1.

…And Justin Morneau ties the game with an upperdeck blast to right.

Adios, Estaban Loaiza. If I were Ken Macha I think I might have considered yanking him after the Cuddyer shot. But what the hell, I’m not Ken Macha.

It’s a new ball game. And I think it’s worth mentioning that they played the Replacements’ “I Will Dare” before the home half of the sixth.