I had tickets for this game but I gave them to a friend who'd given me tickets to that 0-0 five-inning game against the Yankees back in May. I traded away slightly better seats, which means my friend got the worst of the deal, even though I got rained out of half a game. He should have been so lucky. Delmon played the kind of defense that his detractors like to point out – dropping a fly ball, making a bad throw and looking dazed on a couple of catches. Denard, for some reason, bunted with runners on second and third and two outs back when the Twins only trailed by one. It was a bad idea done poorly. Mauer and Cuddyer, batting third and fourth, went 0-for-6 with runners on base and 2-for-9 without an RBI overall. Thome and Delmon, batting sixth and seventh, went 4-for-8 with two RBI, a homer (Thome) and a double (Delmon). Delmon would have gotten another double and RBI save for the odd play at the wall on his fourth-inning fly ball, when Kubel held at second on a ball off the fielder's glove and the wall. Valencia made his first error of the season. It didn't cost a run, but extended an inning by two batters on a night when almost 400 pitches were thrown. Thome and Hardy delivered weak no-RBI grounders when they batted with runners at second and third and one out. Baker was brutal. Fourteen outs, 13 baserunners. Dick'n'Bert, who were almost making Cleveland's last-place staff of 5+ ERA guys and minor-league call-ups into legends on the game (Aaron Laffey? Gimme a break.), were rightfully apoplectic about Baker's work. Burnett's going-away outing was two batters, two RBI singles. Of the final 53 batters he faced during this stint with the Twins (starting with the game when he broke Troy Tulowitzki's wrist), more than half (27) reached base. Gardy's decision to use Burnett was a puzzler. Manship had already warmed up once and would come in later to pitch two scoreless, the only Twins pitcher who wasn't terrible. Given the opponent, the game was hardly out of hand when Baker was banished. If there was more, I don't remember it and don't wish to be reminded. I opted out of watching Mijares and Rauch, which I hope most of the Target Field fans did too – for their own good. That's all from here. I've said everything that needs to be said, so I'm turning the comments off for a day. (I think that's best for all of us.) You can vote in the "whose last start stunk the most poll," if you want. And if you need to vent, there's a good TwinsCentric post and La Velle's post-game blog. Have at it over there.