Justin Morneau shines as Minnesota Twins defeat Boston Red Sox 3-2 – MLB Update
The Minnesota Twins’ first baseman Justin Morneau went 0-for-2 in his debut of the spring training season as the Twins thrashed the Boston Red Sox split-squad with a 3-2 victory on March 11 at Hammond Stadium in Florida.
The 2006 AL MVP winner Morneau took his next goal towards the Opening Day.
Morneau fielded in a "B" game before this week, but it was his first Grapefruit League achievement since he continued a season-finishing game in the mid of last season. He left the last 78 games of 2010.
Justin had hitting average of .345 with 18 homers and 56 RBIs before his injury during past season. He was surprised if he could attain the same position again in the regular season also. He believed that it was similar to the starting day of spring training,
when it looks as the pitchers were throwing 120 mph which will be trouble for the batters.
Upon exemplary achievements, Morneau stated that, "Once I took the field, I felt good out there. I feel like I'm a little behind everyone else, just from not being out there. I want to see as many lefties as I can, to tell you the truth."
Morneau helped to grip his post-concussion return after chatting to New York Mets’ out-fielder Jason Bay, who experienced a concussion during last season. He also discussed the same issue with previous Twins and the Milwaukee Brewers’ third baseman Corey
Koskie.
Twins’ left-fielder Delmon Young also had a debut after returning from a turf toe injury. He went one run for two at-bats. Jon Lester hit out five batters in four scoreless innings, including four strikes and no walk. He is in the roster to be Boston's Opening
Day initiator, as no decision has been made by the team officials.
Speaking to media, Lester said, "To get him out. It's the same approach every time I've faced him. The thing that makes it tough is he's able to cover a big part of the plate. He's able to do some damage to both sides of the field. Just to be able to get
him out is obviously good.
Lester, who had 19-9 Win-Loss record with an ERA of 3.25 in 32 games during 2010, felt that he has not set much consideration into starting on the Opening Day. The Twins’ starter Brian Duensing hit out four and provided two runs and five strikes in three
innings.
The Twins put in a tremendous effort as they managed to restrict the powerful Boston offence from scoring valuable runs. The Red Sox will be looking to improve on their performance.
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