Milwaukee at Twins. Brewers 7, Twins 3

Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some Dome dogs and soft pretzels
I don’t care if my gut goes to hell
So it's root, root, root for the home team
If they don't win it's a shame!
For it's 1-2-3-4 balls you score
At the Old Ballll Gaaaaaame!

I think that's how the song goes, at least that's how it sounded during the stretch today. Kyle Lohse had pitched a pretty good game through six innings, and the Twins were behind 2-1 going into the top of the 7th. If he could just hold the Brewers in the 7th, if the Twins could just score him a couple of runs, he could get a win and then shave that sad little chin pube spot.

Poor Kyle. Brad Radke thinks he's got it bad, but he's won in the last month. Not that Kyle's been Rad-like or anything, but he has certainly pitched better than his 2-6 record would indicate. (Hell, the BatKitties have pitched better than 2-6).

So Lohse gave up a leadoff single in the seventh, and then Blanco blew a fielding play on a bunt to put two on with no outs. Then Scott Posednik bunted and Blanco got it this time, proving that, as BatMom has always said, if at first you don't succeed, try try again. Then Junior "Junior" Spivey struck out—runners on 2nd and 3rd, two outs. Could Lohse get out of the jam?

No. He walked the next batter. Bases loaded. At this point Ron Gardenhire trotted out to do his familiar 7th-inning yank. Using our exclusive BatDropping technology, we're able to detail the conversation for you.

Gardy: What's up, yo?
Lohse: Dude, I can get him. I can get this guy. I feel it. Let me get him.
Gardy: Word.
Lohse: Word.

So, Gardy left him in. And if "Getting the guy" means "walking him with the bases loaded," Lohse delivered on his promise.

So then Gardy brought in Aaron "No Exit" Fultz. Has something happened to Fultz? Did he wake up with a horse head in his bed? Or maybe the head of TC Bear? This once-dominant lefty has been pitching like Bob Wells [Batgirl, that's WAY harsh! --Jeb] the last week. Today, he came in and promptly gave up a single, then another bases loaded walk. Then Joe "Human: All Too Human" Roa came in and promptly walked Bill Hall before getting the final out.

That's four runs in the inning, three of them on bases-loaded walks, all of them with two outs—and that garbled noise you heard coming from the dugout was pitching coach Rick "Being and Nothingness" Anderson ripping off his own mustache.

It would be a lot easier to know what to do with the bullpen if they didn't keep messing with us so much. A week ago, it would have been Fultz coming in to mop up Grant Balfour's mess—this week the floppy-eared Aussie is our only viable non-cereal-mascot option. It's hard for a Batgirl to keep track.

Off-day tomorrow, time for the Twins to catch up on their philosophy and get themselves together before the Bitch Sox come to town. The bullpen can use the time to gather themselves, think about their goals for the future, and maybe take a nice walk.