Twins at Arizona. Twins 6, Diamondbacks, 5

First, some history. As one of Batgirl's loyal and talented readers reminded her, a year ago last week the Twins were swept by the Chicago Bitch Sox, who scored 24 runs in the series. Since the Bitch Sox only scored 17 runs this past series, it seems things are looking up.

Of course, the Twins would then win the second game in the series which followed, then promptly lose eight in a row. But during the All-Star Break each Twin went on an individual vision quest searching for the secret to winning. And guess what, dear readers—they found it within themselves.

Now, they may need to go through some other pilgrimage this All-Star Break, some place with lots of group therapy, but at least they snapped a five-game losing streak today and avoided a loss which could have been a near-fatal blow to our collective self-worth. Even better, the hitting came mostly from guys named Koskie, Mientkiewicz, and Jones. Remember them?

Kyle Lohse even pitched as if it were last year for a couple innings, before he remembered that he's not pitching very well this year and gave up five runs in the fourth. But no matter—after a vision quest to Triple-A, J.C. Romero learned that the secret to good pitching is not sucking, and pitched three innings, facing only one batter over the minimum.

As for tomorrow, despite all the excellent suggestions of Batgirl's readership, including several who offered up themselves as our fifth starter, we'll be offering up Terry Mulholland to the Diamondbacks. But perhaps, tonight, he'll discover a little thing or two about himself...