3/21 Phils lose,Twins win and lose

Today the Phillies faced the Baltimore Orioles.  The Orioles game out on top 5-4.  Jamie Moyer provided great pitching.  In five innings of work he gave up only one run.  Moyer would come away with a no decision because when he came out the score was 1-1.  The score remained 1-1 until the 8th inning.  In the eighth Mike Zagurski ran into some trouble.  Unable to complete the inning Mike gave up 3 runs.  The Phillies then failed to tie the game even with the success they had hitting.  The team hit 5 doubles,2 home runs,and a total of 10 hits.  The defense the Phils played was not good at all.  This is probably the cause of the loss.  The team had a combined 3 errors.  Jimmy Rollins had 2 errors and Ozzie Chavez had the other.   

Jimmy Rollins did not play well defensively in todays loss. 

The Twins had a big victory and a big loss today, in a way.  They resigned MVP Joe Mauer to a 8 year 184 million dollar deal.  This guarantees that Mauer will spend the rest of his career as a Twin.  Also this may help the Twins save a few bucks.  By being able to resign him before the off-season they do not have to out bid large market teams like the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.  The big loss was Joe Nathan.  He will have season ending tommy john surgery.  It is unknown who will close for the Twins.  There will most likely be a position battle between the relievers in the remaining games of spring training.  

The Twins will be without Joe Nathan in 2010.