Sidney Ponson had one thing on his mind.  He wanted to come back from a less than stellar performance in his last game and prove to the Twins and their fans that he’s worth the $1 million that we offered him out of Spring Training.  Ponson came out of the gate and looked very shakey.  He did not attack the plate and the result of that was two runs in the top of the second.  After the second inning things changed.  Ponson attacked the plate, pitched inside and made it a point to throw first pitch strikes.

Once Ponson got rolling so did the Twins.  The offense strung together hits in the 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th.  The most impressive inning was the sixth when the Twins had 4 straight two out hits which put up three more runs that really put the game out of hand.  Things started to get out of control in the 7th inning when the Twins scored another three runs.  Luis Rodriguez went deep over the right field baggie and Jason Tyner (who has never hit a homerun) sent one off the very top of the baggie.

The expression on Justin Morneau’s face was priceless!

Tomorrow the Twins will send Boof Bonser to the mound to try to take 3 of 4 from the hapless devilrays.