June 24- MIL 4 MIN 3
38-33 -1.0 STL
Kendall's Hustle Key to Breaking SkidI always thought Jason Kendall fell into that category with Nomar Garciaparra and Moises Alou-- players who came on the scene and seemed destined for greatness, then kind of fell to the wayside with mediocre careers that were punctuated by a grizzly injury. However, one thing I always liked about Jason “I Want to Kill Your Mother” Kendall (just look at his psycho Miller Park scoreboard face) is that the dude is a gritty, bare handed, gutsy player; and those tools paid off tonight. In the eighth, after already scoring J.J. Hardy with a double, Kendall moved to third when shortstop Brendan Harris threw wide of home. Starter Nick Blackburn, (who had stymied the Crew, allowing 2 runs until that point), then threw the ball away trying to get Kendall at third. Kendall used that E1 to score the go ahead run.

It's good to finally get a “W” against the Twins, especially when they looked pretty bad in their own barn the night before. Braden Looper put in the quality start with 6 innings, 3 earned, and an RBI despite a Carlos Gomez liner off the tricep that Prince Fielder dove and caught for an out. Looper stayed in after that piece of Dave Bush deja vu but it was Todd Coffey that got the win.