The biggest news of the day was the retirement of Ken Griffey Jr.. Junior hadn't been playing much and with a rather slow start to the season, he felt it was time to end it. Onto the hall of fame for him.
As for the M's the held on by the skin of their teeth. Lee pitched a great game through 8, while striking out 8, scattering 5 hits and 1 walk.
But the real heroics came during a well executed bit of small ball. With two out, Langerhans on second and Josh Wilson on first, Ichiro hit a slow roller up the middle. Minnesota Secondbaseman Matt Tolbert flipped the ball to JJ Hardy on what should have forced Wilson at second, but Wilson dove in quick enough to beat the throw. All the while, Langerhans hadn't stopped running, and when Hardy realized that the ball was still live, his throw to the plate was more of an after thought in a great one run victory.
PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Winless, but still dominant, it was a well pitch game by Lee again.
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