As Lou Marson's 7th inning solo homer disappeared into the steamy, Minneapolis night, the most surprised person in the ballpark appeared to be Ben Revere.
The Twins' center fielder sprinted after the baseball, preparing to make an over-the-shoulder catch. However, Revere never had any chance of snaring Marson's deep fly. Revere eventually realized that, and he stopped to watch the ball sail over the fence.
Revere had several good reasons to believe that Marson would not leave the yard. First of all, before Monday night, Marson did not have a single home run. Secondly, Target Field's spacious confines rarely surrender bombs.
But these Indians have been defying the odds all season; so it was only fitting that Marson's 1st tater of the season gave the Indians a lead they would not relinquish.
Marson, though, was not the only key contributor for the Tribe.
Fausto Carmona yielded only 2 tallies in his 6 frames of work, and the big right-hander notched his 5th victory. This was Carmona's 1st start since injuring his quad muscle on July 2nd.
In the 5th, Marson's 2-out double kick-started a rally that concluded with back-to-back RBI singles courtesy of Michael Brantley and Asdrubal Cabrera.
Following Marson's big blow, Travis Hafner added a pair of RBI base-hits, and Carlos Santana, a run-scoring triple.
Making his major league debut, Scott Diamond suffered the loss because of the 4 runs, 3 earned, that he surrendered in 6 1/3 innings.
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| Marson capped a near-perfect day for the Indians |
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