Monday, April 01, 2013

Opening Day in the Upper Midwest

They have a retractable roof in Milwaukee, so people were a little more comfortable as the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 in 10 innings. Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning:

Associated Press
Meanwhile, the fans at Target Field were dressed for winter, since it still felt like it on a pretty but cold April afternoon, as the Twins fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-2:

Jerry Holt, Star Tribune
Yeah, it's cold out there. But it's baseball season. About time.

2 comments:

3john2 said...

Given the Minnesota temperatures we had for Opening Day, the NHL could have held it's lockout-cancelled "Winter Classic" at Target Field instead.

First Ringer said...

You know it's going to be a long spring and summer when only losing 4-2 to the AL Champs feels like a "victory."