Willy-Nilly: Defined by Merriam-Webster as "in a haphazard or spontaneous matter". Sound like anyone on the Twins so far?!

Our own Willy-Nilly once again provided the talking points of tonight's contest, first with another long homer (this one an absolute moonshot):

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And then with this...

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Again, as I said in an earlier post, Willy-Nilly giveth, and Willy-Nilly taketh away.

Luckily, the Twins got a big hit from Jamie Carroll...

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Were helped when Torii Hunter did his best impersonation of a crash-test dummy on a ball hit down the right field line...

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And saw Matt Capps do his job (though not without allowing a guy to reach second base first, of course)...

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The monkey is now off our backs! With a win tomorrow afternoon, we can actually win this series!

Preview (1-4, T-4th, 1.5 GB KCR): Dan Haren (0-1, 8.44) vs. Francisco Liriano (0-1, 11.25)