The power went out in more ways than one Tuesday night in Kansas City. The Twins offense was again stifled by a mediocre pitcher--this time it was Brian Bannister holding the Twins to just 6 hits and 1 run through 7 innings.

What was the other power outage? The lights went out at Kauffman Stadium in the eighth inning cause about a 30 minute delay.

Justin Morneau emerged from his 4-game hit drought with doubles in his first two at-bats. The first time Torii Hunter drove him in with a double of his own and the second time he was stranded at second. Morneau left the game after the power outage because hie had fouled a ball off his right shin. First reports said it was just a bruise and he was pulled as a precaution.

Brian Buscher missed the game and will likely miss another day or two with an infection in his leg after being struck by a ball. The move gave Luis Rodriguez a rare start at third base. He had 2 hits, but also hit into a double play with runners on first and second in the second inning.

Boof Bonser lasted 7 innings and was responsible for 4 of the five runs scored. Juan Rincon came on in the and allowed a hit before the power went out. Carmen Cali took over when play resumed and walked 3 batters which pushed Rincon's runner across the plate.

Playoffs?

Detroit won, Cleveland won and the Twins dropped to 6 games back in the wild card race.

Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds hit his record breaking^* 756th home run finally on Tuesday night. I guess I still can't grasp why San Fransisco fans are so supportive of him, but I'm glad it's over and ESPN will be able to move onto coverage of real games (if we're lucky) and the Giants can fall back to irrelevance.

Not surprisingly, Bonds left the game right after the home run, sealing the fact that he's playing for no reason other than breaking the record and filling AT&T Park with fans. The entire run-up to the record has been ridiculous. From the fact that he probably intentionally delayed the event until getting back to San Fransisco to the way that Bud Selig indecisively handled the situation for the past five months, the entire thing has been nauseating.

I'll be cheering for Alex Rodriguez the next 6-8 years, except when he's facing the Twins, of course.