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Nathan's escape displays his skills; The Twins closer got himself in trouble, loading the bases against Texas on Sunday, then dug himself out.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Nathan's escape displays his skills; The Twins closer got himself in trouble, loading the bases against Texas on Sunday, then dug himself out.(SPORTS)(SID HARTMAN)

Article Excerpt
Byline: SID HARTMAN; STAFF WRITER

It wasn't pretty, but one of the great closers in baseball -- the Twins' Joe Nathan -- was able to retire the Texas Rangers on Sunday after loading the bases with no one out in the ninth inning to preserve a 5-3 Twins victory at the Metrodome.

Without Nathan, the Twins wouldn't be in the American League Central race. What a competitor this man is.

Texas led 3-2 before the Twins rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take a 5-3 lead. Nathan came in to pitch the ninth.

"It's not fun with a two-run lead, especially after both teams battled all game," Nathan said. "We battled back late.

"(It's a) situation where (you're) trying to do whatever you can to hold the lead and you know, it's pressure. It's fun, though. You've got to enjoy it. You've got to try not to think about the guys on base. They're already on, how ever they got on, you got to let it go."

Nathan walked Hank Blalock, and Nelson Cruz singled Blalock to second. Then Nathan...

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