Johan Santana still has plenty reason to pitch well for the Minnesota Twins this season. After publicly criticizing the Twins’ front office for trading Luis Castillo for minor league prospects, Santana had a poor outing against the Cleveland Indians, but proved he still has the stuff Sunday against the Texas Rangers. Whether Santana is still genuinely convince that his team can compete for a pennant this season, or he is simply eyeing up the big Yankees contract for next year, the Twins ace came out and carried his team on a day when his offense did the usual for him, one run off a solo home run. But Santana made sure it was all the team needed to win, striking out a club record 17 Rangers before removing himself from the game after the eighth inning. The major league record for strikeouts in a game is 20, and Santana had a shot at it if he had returned for the ninth inning, but winning the game was apparently more important to Santana, not even forcing manager Ron Gardenhire to make a decision.
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