"Twins manager Ron Gardenhire didn't seek out Matt Capps after Sunday's game.

Eventually, Gardenhire said, he'll speak with the closer about his decision to pull him with two on and one out in the ninth inning of Sunday's 9-7 victory over the Brewers. But the time for such a talk was not after that game.

"You don't want to talk to somebody who's really pissed off," Gardenhire said with a chuckle. "I don't want to hear what he has to say, to tell you the truth. When guys are mad, you leave them alone. There'll be a calmer time, and eventually I'll have a chat with him, and if he tells me that was horse (expletive), I'll agree. It was horse (expletive), but we won the game, and we'll leave it at that."

Before Monday's game against Tampa Bay, Gardenhire said Capps almost certainly would be the closer if Monday's 7-0 win had needed saving, while adding that he wanted to stay away from both Glen Perkins (who had pitched in three straight games and been used four of the past five games) and Joe Nathan (who had pitched three of the previous five days).

That left Capps, whether by default or by choice.

"Cappy's ready to go," Gardenhire said before Monday's game. "Believe me, he's ready to go. He'll be on his own today." "