http://www.twinshomeplate.com A blog about Minnesota Twins Baseball Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:40:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Finally we have a update to post here at TwinsHomePlate.Com! The Minnesota Twins announced on Thursday that they have given mangaer Ron Gardenhire a two year extension that should keep him in a Twins uniform through the 2011 season. Gardenhire has a 622-512 record as Twins manager and almost managed the ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-give-ron-gardenhire-a-two-year-extension/ What a tough way to close out the 2008 season as the Minnesota Twins fell to the Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Tuesday night as the two teams played a one game playoff to see who would advance to the ALDS. Nick Blackburn gave up a solo home run to ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-see-their-season-come-to-and-end-with-1-0-loss-to-the-white-sox/ The MInnesota Twins couldn't take advantage of a Chicago White Sox loss on Wednesday night as they lost the Cleveland Indains 6-4. It's really too bad that the Twins couldn't have taken advantage of the loss to move up in the stadings a little bit. Scott Baker gave up four runs ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-cant-beat-the-indians-as-the-lose-6-4/ Damnit, what a bad night for a loss. The Twins fell to the Indians 3-1 on Monday night when they could have picked up a full game on the Chicago White Sox in the standings. Instead the Twins are still 1.5 games behind the Sox in the division. Kevin Slowey fell ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-fall-to-the-indians-3-1/ The Minnesota Twins were going for a three game sweep on the Kansas city Royals on Thursday afternoon however the Royals had different thoughts. The Royals avoided the three game sweep as they beat the Twins 3-2 in ten innings of action. David DeJesus knocked in the winning run in the ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/royals-get-the-best-of-the-twins-in-extra-innings/ The Minnesota Twins came from behind with three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 as the two teams finished up a three game series. The Twins snapped their four game losing streak and avoided the three game sweep with the victory. It is now time ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-comeback-to-beat-the-mariners-6-5/ What a terrible way to lose a ballgame as the Minnesota Twins gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth inning and then went onto lose the game in the 11th inning to the Seattle Mariners. When you are in a playoff hunt like the Twins are right ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-blow-lead-and-then-lose-in-the-11th/ The Minnesota Twins took two out of three games against the Oakland Athletics during their mid week series. The Twins finished up the series with a 3-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon as they scored single runs in the first, third, and sixth innings off of Dallas Braden. Mike Redmond led the ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-take-two-out-of-three-against-the-as/ Well that sure wasn't the way the Twins wanted to start a three game series with the A's. The Twins were held scoreless until the eighth inning and lost the game by the score of 3-2. There were plenty of chances for the team to take the lead but they ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/twins-offense-struggles-as-they-lose-3-2-to-the-as/ Kevin Slowey pitched six strong innings and limited the New York Yankees to only three hits as they Twins went on to beat the Yankees by the score of 4-2. With the victory on Wednesday afternoon, the Twins took two out of three games from the visiting Yankees. Great job by ... http://www.twinshomeplate.com/slowey-pitches-the-twins-past-the-yankees-4-2/