The Twins push their winning streak to 4 games as they sweep a 3 game series in Kansas City.  Minnesota was able to get superb pitching from crafty right hander Kevin Slowey and constant hitting from the first 3rd of the order.

Previously menitioned Kevin Slowey gave the Twins a career high in innings as he was the only pitcher used in the feisty affair. Going a complete 9 innings, Slowey was nearly awarded a shutout, however Alex Gordon broke up his hopes with an RBI double in the bottom ninth which drove in Joey Gathright. However none of his line impresses me as much as the intangibles, giving the bullpen a night off. Despite only giving away 6 hits and striking out 6, the one thing not in the box score was being the only Twins pitcher used. After 2 straight extra inning affairs, the bullpen sure does appreciate it.

None the less, he would need some run support after all. Our Twins would oblige to that call. The speedy one two punch,  Carlos Gomez and Alexi Casilla, provided the Twins with baserunners a plenty as they handed the job off to the order’s bulk. Several leaders led the way as the Twins continued to show why they lead the AL average with runners in scoring position. Starting out in the top of the 4th as Michael Cuddyer inside-outed a base hit to left which allowed the Twins to jump out to a 1-0 lead. The very next inning, Joe Mauer smacked a double to right center nearly collecting his first round tripper of the rear as it hopped off the wall. Sounds good, right? Well the very next inning Brendan Harris smacked a long fly the other way, Mark Teahen made a sliding catch, but eith the bases loaded all runners advanced, giving Harris a sac fly. With the Twins lead at 3-0, Carlos Gomez smacked a line drive single to right that brought in two.

The before mention top 3rd of the order went a combined 9-13, 2 runs, 3 RBI, 2 BB with Carlos Gomez leading the way going 4-5, scoring once and driving in 2.

News and Notes: Delmon Young sat out tonight ending his consecutive games played streak at 217. The Twins will welcome Craig Breslow, southpaw reliever to the bullpen. Breslow will be at the dome Friday night in uniform in time for a 7L10 start with the Yankees. With the win, the Twins remain 2 games behind 1st as the White Sox won in Tampa.