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 just couldn’t get that one rally going to get three or four hits in a row.

Nate Blackburn gave up all three runs to take the loss and fall to 9-7. Blackburn pitched the first eight innings of the game as he allowed six hits and three runs. He didn’t throw the ball that badly at all, the offense just wasn’t there to pick him up. Jesse Crain and Craig Breslow both pitched in the ninth inning as well.

Both of the Twins runs came in the eighth inning when Joe Mauer hit a rbi triple that scored Denard Span. Mauer would also score on the play when A’s outfielder Eric Patterson made a throwing error. That was all the offense for the Twins which was really suprising because I figured they could score five or six runs against the A’s pitchers.

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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 the Twins in the series!

Slowey improved to 9-8 on the season with the win and now has a 3.94 era. The bullpen pitched good as well as they only allowed two more hits to the Yankees over the final three innings of the game. Both of those hits came in the seventh inning as Craig Breslow gave up both hits. Dennys Reyes, Jesse Crain, and Joe Nathan all seen action out of the pen as well. Nathan picked up his 32nd save of the season as he finished off the Yankes in the ninth inning.

The big hit in the game came in the fourth inning when Delmon Young hit a three run home run to get the Twins on the board. After that the Twins scored another run in the sixth inning on a Brian Buscher rbi sac fly. That was all the offense would need to do as the pitching staff was that good on Wednesday.

As of right now the Twins and White Sox are tied for first place in the division. The White Sox will take on the Royals this evening so everyone sit back and hope the Royals can beat up on the Sox.

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K folks, this is my first time doing this so take it easy on me, hope you like what you see…

The Twins finally get back into action as they start off the second half of the season. What a season so far. No one believed the Twins would be in the thick of a division race as it stands but here they are, halfway through the season trailing the White Sox by just 1.5 games. This is baseball at its best, its so unpredictable, thats what makes this game great! Onto the matchups, we have RH Kevin Millwood squaring off against our lefty, Glen Perkins. Perkins has been solid this year, with most of each start lowering his ERA down to 4.14. Hes 6-2 on the season, and has been a big reason as why the Twins have been doing so well so far. Him along with all the other younger arms have proven everyone wrong. What considered to be a big question mark to start off the season has actually turned into a plus for the Twins. And it only gets better people. Francisco Liriano has been stellar in his last 3 starts, going 3-0, with a 0.00 ERA in 20 IP. In that stretch hes given up 10 H, 24 Ks and 3 BBs. But I’ll talk more about him in another post. Believe me, I have speculation.

If I could find it, I would post the lineups but since the game is an hour away, doesnt look like I’ll have much. But it will probably be pretty much the same. Interesting to see how they will use Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau now that they’ve been used for the All Star Game, specially Morneau who saw a lot of action.

During each of the reviews I’ll try to point out someone thats been doing well or that doesn’t get a lot of recognition. I’ll start this one off with Craig Breslow. This guy gets NO recognition. Hes been doing very well since the Twins picked him up off waivers from the Indians. Everyone focuses on Dennys Reyes since he was our only lefty reliever but what about Craig? No wins on the season with the Twins yet but look at his stats. 2.18 ERA in the last 10 games, 8/4 Ks/BBs and only 2 runs on 3 hits. The guy does not get credit where its due but you know what, I just gave him it here. Keep it up Craig!

Thats it for the review, now enjoy the game everyone, GO TWINS!

The first game in a four game series against the Detroit Tigers was sure exciting if you were a Minnesota Twins fan.  The Twins rallied in the ninth inning when they were down two runs, and then won it in the 11th inning to take the first game in the four game series by the score of 7-6.

Justin Morneau had the game winning hit and rbi in the 11th inning when he hit a solo home run off of Freddy Dolsi.  Once again Morneau stepped up big time for the team!  Morneau finished the game going 5-5 with one rbi.

In the ninth inning when the Twins tied things up it was Denard Span rbi single and a rbi sac fly by Joe Mauer that scored both runs to tie the game at 6-6.  Carlos Gomez, Alexi Casilla, and Delmon Young also had one rbi each in the game.  Great output by the entire offense.

Matt Guerrier ended up getting the victory and is now 5-4 on the season.  Guerrier tossed the the 10th and 11th innings to pick up the victory.  Starting Twins pitcher Kevin Slowey only lasted 3 2/3 innings as he was pulled after giving up nine hits and six runs.  Slowey was lucky to get the no decision the way he threw the ball.

One plus in the game was how well the bullpen threw the ball.  After Slowey was taken out of the game, the bullpen locked down and did not allow another run in the game.  Craig Breslow, Jesse Crain, Dennys Reyes, Joe Nathan, and Guerrier all did a great job on the mound out of the bullpen.

The Twins will look to go up 2-0 in the series on Friday.  Go get em!  Twins Blog 

The Minnesota Twins were destroyed in Boston on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 18-5.  The Twins gave up seven runs in the 7th inning as the Red Sox broke the game wide open.  It was just a bad series for the Twins as they were swept in all three games.

Five different Twins pitchers gave up atleast two runs each.  Starter Livan Hernandez was tagged for 11 hits and six runs in only 4 1/3 innings.  Boof Bonser then allowed four runs, Craig Breslow gave up two runs, Brian Bass was charged with five runs while Dennys Reyes gave up one run.

The Twins offense did have 14 hits in the game and scored five runs but there was just no way they were going to catch the Red sox.  Justin Morneau had a two run home run while Jason Kubel added a solo home run.  Joe Mauer and Nick Punto both chipped in with rbi singles as well.

The Twins will now go start a four game series against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.

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The Minnesota Twins continued to play very good baseball as they beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Thursday afteroon.  With the 4-3 victory, the Twins swept the Padres in the three game series and have now won nine games in a row and are only .5 games behind the league leading Chicago White Sox.

Scott Baker earned the victory and is now 4-2 on the seaseon.  Baker threw six innings and gave up six hits and three runs.  Baker did walk two batters, struck out three, and gave up one home run.  After the third inning, Baker really settled down and got into a grove so that was nice to see.

Jesse Crain, Dennys Reyes, Craig Breslow, Matt Guerrier, and Joe Nathan all pitched in relief and all did a great job as they did not allow the Padres to score in the late innings.  Nathan was able to secure his 21st save in the ninth inning.

At the plate for the Twins, Justin Morneau went 3-4 with three rbi.  Morneau hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and then had a two run single in the fifth inning.  Brian Buscher singled in Jason Kubel for what would be the game winning run in the sixth inning.

The Twins are playing red hot baseball right now and they will look to continue doing that as they welcome in the Milwaukee Brewers for a three game series starting Friday evening.

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The Minnesota Twins scored multiple times in four out of five innings as they thrashed the San Diego Padres 9-3.  Four different Twins players had two rbi in the game as it was a very balanced scoring attack in the game.

Carlos Gomez, Joe Mauer, Brendan Harris, and Craig Monroe all had two rbi in the game.  Harris’s and Monroe’s two rbi’s both came via two run home runs.  Gomez had a two run single while Mauer had a two run double.  Not to be left out, Alexi Casilla also had a rbi single in the game for the Twins.

Glen Perkins threw the first five innings of the game to pick up the victory and is now 4-2 on the season.  Perkins gave up six hits and three runs but did a good job of limiting the Padres to only three runs as he gave up the six hits and walked two batters.

Brian Bass pitched two innings before Craig Breslow and Boof Bonser each pitched a inning to finish up the game.  All three relief pitchers did a wonderful job and did their job exactly like they were supposed too.

Scott Baker will try to get a win for the Twins on Thursday afternoon as the Twins look to sweep the home team Padres.  Twins Blog

The Minnesota Twins completed a three game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 9-3 victory on Thursday night.  The game was never really in doubt for the Twins as they took the lead in the third inning and never looked back.  Great series for the Twins!

Michael Cuddyer and Brian Buscher both had two rbi in the game to lead the Twins at the plate.  Alexi Casilla, Joe Mauer, and Jason Kubel all helped out with one rbi as well.  It was great to see the Twins have such good production as they scored nine runs without hitting one home run in the game.  That is how you manufacture runs!

On the mound, Glen Perkins tossed eight inning to pick up the victory and improve his record to 3-2.  Perkins gave up ten hits but only three runs scored off those ten hits.  Craig Breslow was called on to come in and finish off the Nationals in the ninth inning and that was exactly what he did without any problems.

The Twins will now take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three game series over the weekend.

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