The Minnesota Twins lost to the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 3-2 in eleven inning on Thursday afternoon.  With the loss, the Twins were swept by the Blue Jays in a three game series.  Just a bad outing for the Twins as their record is now .500 at 20-20.

Jesse Crain gave up a rbi single in the eleventh inning to take the loss and is now 1-2 on the season.  Glen Perkins, the starting pitcher pitched six inning and he gave up five hits and two runs.  Matt Guerrier, Dennys Reyes, Joe Nathan all pitched and did not allow a run.

Justin Morneau had the only rbi for the Twins.  Morneau hit the rbi doube to deep center field in the fifth inning.  Brendan Harris also tried to score on Morneau’s double but was thrown out at home.

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The Minnesota Twins bullpen gave up two runs and the Twins lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Tusday night.  The Blue Jays were able to score a single run in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to come from behind and win the game.

Kevin Slowey gave up three runs over 5 2/3 innings to take the loss for the Twins.  Slowey is now 0-3 on the season and also has a 5.79 era.   Matt Guerrier and Dennys Reyes both gave up one run in relief before Brian Bass came in and finished the game with two scoreless innings.

Carlos Gomez and Jason Kubel both had solo home runs for the Twins.  Justin Morneau had a rbi triple in the game as well.

The Twins will try to get back on the winning track Wednesday when they face off against the Blue Jays once again.  Twins Blog

The Minnesota Twins took the Cleveland Indians on a 10 inning ride that ended with them winning 2-1 with a single off the bat of Justin Morneau driving in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning putting Minnesota up to 9-10 for the year currently placing them at second place in rankings for American League Central.

Scott Baker took the pitcher’s mound for the Twins on Sunday and pitched seven innings of five hit and one earne run ball.  Dennys Reyes, Pat Neshek, and Matt Guerrier pitched in relief of Baker.  Guerrier picked up the win as he pitched the 10th inning.

Brendan Harris got his 1st home run of the year and his fourth RBI while Morneau picked up a RBI for the game winning run.

The Twins start a 3 game series against the Athletics in Oakland staring on Tuesday night so they will have plenty of time to rest after the extra inning game.

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