The Minnesota Twins were nearly no-hit by the Gavin Floyd and the Chicago White Sox but Joe Mauer came to the rescue for the Twins in the ninth inning.  Mauer doubled to deep left center field to break up the no hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out.

The Twins did get one run earlier in the game when Jason Kubel hit a sacrafice fly to to center that scored Mauer.

Nick Blackburn pitched six inning and allowed six hits and four runs.  Three of the four runs were earned.  Jesse Crain pitched one inning and allowed two runs.  Bobby Korecky pitched one inning and also gave up a earned run.

It was just a bad pitching and hitting performance by the entire Twins lineup.  They can pretty much only do better tomorrow against the White Sox.

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The Minnesota Twins moved within 1.5 games of the Chicago White Sox in the standings after beating them on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 4-3.  The Twins swept the short two game series against the White Sox to pick up two full games in the standings!

Nick Blackburn tossed seven innings of eight hit ball to pick up the win for the Twins.  Blackburn only let three runs cross the plate, one of those being a solo home run to Carlos Quentin.  Joe Nathan picked up another save which was his ninth of the season.

Carlos Gomez, Brendan Harris, Justin Morneau, and Michael Cuddyer all finished the game with one RBI each.  Jason Kubel did have a bad day at the plate however as he went 0-4 and left six runners on base.

The Twins will now have have an off day on Thursday and start a series with the Detroit Tigers on Friday.

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The Minnesota Twins only needed one inning to beat the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.  The Twins put up a three spot in the fourth inning, and then held onto beat the White Sox 3-1.  The win improved the Twins record to 12-14 on the season.

Jason Kubel hit a two run home run and Mike Lamb had a sacrafice fly to provide the three runs for the Twins.  It would have been nice to see some more offense but I’m still glad that those three runs were enough for the Twins to win.

Boof Bonsor started the game and pitched seven innings.  Bonsor gave up six hits and one run as he picked up his second win of the season.  Joe Nathan was able to secure his eighth save of the season as he shut the door on the White Sox in the ninth inning.

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The Minnesota Twins scored a run in the seventh and eigth innings as they went onto defeat the Oakland Athletics 5-4.  With the win over the A’s, the Twins record is now back to .500 at 10-10.

Jason Kubel singled to center field in the eigth inning that scored Joe Mauer for the winning run.  In the seventh inning, Craig Monroe hit a solo home run that tied the game.  Monroe finished with three RBI.  Mike Lamb and Kubel both had one RBI each.

Juan Rincon picked up his second win of the season as he pitched in relief.  Starting pitcher Livan Hernandez tossed six innings as he allowed seven hits and four earned runs.  Joe Nathan picked up his seventh save in the game as well.

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The Minnesota Twins score the go ahead run in the eigth inning on a sacrafice fly by Mike Lamb and the Twins went onto beat the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 6-5.  Delmon Young scored when Carl Crawford caught the ball in foul ground and hoped to still get Young out at the plate.  Young scored and the Twins went onto win.

Juan Rincon picked up the win and Joe Nathan got his fifth save of the season.  Livan Hernandez pitched six innings and gave up eight hits and six runs.  Only four of the six runs were earned however.

The Twins got four RBI from four different players as Joe Mauer, Jason Kubel, Brendan Harris, and Lamb all had one RBI in the game.

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The Minnesota Tigers had the Detroit Tigers right where they wanted them heading into into the 8th inning.  That was things completely turned around and the Tigers scored six runs in the inning on their way to a 11-9 victory over the Twins.

Pat Neshek took the loss for the Twins as he allowed two earned runs in his one inning of action.  Matt Guerrier who was pitching in relief of starting pitcher Nick Blackburn allowed four earned runs in 1.1 innings of action.  Blackburn pitched 5.2 innings to start the game and also allowed four earned runs.  Overall, the Twins pitching stuff sucked it up all night long.  There is no reason that the Twins shouldn’t have won after scoring nine runs themselves.

The middle of the order did all the damage for the Twins.  Justin Morneau, Delmon Young, Jason Kubel, and Brendan Harris all contributed with two RBI each.  Mike Lamb contributed with one RBI.

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Jason Kubel went 2-4 with six RBI on Wednesday night to lift the Minnesota Twins over the Chicago White sox by the score of 12-5.  Kubel hit a grand slam, a RBI single, and a sac fly to account for his six RBI’s.  What night for Kublel who says Chicago is his favorite place to hit the ball.

Carlos Gomez and Mike Lamb chipped in with two RBI while Delmon Young and Craig Monroe also had one RBI for the Twins.

Scott Baker picked up his second win of the season in the game as he tossed five innings of five hit ball as he allowed three earned runs while striking out seven.  Brian Bass picked up the save as he pitched the final four innings of the game.  Bass did allow one earned runs in his four innings.

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Good news Twins fans!  The Twins have signed Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel to one year contracts.  While they have Morneau locked up through the 2010 season, they re-signed him to avoid salary arbitration.

Morneau will earn $7.4 million while Kubel will earn $1.3 million.  Gotta lock up the young talent if you want to compete for years to come.  Good job Twins management!

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