The Minnesota Twins were able to tie up the three game series with the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night with a 8-5 victory.  It was a one run game heading in to the ninth inning but the Twins were able to score two insurance runs in the ninth and win the game 8-5.

Justin Morneau led the Twins with two doubles and three rbi in the game.  Jason Kubel hit his eighth home run of the season in the game as well as he went deep for a two run homer in the third inning.  Alexi Casilla, Michael Cuddyer, and Mike Lamb all finished the game with one rbi as well.

Nick Blackburn earned the win for the Twins and is now 5-4 on the season.  Blackburn pitched six innings and allowed seven hits and two runs.  Boof Bonser gave up two runs and Dennys Reyes gave up a run in the seventh inning but after that the Twins bullpen settled down and didn’t allow a run the rest of the game.  Jesse Crain got the last out in the seventh inning and then pitched a scoreless eighth inning before turning things over to Joe Nathan who recorded his 17th save of the season in the ninth inning.

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The Minnesota Twins had a 5-2 lead after five innings but were then outscored 5-0 the remaining four innings as they lost to the Chicago White Sox by the score of 7-5.  It was definaly not the way they wanted to finish up their four game series as they were swept by the White Sox.

Starting Twins pitcher Glen Perkins received a no decision as he threw 5 1/3 innings.  Perkins gave up five hits, three runs, and one home run in the game.  Jesse Crain gave up one run while recording the final two outs of the sixth inning and then in the seventh inning, Matt Guerrier gave up four hits and three runs while on recording one out.  Brian Bass pitched the final 1 2/3 innings of the game without giving up a run.  Too bad Crain and Guerrier couldn’t have pitched like Bass.

Michael Cuddyer had a two run double and a rbi single in the game as he led the Twins at the plate with three rbi.  Cuddyer is now up to 29 rbi on the season.  Jason Kubel had the other two runs for the Twins has he had a two run double in the fourth inning.

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Wow what an exciting game if you are a Minnesota Twins fan!  The Twins came back to score five runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, and then scored another run in the top of the tenth inning as they went onto beat the Kansas City Royals 9-8.

Craig Monroe delivered the big three run home run with two outs in the ninth inning that tied the game.  It was awesome to see Monroe come in off the bench and deliver the huge pitch hit home run.  Justin Morneau then delivered a solo home run in the tenth inning to give the Twins the one run lead.

Monroe led the Twins with three rbi in the game.  Mike Lamb and Carlos Gomez both had two rbi while Alexi Casilla and Morneau both had one rbi.  Nice balanced scoring attack that the Twins had on the night.

Twins starting pitcher Livan Hernandez was hit all night long as he gave up 13 hits and eight runs in six innings of action.  Luckily for the Twins, their bullpen did not allow a run to score in five innings of action.

Juan Rincon, Bobby Korecky, Dennys Reyes, Jesse Crain, and Joe Nathan all pitched in relief.

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The Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers played ten innings on Thursday afternoon and the Twins came up on the wrong side of the winning side.  Josh Hamilton hit a game winning home run off of Brian Bass in the top of the tenth inning as the Twins lost 8-7.

Bass took the loss of course and is now 1-1 on the season.  Twins starter Livan Hernandez only tossed 5 1/3 innings as he gave up ten hits and six runs in the game.  Only five of the six runs were earned but in the end that didn’t really matter.  Matt Guerrier pitched 1 1/3 innings after Hernandez left the game and he gave up another run.  Jesse Crain and Joe Nathan held the Rangers scoreless in the eighth and ninth innings before Bass had troubles in the tenth inning.

It really sucked to see the Twins blow the game especially after they battled back to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning with two runs.  Justin Morneau singled in two runs that tied the game in the eighth and that is what gave the Twins a good chance at winning the game.

Carlos Gomez went 4-5 including a solo home run and three rbi to actually lead the Twins at the plate.  Gomez is now batting .286 with four home runs and 17 rbi.  Morneau had two rbi while Brendan Harris and Michael Cuddyer finished the game with one rbi each.

The Twins will now take on the Detroit Tigers over the weekend.  The Tigers just got done with a three game sweep of the Seattle Mariners so the Twins better come to play all weekend long.

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The Minnesota Twins tied the game in the ninth inning with a rbi single and then eventually beat the Texas Rangers 7-6 with a rbi single in the 12th inning.  Great come from behind win for the Twins that will hopefully spark them up a little bit so they can go on a nice winning streak.

Joe Mauer had the rbi single in the bottom of the ninth inning that sent the game into extra inning.  In the 12th inning it was Howie Clark who delivered the game winning hit.  Alexi Casilla led the Twins with three rbi in the game as he had a three run home run in the fourth inning.  Mauer finished the game with two rbi while Mike Lamb and Clark both had one rbi.

Bobby Korecky got the Twins out of a bases loaded jam in the 11th inning and then pitched the 12th inning as he recorded his first win of the season.  Korecky also got a hit in the game as well.  Korecky became the first Twins pitcher to get a hit in an American League game since the designated hitter rule was enacted in 1973.

Starting pitcher Boof Bonser gave up six hits and four runs in 6 1/3 innings.  Matt Guerrier and Dennys Reyes both gave up one run in relief as well.  It was Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, and Juan Rincon who pitched three scorless innings before Korecky came into the game.

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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 tried but couldn’t come back against the Toronto Blue Jays after Matt Stairs hit a first inning grand slam for the Blue Jays.  The Twins did make it interesting however as they did score three runs themselves in the bottom of the first inning, but in the end they still lost to the Blue Jays 6-5.

The Twins did get four runs off of Roy Halladay and another run off the Blue Jays bullpen but it wasn’t enough.  Justin Morneau had a two run home run in the first inning to get the Twins on the board.  Jason Kubel then doubled in a run after the Morneau home run in the first inning.  In the third inning, Michael Cuddyer had a rbi groundout.  The Twins didn’t get another run in the game until the eighth inning when Kubel had another rbi double.

Boof Bonser took the loss for the Twins and his record dropped to 2-5 on the season.  Bonser gave up five hits and five runs in six innings of action.  Jesse Crain gave up a unearned in the eighth inning.  Juan Rincon and Joe Nathan both pitched a scoreless inning in the game.

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The Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 on Monday night to beat the Red Sox 3-1 in their four game series.  The Twins kept pressure on Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz in the game as they rocked him for seven runs in only 4 1/3 innings.

Craig Monroe and Delmon Young both had two rbi each in the game.  Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer both had one rbi each as well.

Livan Hernandez improved his record to 6-1 on the season as he pitched six innings to pick up the victory.  Hernandez gave up ten hits, but only three runs scored and they all came in the first inning of the game.

Juan Rincon pitched two innings and then Jesse Crain pitched one inning to finish off the Red Sox.

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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 got their butts whooped by the Oakland Athletics as the two teams played Thursday afternoon.  On a day where starting pitcher Francisco Liriano gave up six runs and didn’t even make it out of the first inning, the Twins were pretty much doomed from the start.

Liriano’s six runs in the first inning but the Twins in a huge hole that they were not able to come out of.  Following Liriano, Brian Bass gave up four more runs (three earned) in 3.1 innings.  Jesse Crain also gave up an earned run in one inning of action.

Carlos Gomez did put the Twins on the board first with a solo home run in the first inning.  The Twins did not score their second run of the game until the fifth inning when Brian Buscher singled in Mike Redmond.

The Twins were hoping to get back to .500 but now they are two games under .500 with a 10-12 record.

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