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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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 Minnesot Twins pounded on the Texas Rangers Tuesday night as the Twins beat the Rangers 11-4.  The Twins had 13 hits but they scored 11 runs with great production up and down the lineup.  Eleven runs were scored and not one of them came via the home run which is even more impressive.

Alexi Casilla, Delmon Young, and Mike Lamb all had two rbi each in the game to lead the way for the Twins.  Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, and Adam Everett all had one rbi in the game.  Now that is what I call production up and down the lineup!

Glen Perkins improved his record to 1-1 on the season as he pitched 6 1/3 innings to pick up the win.  Perkins allowed six hits and three runs (two were earned) in his six plus innings of action.  Brian Bass then came in and tossed 2 2/3 innings while giving up one run.

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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 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 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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The Minnesota Twins blew a big lead as the Detroit Tigers score three runs in the 8th inning to beat the Twins by the score of 6-5.  The Twins comeback came up just short as they were only able to score one run in the 9th inning.

Scott Baker pitched seven innings allowing five runs and three earne runs as he got the no decision.  Jesse Crain took the loss as he gave up three earned runs to end the ball game.

Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau both had two RBI’s for the Twins. Morneau’s two RBI’s came on a two -run home run.  Craig Monroe also chipped in with one RBI.

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