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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The Minnesota Twins gave the Kansas City Royals their first loss of the season as th Twins won the first game of their series by the score of 4-3.

The Twins used a balanced attack as four different players had one RBI each.  Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Delmon Young, and Adam Everett all had one RBI each.

On the mound for the Twins, Scott Baker picked up the win by pitching 6.2 innings.  Joe Nathan picked up his second save of the season.

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The Minnesota Twins didn’t play very good after opening day as they lost the last three games of a four game series ot the Los Angeles Angels.   They played some close ball games, but the Angels prevailed in the end.  The Twins record is now 1-3 after the first four games of the season.

Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau are both hitting the ball pretty good so I’m not feeling bad about them.  The Twins just need to figure out how to win those one run ballgames, and the good thing is that there is plenty of time left in the season to do that.

We will have to wait and hear how serious Kevin Slowey’s injury is.  He had to leave the game in the fourth inning with a strained right bicep.  Lets hope it isn’t too serious.

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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