The MInnesota Twins couldn’t take advantage of a Chicago White Sox loss on Wednesday night as they lost the Cleveland Indains 6-4. It’s really too bad that the Twins couldn’t have taken advantage of the loss to move up in the stadings a little bit.

Scott Baker gave up four runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings as he started the game for the Twins. Baker struck out five batters but also gave up two home runs. Matt Guerrier gave up a couple more runs out of the bullpen as he ended up taking the loss for the team.

Justin Morneau led the Twins at the plate with two rbi’s but it wasn’t enough for the victory. Delmon Young and Carlos Gomez both had one rbi each at the plate. Gomez hit his seventh home run of the season in the game.

So now the Twins remain 2.5 games behind the White Sox. Twins Blog

The Minnesota Twins were going for a three game sweep on the Kansas city Royals on Thursday afternoon however the Royals had different thoughts. The Royals avoided the three game sweep as they beat the Twins 3-2 in ten innings of action.

David DeJesus knocked in the winning run in the top of the tenth inning off of Twins relief pitcher Dennys Reyes. Reyes was not charged with the run however as Matt Guerrier was. Guerrier took the loss and is now 6-8 on the season.

Twins starting pitcher Francisco Liriano pitched pretty damn good as he went eight innings and only allowed six hits and two runs. He struck out six Royals and did not walk a batter. A very good quality start for Liriano it was just too bad that the offense couldn’t have scored more runs.

Justin Morneau and Carlos Gomez both had rbi’s for the Twins. Morneau had a rbi double in the first inning while Gomez had a rbi single in the second inning. The Twins were held scoreless the last eight innings of the game as the offense struck out nine times and left 18 runners on base.

The Twins will now hope for a White Sox loss on Thursday night to the Toronto Blue Jays. Currently the Twins are 1.5 games behind the sox in the division.

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The Minnesota Twins came from behind with three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 as the two teams finished up a three game series. The Twins snapped their four game losing streak and avoided the three game sweep with the victory. It is now time to go on a winning streak and overtake the White Sox for the division lead!

Jason Kubel had a rbi double to get the scoring starting in the eighth inning and then pitch hitter Brian Buscher added a two run single to finish out the scoring. Delmon Young had a rbi sac fly for the first run of the game in the second inning and Denard Span had a two run ground-rule double in the fourth inning. Good balanced scoring for the Twins as they kept the pressure on the Mariners pitching staff.

Glen Perkins pitched seven innings and allowed four runs as he started for the Twins on the mound. Perkins improved to an awesome 12-3 on the season with the victory. Matt Guerrier, Eddie Guardado, and Joe Nathan all seen action out of the bullpen. Guardado was charged with one run in the eighth inning but Nathan made the one run lead hold up for his 36th save of the season.

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The first game in a four game series against the Detroit Tigers was sure exciting if you were a Minnesota Twins fan.  The Twins rallied in the ninth inning when they were down two runs, and then won it in the 11th inning to take the first game in the four game series by the score of 7-6.

Justin Morneau had the game winning hit and rbi in the 11th inning when he hit a solo home run off of Freddy Dolsi.  Once again Morneau stepped up big time for the team!  Morneau finished the game going 5-5 with one rbi.

In the ninth inning when the Twins tied things up it was Denard Span rbi single and a rbi sac fly by Joe Mauer that scored both runs to tie the game at 6-6.  Carlos Gomez, Alexi Casilla, and Delmon Young also had one rbi each in the game.  Great output by the entire offense.

Matt Guerrier ended up getting the victory and is now 5-4 on the season.  Guerrier tossed the the 10th and 11th innings to pick up the victory.  Starting Twins pitcher Kevin Slowey only lasted 3 2/3 innings as he was pulled after giving up nine hits and six runs.  Slowey was lucky to get the no decision the way he threw the ball.

One plus in the game was how well the bullpen threw the ball.  After Slowey was taken out of the game, the bullpen locked down and did not allow another run in the game.  Craig Breslow, Jesse Crain, Dennys Reyes, Joe Nathan, and Guerrier all did a great job on the mound out of the bullpen.

The Twins will look to go up 2-0 in the series on Friday.  Go get em!  Twins Blog 

The Minnesota Twins gave up a three run lead in the bottom of the eighth inning and went on to lose to the Boston Red Sox by the score of 6-5.  It was a very dissapointing game for the Twins and their fans as they were really thinking about getting the big win against the might Red Sox.

Nick Blackburn pitched the first 6 2/3 innings of the game as he gave up six hits and two runs.  Blackburn was in line to get the victory as he pitched a very good game but the bullpen was not good and he had to take a no decision.  Dennys Reyes gave up one hit and a run in the top of the eighth inning and then Matt Guerrier gave up a two run shot to Manny Ramirez and a rbi single to Brandon Moss as he gave up three runs in the eighth.

Brendan Harris led the Twins at the plate with two rbi.  Harris had a two run triple in the fourth inning.  Delmon Young, Nick Punto, and Denard Span all chipped in with one rbi each.  Twins did try to rally in the ninth inning but where unable to get the tying run in from third base as Alexi Casilla grounded out to end the game.

The Twins will try to get a victory in Boston on Wednesday night now.  How do you think they will fare?

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The Minnesota Twins lost a tough 5-4 game to the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.  The Twins bullpen gave up two runs in the seventh and eigth innings as the Tigers came from behind to pull out the victory.  The Twins attempted a comeback in the ninth inning as they had two runners on with one out but they were unable to score the tying run.

Matt Guerrier took the the loss for the Twins as he gave up three hits and two runs.  Starting pitcher Glen Perkins pitched six innings and gave up seven hits and two runs.  Perkins gave up one home run but struck out seven batters over his six innings of action.  Jesse Crain was charged with one run in the game as well.

Joe Mauer led the Twins with two rbi in the game and now has 34 rbi on the season.  Denard Span had the other rbi for the Twins as he had a rbi double in the sixth inning.0

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The Minnesota Twins continued to play very good baseball as they beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Thursday afteroon.  With the 4-3 victory, the Twins swept the Padres in the three game series and have now won nine games in a row and are only .5 games behind the league leading Chicago White Sox.

Scott Baker earned the victory and is now 4-2 on the seaseon.  Baker threw six innings and gave up six hits and three runs.  Baker did walk two batters, struck out three, and gave up one home run.  After the third inning, Baker really settled down and got into a grove so that was nice to see.

Jesse Crain, Dennys Reyes, Craig Breslow, Matt Guerrier, and Joe Nathan all pitched in relief and all did a great job as they did not allow the Padres to score in the late innings.  Nathan was able to secure his 21st save in the ninth inning.

At the plate for the Twins, Justin Morneau went 3-4 with three rbi.  Morneau hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and then had a two run single in the fifth inning.  Brian Buscher singled in Jason Kubel for what would be the game winning run in the sixth inning.

The Twins are playing red hot baseball right now and they will look to continue doing that as they welcome in the Milwaukee Brewers for a three game series starting Friday evening.

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With one swing of the bat the Minnesota Twins beat the Washington Nationals on Monday night.  Justin Morneau connected on a two run home run in the sixth inning and the Twins beat the Nationals 2-1.  It was a good thing Morneau hit the home run because the Twins offense really didn’t do much all night long.

Morneau was clearly the reason why the Twins won the game but we can’t forget at how well the pitchers pitched.  Livan Hernandez pitched the first seven innings and only allowed five hits and one run while picking up the win.  Matt Guerrier then pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Joe Nathan came in and finished off the Nationals in the ninth inning.  It was Nathan’s 18th save of the season.

Hopefully tomorrow the Twins will swing the bats better and score more then two runs.  You can’t always expect your pitching staff to hold the opposing team to one run.

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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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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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