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.

Good win for the Twins and hopefully they can continue to win some ballgames.  Twins Blog

Post info: By Cliff on May 20th, 2008
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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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Post info: By Cliff on May 15th, 2008
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The Minnesota Twins bullpen gave up two runs and the Twins lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Tusday night.  The Blue Jays were able to score a single run in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to come from behind and win the game.

Kevin Slowey gave up three runs over 5 2/3 innings to take the loss for the Twins.  Slowey is now 0-3 on the season and also has a 5.79 era.   Matt Guerrier and Dennys Reyes both gave up one run in relief before Brian Bass came in and finished the game with two scoreless innings.

Carlos Gomez and Jason Kubel both had solo home runs for the Twins.  Justin Morneau had a rbi triple in the game as well.

The Twins will try to get back on the winning track Wednesday when they face off against the Blue Jays once again.  Twins Blog

Post info: By Cliff on May 14th, 2008
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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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Post info: By Cliff on April 21st, 2008
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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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Post info: By Cliff on April 14th, 2008
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The Minnesota Twins controlled the game against the Chicago White Sox for most of the day, all except for the 7th inning when the White Sox put up five runs and took the lead for good giving the Twins there fifth lose of the season.

Mike Lamb had two RBI, while Joe Mauer and Delmon Young each had one RBI.

Nick Blackburn started the game for the Twins but only lasted five innings as he gave up seven hits and two earned runs.  Matt Guerrier took the loss as he allowed two earned runs, and Pat Neshek allowed three earned runs.  You have to have better performances out of the bullpen if you want to compete, the Twins will have to work on that.

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Post info: By Cliff on April 7th, 2008
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The Minnesota Twins had a busy day on Thursday as they signed six players to one year contracts.  Matt Guerrier, Bobby Korecky,  Jose Mijares, Matt Macri, Matt Tolbert, Jason Pridie and Denard Span were all signed.

The biggest signing was Guerrier who was signed for $950,000.

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Post info: By Cliff on January 24th, 2008
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