The Minnesota Twins dropped to 17-16 on the season as they lost to the Chicago White Sox 6-2 on Thursday afternoon.  The Twins dropped two of three games against the White Sox in the series. Talk about a let down for the Twins…

Kevin Slowey took the loss for the Twins after giving up three runs and four hits in five innings.  Slowey’s record drops to 0-2 on the season with the loss.  Juan Rincon, Pat Neshek, and Brian Bass all gave up one run as they pitched in relief.

Matt Tolbert and Joe Mauer had a rbi each for the Twins.  The rest of the team pretty much struggled at the plate as they struck out eleven times and left ninteen runners on base.

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The Minnesota Twins clobbered the Chicago White Sox 12-1 byehind Carlos Gomez who hit for the cycle.  Gomez was the first Twins player to hit for the cycle since Kirby Puckett did it 22 years ago.

Gomez wasn’t the only Twins player to put up good numbers however as Nick Punto had five rbi in the game to lead the Twins.  Have Punto’s five rbi, Gomez’s three rbi, Michael Cuddyer, Delmon Young, and Matt Tolbert all had one rbi.

Livan Hernandez was great on the mound as he improved to 5-1 on the season after tossing a complete game.  Hernandez gave up nine hits in the nine innings and only allowed one run which came in the ninth inning when Jermaine Dye hit a solo home run.

The Twins are now 17-15 on the season after the butt kicking off the White Sox.  Twins Blog

The Minnesota Twins lost to the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 7-3 on Thursday night.  Boof Bonser pitched four innings to take the loss for the twins.  Bonser just didn’t have his good stuff tonight and he put the Twins in a big hole early in the game.

Matt Tolbert, Joe Mauer, and Delmon Young all had one RBI each for the Twins.

It sucks to see the Twins lose to the Rays, but you have to have good starting pitching and more productivity out of your hitters if you want to win on a consistent basis no matter what team you play.

With the loss the Twins record drops to 7-9 on the season.

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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