And we’re done with the Yankees! It was a pretty bad series and thats putting it nicely, but hey, we didn’t get shut out! Thats one positive to take away from this game. But there wasn’t much else.

Glen Perkins got the start tonight and as with all the other starters, he kept it close until late then self destructed. He gave up 5 ER in 6 IP. Once again it was mental errors that gave the Twins their 4th straight loss. Coupled with the White Sox come from behind victory, the Twins are now 2.5 games out.

We just passed the 100 game mark and if we would have done better with this series, it would be easy to say things were looking up. But I’m sure the Twins can pull off something. Remember the Boston series right before the break? The Twins dropped all 3 to Boston but came back in the Detroit series to take 3/4.

Thats it for me, had to work late so I’m pretty tired. Lets turn this thing around though next series, GO TWINS!

Ugh, we just can’t seem to win in Yankee Stadium or against the Yankees for that matter. In Ron Gardenhire at the helm, the Twins have lost 18 out of 21 games. If the Twins make it to the playoffs, lets hope the Yankees aren’t also in it. In this game it was the same story as last game. One mistake by the Twins and the Yankees jump all over it and make them pay. It just seems to open up the floodgates. It also doesnt hurt that any of their players are capable of hitting the long ball at any point.

This game the floodgates opened in the 6th. Kevin Slowey was putting the Yankees away. Stakes to a 2-1 lead, he gave up a 2 run homer to Bobby Abreau and thats when it all started. After giving up 4ER, he was done for the night. He took the loss since the Twins could only muster a couple runs off Yankee starter Rasner.

A change in the lineup if anyone noticed, was Denard Span leading off while Carlos Gomez batted ninth. Since Gomez is in a mini funk, Gardenhire thought it was best and it did help a bit. Gomez put the Twins on the board with a double and scoring later on, while Span had 2 hits and reached base 3 times. It will probably be the same way until Michael Cuddyer comes back, then the Twins have some decisions to make.

Well thats it for me tonight, after a long day of work and a not so good outing by the Twins, I need a break, at least until tomorrow afternoon when they play again. Lets hope we can salvage a game out of this series, I’ll take whatever we can get. Till then, good night Twins fans!

Ouch, thats all i can say. I know we have bad luck against the Yankees. You can see that since 2002. For some reason they always find ways to win against us. Only thing I can say about this one is at least it wasnt 1-0, those hurt the most.

Nick Blackburn didnt look good at all. He only lasted 1 2/3 giving up 6 R (3 ER) and 7 hits. He gave up a 2 run HR to A-Rod in the first but Twins clawed back to tie it at 2 on some small ball but Blackburn ran into trouble in the 2nd. After loading the bases, Twins went into DP position, a sharp ground ball was hit at Alexi Casilla, he threw it home to Joe Mauer who misplayed it and the inning just took off from there. At one point the Yankees sent 7 straight batters to the plate. By the time the 2nd was over the Yankees had a 6-2 lead and they would never look back. Even after Blackburn left, the pen didnt do well at all. All of the relievers gave up at least 1 ER.  Since 2002, Twins are 3-17 at Yankee Stadium, maybe we’ll have better luck in the new one. One can only hope.

Only Twins that did have a good day were Alexi Casilla and Denard Span. Both had 3 hits apiece, and Span was just a HR short of the cycle!

Thats all from me, we’ll have better luck tomorrow. I would be happy with 1 out of 3 from Yankee Stadium. Another bit of good news is that the White Sox also lost today so Twins still are only .5 games out of first. Have a good night everyone, more from me tomorrow, GO TWINS!

So I’m back after taking the weekend off, busy weekend too, unfortunetely it was for work. But getting back into the thick of things, we’re playing the Yankees! If you’re like me on this one, the only team you hate more are the White Sox, Yankees take a close second and for apparent reasons too. A bit of historic rememberance to this series is it will be the last time the Twins play in Yankee Stadium. Unbeliveable huh? That place has so much historic tales its crazy. The House that Ruth Built. Decades from now, the new Yankee Satdium might be the House that A-Rod built. K, onto some baseball!

Tonight we have righty Nick Blackburn pitching against our old friend Sidney Ponson. Nick has been doing well along with all our young starting staff, probably the best story this season so far. A nice 7-5 record to boot and a great 3.65 ERA. He has been anything if not consistent. Ponson has simply owned the Twins in his careeer, he is 10-2 with a 2.42 ERA vs. them. He didn’t pitch so well when he was with them. Last time he faced us he was in a Rangers uni. They released him due to internal problems with him.

Twins are hoping to get back on the winning track after a dissapointing 1-0 loss to the Rangers yesterday. Scott Baker had a perfect game through 5 1/3 IP but gave up only one bad pitch and that resulted in a loss. Vicente Padilla went against him. If you remember he hit Justin Morneau earlier this season. After yesterday’s game he made it 15 scoreless innings agianst the Twins dating back to the last time he faced us when he shut us out again. But thw Twins did take 2/3 from the highest scoring offense in the AL, and outscored them 20-3.

My impact player last series would have to be Delmon Young. Before yesterday’s game he was 7-9 in the 2 games. He did say he does better in the second half and its showed so far. Lets hope he can keep this up and get us on top of the division. The Twins also gained a game on the White Sox and since they lost yesterday, are only still .5 games back. Now, i know we dont have good luck against the Yankees but the last series at the Dome we didn’t do so bad. We split and that was a lot considering the hearbreaker in the first 2 games. Lets keep it up! GO TWINS!