The Minnesota Twins used a balanced offense on Wednesday afternoon as six different players recorded rbi’s in the game and th Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers 7-0.  With the victory, the Twins won another series as they took two out of three games from the Tigers.

Nick Blackburn was outstanding on the mound for the Twins as he pitched seven inning and only gave up three hits to pick up the win.  It was Blackburn’s best outing of the season and he improved his record to 7-4 on the year.

Jesse Crain pitched a scoreless ninth inning and then Boof Bonser pitched a scoreless ninth inning to finish up the game.

Joe Mauer went 2-3 with two rbi in the game to lead the Twins at the plate.  Mauer is now batting .327 with 36 rbi on the year.  Alexi Casilla, Jason Kubel, Delmon Young, Brian Buscher, and Nick Punto all chipped in with one rbi each as well.  It was a very good showing by the Twins offense as almost everyone had a rbi in the game.

The Twins will now be off on Thursday before starting a three game series with the Cleveland Indians on Friday.

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The MInnesota Twins were able to get a little bit of reventh on the Detroit Tigers as they beat the Tigers Tuesday evening by the score of 6-4.  At times in the game I was unsure if the Twins were going to be able to get the victory, but they showed what kind of team they really are and were able to pick up the win.

Scott Baker pickd up the victory and is now 5-2 on the season.  Baker tossed six innings and gave up seven hits and three runs.  It was a quality outing for Baker and that is all the Twins were asking out of him.  Brian Bass gave up on run as he pitched after Baker exited the game.  Joe Nathan recorded his 23rd save in the game as well.

The big hit for the Twins came off the bat of Craig Monroe who hit a three run home run in the fourth inning.  Mike Redmond was right behind Monroe as he finished the game with two rbi.  Alexi Casilla also chipped in with one rbi.

The Twins and Tigers will now play an afternoon game on Wednesday to see who win the three game series.  Twins Blog

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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The Minnesota Twins scored multiple times in four out of five innings as they thrashed the San Diego Padres 9-3.  Four different Twins players had two rbi in the game as it was a very balanced scoring attack in the game.

Carlos Gomez, Joe Mauer, Brendan Harris, and Craig Monroe all had two rbi in the game.  Harris’s and Monroe’s two rbi’s both came via two run home runs.  Gomez had a two run single while Mauer had a two run double.  Not to be left out, Alexi Casilla also had a rbi single in the game for the Twins.

Glen Perkins threw the first five innings of the game to pick up the victory and is now 4-2 on the season.  Perkins gave up six hits and three runs but did a good job of limiting the Padres to only three runs as he gave up the six hits and walked two batters.

Brian Bass pitched two innings before Craig Breslow and Boof Bonser each pitched a inning to finish up the game.  All three relief pitchers did a wonderful job and did their job exactly like they were supposed too.

Scott Baker will try to get a win for the Twins on Thursday afternoon as the Twins look to sweep the home team Padres.  Twins Blog

Now that is an exciting victory for the Minnesota Twins as they hit to two solo home runs in the ninth inning and defeated the San Diego Padres 3-1 to open up their three game series.  Brendan Harris and Brian Buscher went back to back off of Padres closer Trevor Hoffman to get the win for the Twins.

The Twins first run of the game in the first inning when Michael Cuddyer singled to right field and Alexi Casilla scored.  It was then eight more innings before the Twins scored again with the two home runs. They were lucky to come away with the win as they really need to figure out a way to score in the middle innnings of the game.

Dennys Reyes ended up picking up the win and is now 2-0 on the season.  Joe Nathan recorded his 20th save of the season in the ninth inning.  Twins starting pitcher Kevin Slowey pitched six innings and only gave up four hits while striking out seven Padres.  Jesse Crain gave up one run in the seventh inning on a groundout.  Other then that the Twins pitching straff did a pretty good job.

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The Minnesota Twins completed a three game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 9-3 victory on Thursday night.  The game was never really in doubt for the Twins as they took the lead in the third inning and never looked back.  Great series for the Twins!

Michael Cuddyer and Brian Buscher both had two rbi in the game to lead the Twins at the plate.  Alexi Casilla, Joe Mauer, and Jason Kubel all helped out with one rbi as well.  It was great to see the Twins have such good production as they scored nine runs without hitting one home run in the game.  That is how you manufacture runs!

On the mound, Glen Perkins tossed eight inning to pick up the victory and improve his record to 3-2.  Perkins gave up ten hits but only three runs scored off those ten hits.  Craig Breslow was called on to come in and finish off the Nationals in the ninth inning and that was exactly what he did without any problems.

The Twins will now take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three game series over the weekend.

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The Minnesota Twins smoked the Washington Nationals 11-2 on Wednesday evening.  It was the second straight win for the Twins over the Nationals and they will be going for the three game sweep on Thursday afternoon.

Justin Morneau went 2-4 with three rbi to lead the Twins at the plate.  Delmon Young and Brian Buscher both had two rbi in the game as well for the Twins.  Carlos Gomez, Jason Kubel, and Brendan Harris finished the game with one rbi each.

Kevin Slowey threw six innings to pick up the victory and is now 4-6 on the season.  Slowey gave up seven hits but only one run scored.  He never allowed the Nationals to get a big rally going and that is why he stayed in the game even though he have up seven hits.

Jesse Crain tossed the seventh inning without allowing a run and then Brian Bass threw a scoreless eighth inning.  In the ninth inning, Boof Bonser allowed one run to score.  That run came across the plate on an error by Harris at shortstop.

So now will the Twins get the sweep on Thursday?  I sure like their chances!

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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 were absolutely pounded on Thursday night as they lost to the Cleveland Indians by the score of 12-2.  That is an old fashioned butt kicking and not the way the Twins wanted to finish up the three game series with the Indians.

Livan Hernandez only pitched three inning because he gave up 12 hits and seven runs!  Hernandez gave up two home runs as record dropped to 6-4 in the season.  The Twins bullpen also sucked as Brian Bass gave up three runs and Boof Bonser gave up two runs.  All around it was just a bad outing for the Twins pitchers.

Matt Macri hit his first home run of the season in the fifth inning to score the Twins first run.  In the eighth inning, Mike Lamb hit a sacrafice fly that scored Alexi Casilla for the second and last run for the Twins.

Hopefully the Twins can play better against the Milwaukee Brewers this weekend.  The Brewers have been playing some pretty good baseball lately, so the Twins are going to have to play great baseball to get some victories.

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