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The Twins just can’t seem to get over the hump.   Making the playoffs isn’t the problem, but winning a playoff series is.  Still, the Twins had some help this year from the minor league system and even more help is on the way. In fact th…

The Twins’ entire season came down to one game tonight. It was either win or go home. It has been a long and exciting run for the Twins and they were looking to extend it. Unfortunately, the offense was unable to muster anything and the Twins los…

With the White Sox’s 8-2 win over Detroit, they are now tied with the Twins atop the AL Central. That means the two teams will face each other in a one game playoff tomorrow to decide the division winner. For the Twins, everything they’ve d…

The season came down to today. Although it was possible another loss would still keep in them in the divisional race, the Twins wanted a win to end the regular season. They came through in convincing fashion, shutting out the Royals 6-0. Unlike like la…

Looking to put some separation between themselves and the White Sox, the Twins had their eyes set on a win against the Royals. Yet for the 2nd straight game, the offense couldn’t get going and the team lost 4-2. The Twins were able to strike 1st,…

Hoping to sustain the huge momentum built by their sweep of the White Sox, the Twins were looking to get closer to the postseason in their final series of the season against the Royals. Unfortunately, the Royals had other ideas and the Twins dropped th…

The Twins completed a major step towards securing the AL Central earlier tonight by sweeping the Chicago White Sox in dramatic fashion. A big comeback sent the game into extra innings, before the team won it in the 10th for the 7-6 victory.
The Twins trailed by 5 runs for a good portion of the night, [...]

With the pressure on and their season on the line, the Twins have met the challenge. Yesterday, they got big offensive nights from a few players, but tonight it was a tighter game, as the team jumped out to an early lead and held off the White Sox for a 3-2 victory.
The Twins got started [...]

With the series against the White Sox more then likely determining who will win the AL Central, the Twins stepped up to the challenge. They rode an offensive outburst to a 9-3 victory over the White Sox.
Jason Kubel got it started early for the Twins with a 2 run shot in the 2nd. He got [...]

After a stretch of games where the Twins didn’t play to the level they wanted to, the series finale was important as a turning point heading into the final week of the season. The team stepped up and delivered a 4-1 victory over the Rays to keep pace in the AL Central.
Falling behind early, the [...]

The margin of error for the Twins in the AL Central race is slowly dwindling as the number of games left decreases. They need to start winning in order to stay in the race, but couldn’t accomplish that in a 7-2 loss in Tampa Bay earlier today.
The Twins’ offense got going but wasn’t able to [...]

Ready to start their road trip, the Twins had to wait because of a rainout on Friday. That necessitated playing a doubleheader today in Baltimore. Perhaps the team should play more of them as they pulled off a pair of 12 run wins, beating the Os 12-2 in the 1st game and then 12-6 in [...]

Looking to keep the momentum of the 1st 2 games of the series going, the Twins were playing for the sweep earlier today. Unfortunately, they were not able to get that one hit to put them over the top and lost to the Royals 3-2 in 10 innings.
The Twins’ runs came when Carlos Gomez singled [...]

Needing another win to sustain the momentum from last night’s game and keep pace with the White Sox, the Twins took control and ended up with a 7-1 victory over the Royals. The offense was evident, but perhaps most important was Kevin Slowey’s dominant start.
The Twins fell behind early, but were able to storm back. [...]

After a disappointing Detroit series, the Twins were hoping to rebound against the Royals. They did just that, powering their way to a 7-2 victory. Coupled with the White Sox’s doubleheader loss to Toronto, the Twins are now just 1 game back of the AL Central lead.
The team got all their runs against Royals starter [...]

With 2 very different game playing out in the 1st 2 games of their series against the Tigers, the Twins were hoping to get another win and keep pace in the AL Central. However, they let a lead disappear and couldn’t mount a comeback, ending up with a 7-5 loss.
Justin Morneau continues to make a [...]

The Twins were hoping to build momentum after their road trip with another win. Things looked good for most of the game, but the bullpen couldn’t get the job done in the later innings and the Twins lost to the Tigers, 6-4.
The team got things started early, loading the bases in the 1st inning with [...]

It was an exhasuting and very long road trip for the Twins that didn’t exactly turn out the way they envsioned. However, back at the Metrodome, they got back on the winning track with a 10-2 win over the Tigers.
The Twins got the scoring started with a Jason Kubel sac fly in the 1st. Delmon [...]

It wasn’t exactly the end to their long road trip that the Twins envisioned. They were hoping to end on a high note after the struggles over the length of the trip. However, the inability to get any offense going helped give the Twins a 9-0 loss against the Blue Jays.
The team was unable to [...]

If the 1st 3 games of the 4 game series against the Athletics was any sort of pattern, then the Twins had to feel good about the finale earlier today. A close loss was followed by a rout and then another close loss. What happened in the finale? It was a another rout, as the [...]

It was almost the same type of game as the one on Thursday for the Twins. They jumped out to a lead, but could not hold it and lost in the 9th, 3-2. However, the loss came from a very unexpected source.
The only runs of the game for the Twins came from a Denard Span [...]

It wasn’t exactly a repeat of last night, but it came close as the Twins jumped out to a huge lead and then allowed the Mariners to score some runs. However, they held them off this time and got the series sweep in an 11-8 victory.
It was deja vu for the Twins as they jumped [...]

Today’s game started off quite well for Twins, as they jumped out to an early lead. However, things then got very bad as they blew said lead and needed some 9th inning heroics to pull off the 7-6 victory over Seattle.
The Twins got on the board twice in the 1st, including a solo shot from [...]

The Twins were handed some pretty bad losses by the Mariners recently and were looking to avenge them. Francisco Liriano is seeking to re-establish himself as a dominant starter following Tommy John surgery. The team got what it wanted and Liriano turned in a dominant outing as the Twins beat the Mariners 9-3 to open [...]

After such a close loss last night, the Twins were hoping to redeem themselves with a victory today and keep pace in the AL Central. Well they did just that, beating the Yankees 4-2.
Delmon Young hit that great home run last night against the seemingly unbeatable Mariano Rivera. He came through for the team again [...]

The Twins had set up a dramatic comeback by getting the runs they needed to send it into extra innings against the Yankees. However, they couldn’t get that final hit required last night to win and fell 9-6 in extra innings.
The team was able to put up 3 runs to get some offense going, but [...]

Needing a win to keep pace with the White Sox and hoping to get some revenge after getting swept by the Yankees earlier in the season, the Twins succeeded on both counts. They rode a great start by Glen Perkins to a 4-0 shutout of the Yankees.
Trying to best his 2 RBIs last night, Adam [...]

With a chance to maintain and possibly extend their AL Central lead, the Twins fell short, losing to the Royals 5-4 in extra innings. Mistakes and some shaky relief pitching did the team in.
The Twins were able to put 4 runs on the board, thanks to 2 RBI singles by Adam Everett, with Justin Morneau [...]

With the team so close to the top of the AL Central, every game counts now and the Twins played like a postseason-caliber team tonight as they beat the Royals 7-3. They got the offense they needed and some strong pitching by Francisco Liriano to reclaim the AL Central title.
Delmon Young put Minnesota on the [...]

The Twins had a series to forget against the Seattle Mariners and after a day off were hoping to start anew. Well they certainly got on the right track, with a 4-1 win over the Royals in Kansas City.
The name of the game for the offense was the walk. Batters walked 8 times over the [...]