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The Twins were able to get a victory against the Seattle Mariners by winning 7-3 tonight. Most importantly, they were able to avoid being swept. The win has boosted confidence as the team continues its AL Central hunt.
Denard Span was the star of the night. He had a bases clearing triple in a 4 run [...]

Maybe tonight was a special night for some reason or maybe Twins didn’t want their losing streak at 6. Whatever the reason, they resumed their winning ways and did it big, with an 11-4 victory over the Indians.
The Twins didn’t even wait for everyone to settle into their seats in Cleveland, as they piled on [...]

The Twins were looking to bounce back after a very tough series against the Yankees. They viewed the game earlier tonight as a way to put the losing behind them. However, they could not accomplish that and fell to the Indians 5-4.
As if the loss wasn’t bad enough, Carlos Gomez had to be carted off [...]

It’s been a series to forget for the Twins and today’s game wasn’t any different. They couldn’t seize the chance for victory and were once again overpowered by Yankees and fell in the finale 5-1. This is their 4th straight loss.
The team couldn’t do anything against Mike Mussina and their only run came after he [...]

Trying to shake off last night’s game, the Twins started off on the right track, and got a lead over the Yankees. However, one bad inning and the Yankees started to pull away, and the Twins ended up with an 8-2 loss.
The Twins tried to put some runs across, but came up empty until the [...]

The Twins headed into their series at Yankee Stadium full of confidence with their recent winning trend. However, that ground to a halt earlier tonight as they were unable to overcome the Yankees, and lost 12-4.
As large as the deficit at the end was, the Twins battled back earlier to tie it at 2 in [...]

Unlike yesterday, in which the Twins seemed to hit every other pitch that was thrown to them, they couldn’t get anything going against the Rangers earlier today and one mistake by Scott Baker led to a 1-0 loss.
The Twins were only able to muster 3 hits against the Rangers and a few mistakes foiled any [...]

The Twins’ offense took off in a big way tonight, as they battered the Rangers pitchers all night long en route to a 14-2 victory. Justin Morneau paced the attack that included 4 home runs.
The home run barrage included blasts by Joe Mauer, Delmon Young, Morneau and Brian Buscher. However, the home runs only made [...]

The Twins began the 2nd half of their season with a big 6-0 shutout of the Texas Rangers. The bats came alive and the pitching was able to hold down the Rangers offense.
The scoring started when Brian Buscher singled in Home Run Derby winner Justin Morneau in the 4th. Brendan Harris would add an RBI [...]

The Twins had been on a high after winning three straight close games against the Tigers and were hoping to get the 4 game sweep earlier today. But alas, they could not pull it off and lost to Detroit 4-2.
Both of the Twins’ runs came in the 4th, with Joe Mauer scoring on a wild [...]

The Twins’ confidence just keeps on growing and growing as they keep winning. They did it again today, winning 6-5 for their third one run victory in a row. They were led by Brenddan Harris and Joe Mauer and held off a late rally by the Tigers to achieve the series victory.
Harris was the offensive [...]

The Twins rode solid pitching and timely hitting to a 3-2 victory over the Tigers tonight. It was a game of the Twins taking advantage of oppurtunities when they got them, but they also missed out on a few that could’ve built their lead.
Down 1-0 in the 4th, Brian Buscher singled and was later driven [...]

The Twins had just come out of a very dissapointing series against Boston where everything just didn’t seem to go their way. However, when the chips were down earlier today, the team fought back and Justin Morneau sealed the 7-6 win in extra innings.
Despite being put into an early hole, the Twins battled back. The [...]

The Twins were hoping to avoid the series sweep at the hands of the Red Sox and salvage something earlier today. Unfortunately, things did not turn out like that, as the Red Sox broke out the bats in a big way and ended up with an 18-5 bashing of the Twins.
The Twins actually got off [...]

Over the course of the season, the Twins’ bullpen has been one of its strengths, holding down leads and securing wins. Lately, it seems like that hasn’t been the case. They let a tie game slip into a 1-0 loss last night and let another lead disappear as the Red Sox rallied for the 6-5 [...]

The Twins recent roll came to a somewhat abrupt end as they were unable to muster a victory against the Red Sox and fell 1-0 in a tight game. In a game starved for offense, good pitching was essential and the Sox got the better in that department.
The Twins struggled all night long to [...]

The Twins were primed for the sweep earlier today. However, they did struggle early against Tribe starter Cliff Lee, but put together one of their patented rallies to pull off a 4-3 victory.
Lee stymied the Twins’ hitters for most of the game, but the Twins prevailed in the 7th. A walk and three straight hits [...]

Just like has happened a number of times so far in the season, the Twins found themselves trailing early, but just like they’ve also done, they came back, this time for a 9-6 victory over the Indians.
The Twins found themselves in an early hole when the Indians put up 5 runs in the 2nd, but [...]

What has started as an important stretch of games for the Twins has been going the way they want it to go. After getting the series win against the Tigers, the team kept rolling with an offensively explosive 12-3 win over the Indians.
Delmon Young led the offense, going 3 for 4, scoring 3 runs, and [...]

Though the Twins did beat Detroit last night, they had several chances to pad their lead, but did not take advantage of them. That was not the case today as they took advantage of their chances and shutout the Tigers 7-0.
In keeping with a recent trend of big innings, the Twins scored 5 runs in [...]

Tonight the Twins were looking to even up an important AL Central matchup against the Detroit Tigers. Craig Monroe was hoping to do well against his former team. Both succeeded, as the Twins won 6-4 to even the series.
Monroe got the offense started with a 3 run homer in the 4th to push the Twins [...]

During the Twins’ recent winning streak, the bullpen had been one of the most important parts, holding down leads and keeping the team in the game. However, such was not the case tonight as the bullpen blew a lead and the Twins lost 5-4.
The team built a 4-1 lead by the 7th in part due [...]

The Twins got back on the winning track behind starter Kevin Slowey, who pitched a shutout in a 5-0 victory. It was all Slowey as he stymied the Brewer hitters all night long.
What is most impressive about the Twins’ 5 runs was that they all came with two outs. It started in the 4th with [...]

The magic of the past 10 wins for the Twins came to an end today, as they fell to the Brewers, 5-1. All the hallmarks of the streak, timely hitting and solid starting pitching, were not to be seen in this game.
The Twins struggled all night long to get any sort of offense. They were [...]

The Twins aren’t known as a team that mashes alot of homers, with Justin Morneau being their only true power threat. However, that label was non existent tonight as the team rode 3 homers to a 7-6 victory over the Brewers and their 10th straight win.
The ‘barrage’ started in 1st, when Alexi Casilla hit a [...]

Hat tricks in hockey are a great offensive accomplishment, but hat tricks of sweeps in baseball are even better. That’s exactly what the Twins did earlier today, as they beat the Padres 4-3, to sweep them and get their 3rd sweep in a row, extending their winning streak to 9.
Faced with another early deficit, the [...]

It is said all good things must come to an end, but the Twins are certainly enjoying their recent trend of good baseball. They extended their winning ways once again, by besting the Padres and Greg Maddux last night, 9-3. The fact that they’ve faced 4 Cy Young winners in the last 5 games hasn’t [...]

What looked like a game where the Twins were struggling to score runs turned into a dramatic finish, as a huge 9th inning won it for them 3-1. The heroics came in a most unlikely form for the Twins.
The team had been struggling all game long against Padres ace Jake Peavy. Their only run off [...]

The Twins won the first two games of the series with big innings, so why not go for the hat trick? Yet again, a multi-run inning propelled the Twin to a 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks for the sweep.
The run scoring started with an interesting play. With Jason Kubel on first, Delmon Young hit a [...]

What certainly seemed like an end to the Twins winning streak in the beginning turned into an offensive outburst for a 6-1 win. The offense got hot at just the right time and a big inning carried the Twins.
The team could absolutely not get anything going against Diamondbacks starter Micah Owings through the first 6 [...]