The rally sausage, a tangy summer sausage that became a talisman of sorts for the Twins during an earlier and more successful part of the season, returned with a vengeance Tuesday night and powered the club to a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels and snapped a four-game losing streak. Twins infielder Kyle Farmer... Continue Reading »

The Twins shook off their three-game losing streak in a big way on Wednesday, unloading on San Diego Padres pitching with 18 hits for an 11-4 win to salvage the final game of the series. Padres knuckleballer Matt Waldron never knew what hit him, serving up 10 runs on 12 hits across four-plus innings. Rather... Continue Reading »

The Twins rallied, but the San Diego Padres rallied even harder on Tuesday to scoot past Minnesota for the 7-5 win and series win. The Cleveland Guardians outlasted the Yankees with a 6-run 12th inning the same day, but the Kansas City Royals lost, so the Twins and Royals remain tied at 70-56, 3.5 games... Continue Reading »

Starter Bailey Ober gave the Twins a much improved outing on Monday, and the bullpen wasn’t that bad either, but if all you can muster is three hits against the Los Angeles Dodgers don’t expect to win. And they didn’t, the Twins losing 4-2 to the team from Los Angeles. They are now 1-7 against... Continue Reading »

Second baseman Jorge Polanco, who spent 10 seasons with the Twins making him one of the longest tenured members of the club, is no longer that after he was sent to the Seattle Mariners for four players, including two proven major leaguers: Veteran pitcher Anthony DeSclafani and reliever Justin Topa. It’s a move I can... Continue Reading »

Rookie Matt Wallner crushed a first-inning grand slam and the Twins piled on from there, sending the Oakland A’s to their 109th loss of the season with an easy 11-3 win on Tuesday at Target Field. The Twins, now 84-73, end the season against two of the weakest clubs in baseball: the A’s and Colorado... Continue Reading »

Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez made his best start of the season on Sunday. He went eight innings, he allowed only two hits, he didn’t walk a single batter and he struck out 14 New York Mets. And yet he didn’t figure in the decision because after 106 pitches he exited the scoreless game in favor... Continue Reading »

The Twins continue to keep pace with the Cleveland Guardians. The Guards have won back to back games over the Tampa Bay Rays, while the Twins have done the same, getting a 5-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday and a 10-inning 9-7 win on Saturday. Two big innings helped the Twins on Saturday.... Continue Reading »

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli had to turn to the bullpen early in Wednesday’s game after starter Kenta Maeda burned through 87 pitches in four innings. Maeda exited with a 4-3 lead over the Detroit Tigers. The Twins got a scoreless inning from Dylan Floro, the same from Emilio Pagan and then Griffin Jax blew it... Continue Reading »