May 28, 2023
Youth movement gets Twins win that bullpen nearly blows
The kids were alright on Saturday as Eddie Julien, Matt Wallner and Alex Kirilloff accounted for nine of the Twins’ 14 hits, helping to power the club to a 9-7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. One veteran, Willi Castro, did get into the act with a two home run day, but it was the... Continue Reading »
May 24, 2023
The Twins appear to be in serious trouble, folks
The Twins lost their third straight series on Tuesday to the San Francisco Giants after a very promising 3-0 lead turned into a 4-3 disaster. The Twins are now a game over .500 (yet they still lead the incredibly weak AL Central) and 4-6 in their last 10 games. They are struggling to hit, to... Continue Reading »
May 20, 2023
Seesaw game finally results in 5-4 Twins loss to Halos
The Twins looked tired Friday night after their hard-fought series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and for five innings it really showed as they remained hitless and struck out 12 times as a team. That allowed the Los Angeles Angels to take a 3-0 lead that suddenly evaporated, courtesy of a pinch-hit RBI double from... Continue Reading »
May 15, 2023
Twins rout Cubs again. Is the great winning streak about to begin?
The Twins kept their feet on the gas pedal in Saturday’s 11-1 win over the Chicago Cubs, then they stomped on it Sunday, scoring 16 runs on 18 hits, including 10 extra-base hits, to run away from the lovable losers by a margin of 16-3. Last week, after the Twins lost consecutive series to the... Continue Reading »
May 14, 2023
Twins finally score a bunch of runs, crush Cubs 11-1
The weak-hitting lineup the Twins have featured in recent days came to a quick end on Saturday, the team scoring 11 runs on 13 hits, including five home runs, two of them off Alex Kirilloff’s bat. The Twins scored a run in the first inning, four in the third, two in the fifth, one in... Continue Reading »
May 11, 2023
Here comes the rooster: Twins rally for 4-3 walk-off win over Padres
After the San Diego Padres pulled off a textbook suicide squeeze play in the top of the 10th inning Wednesday night, it appeared the Twins were dead and buried for sure going into the home half of the inning, now losing 3-2. Not only were they down a run, they also had to contend with... Continue Reading »
May 10, 2023
For the Twins, the math looks like this: 1 run over 2 games equals 2 losses
The Twins suddenly can’t hit or score runs, which has this fan seriously concerned after looking at the team’s remaining schedule for May. After losing back-to-back series to the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians, including Sunday’s 2-0 loss to the Guards (in which the Twins generated a grand total of one hit), they are... Continue Reading »
May 1, 2023
Twins take series from Royals, get ready to face woeful White Sox
The Twins couldn’t capitalize on a pitcher’s wildness on Saturday, but they certainly did against Brady Singer, scoring a run in the second inning and then jumped all over him for seven more in the third to cruise to an 8-4 win and a series victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Powering the... Continue Reading »
April 20, 2023
Twins snap 3-game losing streak with power display, rip Red Sox 10-4
The Twins struck out a lot in their series against the New York Yankees and in Tuesday’s loss to pitcher Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox, but on Wednesday they found their stroke, scoring 10 runs on nine hits, including three home runs from rookie Eddie Julien, Oregon state man Trevor Larnach and Joey... Continue Reading »