July 10, 2023
O’s send Twins reeling with 15-2 rout and sweep at Target Field
The 2023 season came to an end on Sunday for the Minnesota Twins. Not literally, of course, but symbolically after the Twins were swept at home, finally losing in embarrassing fashion, 15-2. This may seem hard to believe, but the Twins actually scored the first run of the game and then watched as the Orioles... Continue Reading »
June 16, 2023
2-game sweep means very little after Twins lose to lowly Tigers
Twins Territory was riding pretty high after the two-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers. And why not? Twins hitting seems to have picked up, Carlos Correa has been hot of late and even a recent MLB.com story took note of the improvement: ‘There’s a different vibe’ as Twins sweep Crew,’ the headline reads. And then... Continue Reading »
June 12, 2023
Pa-gone! Twins denied sweep after 3-run bomb in 8th
The Twins’ 6-1 lead over the Toronto Blue Jays evaporated in humiliating fashion on Sunday after team pitching served up two key home runs, but none was bigger than the three-run home run allowed by reliever Emilio Pagan in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Twins failed to respond in the top of the... Continue Reading »
May 27, 2023
Twins hitters walk 9 times and still can’t score
The Toronto Blue Jays were in a giving mood in Game 1 of their series at Target Field on Friday, issuing nine base on balls to Twins hitters. Unfortunately, the Twins, continuing a recent theme, could not capitalize on all those base runners and lost 3-1. They went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and... 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 »
August 17, 2022
Twins a game back in Central after 9-0 win over Royals
The Twins finally got a laugher. They scored early and poured it on late to run away from the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Tuesday at Target Field. The Twins scored their runs on 16 hits. Luis Arraez, Jose Miranda and Gio Urshela accounted for 10 of those hits. Max Kepler played the role of... Continue Reading »
August 2, 2021
Ex-Twin Berrios wins his Toronto debut (and the Twins lose)
Former Twins pitcher Jose Berrios won his Toronto Blue Jays debut on Sunday, quickly improving to 8-5 on the season after he pitched six shutout innings with one walk and seven strikeouts to beat the Kansas City Royals, 5-1. He also lowered his earned run average to 3.31 and assisted in a double play to... Continue Reading »
July 31, 2021
Twins trade Jose Berrios, Happ and others on busy deadline day
It wasn’t a rebuild, but the Twins certainly retooled — to borrow a word from president of baseball operations, Derek Falvey — sending a handful of players to other teams on Friday, including a bit of a shocker: Right-handed pitcher, Jose Berrios, the homegrown Twin who compiled a record of 55-43 with a 4.08 ERA... Continue Reading »
June 28, 2021
Twins rebound nicely after Game 1 dud
The Twins lost to the Cleveland Indians on Thursday, mustering all of six hits in the 4-1 loss at Target Field. After the 10-7 loss on Tuesday to the Reds, it amounted to two straight losses and a feeling that the Twins really aren’t ready for prime time. But they won 8-7 on Friday and... Continue Reading »