The Twins survived a dominant performance from Cleveland Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams, then scored three runs off one of the league’s best bullpens to edge the Guards in a classic Minnesota/Cleveland nail-biter 3-1 in 12 innings on Thursday. The win earned the Twins a split of the four-game series with Cleveland. It wasn’t a sweep... Continue Reading »

The streak of five straight series wins is over after the Twins dropped two of three games to the Lovable Losers, including a 10-1 defeat on Sunday in which starter Zebby Matthews really brought nothing to the table. The question now is: Which second-half Twins team are we going to get? Are we going to... Continue Reading »

Starter Taj Bradley allowed just two hits over seven innings, Trevor Larnach and Ryan Jeffers delivered big hits and the Twins won another series 4-2 on Sunday over the Los Angeles Angels, making it their fifth straight series win. The Twins are now a game under .500, three games back of the division lead in... Continue Reading »

The Twins won again on Tuesday, getting a 3-1 victory at home over the never-easy-to-beat Cleveland Guardians. That’s three wins in a row for Minnesota. They also are 7-3 in their last three games, two games under .500, three games back in the AL Central division and 1.5 games back in the Wild Card hunt.... Continue Reading »

It almost seems like a cruel joke that the gods would schedule the Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees as the country is about to turn 250 years old, but those are the facts as the Twins get set to take on their arch-rival over the weekend. But here are some more facts: Incredibly —... Continue Reading »

After getting swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Twins came out Friday and wasted no time against the lowly Colorado Rockies by scoring two runs in the first inning, two runs in the second and three in the fifth to take a commanding seven-run lead. But then the Twins bullpen — who else? —... Continue Reading »

Byron Buxton hit a grand slam in the Twins’ runaway win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, but it was the bottom of the order that really put on a show. The six through nine hitters: Brooks Lee, Victor Caratini, Luke Keaschall and Ryan Kreidler were a combined  13-for-21 (.619) with 11 runs scored and... Continue Reading »

Sunday was the anniversary of Byron Buxton’s major league debut for the Twins, and he celebrated — if one can say that — with three hits and a 5-4 win plus a series win over the St. Louis Cardinals. On June 14, 2015, Buck, the Twins’ second overall pick of the 2012 draft, joined the... Continue Reading »

It was a bullpen day on the mound for the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday and, believe it or not, they stood tall and limited the damage to four runs in a 6-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Most impressively six relievers combined to strike out 14 Tigers. Veteran Taylor Rogers picked up the win and... Continue Reading »