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May 2007 Archives
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- Twins Sweep Chicago
- The Twins completed their first sweep since April 17-19 on Wednesday afternoon at the dome as they defeated the White Sox in walk-off fashion. After the White Sox got to Scott Baker early is looked...
- Twins still hoping Mauer can return on Friday
- "I'm pretty frustrated with the whole thing," Mauer said. "I want to be back out there as soon as I can. It obviously helps that we're winning, but I want to make sure it's right before
- Meet Kevin Slowey
- I just mentioned it in my game recap, but I feel like it’s big enough news to deserve its own post. Ron Gardenhire made it official in his post-game press conference: Kevin Slowey will make his...
- Twins power past White Sox
- The Twins 9-2 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday night clinched a fourth straight series win for the Twins as they’ve quickly become the hottest team in the AL Central. They’ve won 6 of...
- Pierzynski energizes Twins to victory
- The big story of Monday’s series opener against the White Sox was the sixth inning incident at first base in which it appeared A.J. Pierzynski purposely stepped on Justin Morneau’s foot...
- Series preview - Chicago White Sox, take 3
- The Twins are 2-3 against the White Sox this season and 7-14 within the division. They won’t see another division opponent until the end of June, so now would be a good time to win a a fourth...
- Twins defeat Jays, win series
- After Saturday night’s 13 inning game that completely exhausted the Twins bullpen, the Twins needed Carlos Silva to come up with a good start and to go deep into the game. He did both. He lasted...
- Twins lose in 13th after comeback
- The Twins offense impressively took back Toronto’s five run lead by scoring 2 runs in the eighth and 3 runs in the ninth. The fought threw 13 innings, but in the end they came up just a bit...
- Series preview - Toronto Blue Jays
- The Twins will return home on Friday night after a 9 game road trip that started out rough, but finished on a more positive note with two straight victories over Texas. The Twins will hope to keep the...
- Twins win second straight series
- Despite winning the final two series of the road trip the Twins ended up with a losing record of 4-5 on the trip thanks to the sweep by Cleveland. The Twins defeated the Rangers in the third game of...
- Santana and Morneau dominate Rangers
- Johan Santana entered Tuesday’s game against Texas coming off his most dominate start of the season last week in Cleveland. On Tuesday night he did even better. He had 7 strikeouts through three...
- Craig Wilson to the Twins?
- Last week the Atlanta Braves released Craig Wilson. This afternoon KFAN 1130 reported a rumor that Wilson’s agent is talking with the Twins. Wilson is a right-handed batter who shows flashes of...
- 1987 World Series Print Now Available
- In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Minnesota Twins 1987 World Championship, a limited edition artwork commemorating the club’s first World Series crown, is now available!
- An afternoon update
- Just a few interesting things to point out this afternoon: Luis Castillo broke the errorless streak record at 2B…last week. He’s currently at 131 errorless games in a row which tops Ryne...
- Was the weekend an aberration?
- In Milwaukee there was hardly a thing to complain about on Friday and Saturday night. The Twins seemed to be turning a corner. Sunday’s loss was disappointing, but could largely be blamed on...
- Milwaukee weekend wrap
- The lack of posts over the past few games are a result of me being in Milwaukee for the series. Unfortunately, the Hilton didn’t offer free wifi, so I was able to use that as an excuse to...
- Series preview - Milwaukee Brewers
- As much as my old-fashioned baseball loving mind hates the idea of inter-league play, I must admit it provides me with a convenient opportunity to see the Twins on the road in a real stadium....
- Free falling
- Johan Santana had his best start of the season with 2 back-to-back homers in the seventh inning by Victor Martinez and Ryan Garko being his only flaw. Besides the homeruns, Santana allowed just 3...
- Drafting the future, what will the Twins need?
- That past couple years minorleaguebaseball.com has conducted a mock MLB amateur draft and they’re gearing up for the 2007 draft right now. Scott (aka yanksfan6129) wrote in to ask for some...
- Sabathia dominates, Silva returns to form
- In the series preview on Monday I said C.C. Sabathia was a bad match up for the Twins offense right now, and that certainly proved true on Wednesday night. The game started after a 30 minute rain...
- Slowey making a case
- Kevin Slowey turned in another good performance Tuesday night in making a case for that open rotation spot.
- It wasn't all bad
- For a 15-7 loss, there’s still some positive things that can be taken from the game. For the second straight game, the Twins offense was able to put some runs on the board. Michael Cuddyer gave...
- Series preview - Cleveland Indians, take 2
- The Twins have ridded themselves of one problem in Sidney Ponson, but there are still many more. Joe Mauer is still out for at least another week and despite Sunday’s breakout performance, the...
- 7 RBIs for Torii Hunter
- The bats woke up from their slumber on Sunday night and salvaged one game in the Detroit series. Torii Hunter led the offense with 7 RBIs on 2 homers and a double. The 7 RBIs were a career best for...
- Ponson is out
- Sidney Ponson’s stint with the Twins appears to be over. He has been designated for assignment to AAA Rochester and Garret Jones will be called up to replace the active roster...
- Falling fast
- The Twins lost their 4th straight game on Saturday and dropped 2 games under .500 and 6.5 games behind division leading Detroit. The Twins also have now lost 4 straight series and have just 2 wins to...
- Santana loses at home
- Johan Santana lost his third game of the season in the dome after coming into the season with almost 2 years without a loss at home. Johan certainly pitched well enough to get a win on most days, but...
- Series preview - Detroit Tigers, take 2
- The Twins and Tigers will be shown on National TV for two of the three games. They’ll be on FOX Saturday baseball and then will be the Sunday night game on ESPN. The Tigers will come into the...
- Offense still missing
- The Twins have now been shut out twice in their last six games and have averaged just 2.5 runs/game over that same span. Coming into the season, it was thought that the success or failure of this team...
- Morneau walks off in victory
- Justin Morneau gave the Twins an early lead on Tuesday night with a solo home run in the second inning. The Twins saw that lead vanish in the third and then a Boof Bonser throwing error allowed 3 runs...
- Series preview - Chicago White Sox, take 2
- The Twins and White Sox had their first meeting in early April shortened to two games because the White Sox bullpen was tired of cold weather. The two teams ended up splitting the low scoring series....
- Twins drop finale to Boston
- The big news in baseball on Sunday was the return of Clemens to baseball and the Yankees. In Minnesota, the Yankee’s main rival, the Red Sox, were taking care of business against the struggling...
- It was a win, but...
- The Twins gave Julian Tavarez the best start of his season on Saturday night, but still managed to win the low-scoring game 2-1. Johan Santana allowed 1 run, but was forced out after just five innings...
- Shut down by Wakefield
- The Twins failed to score a run against Tim Wakefield and the Boston bullpen of J.C. Romero, Brendan Donnelly and Jonathon Papelbon. The story Friday night wasn’t so much about missed...
- Series preview - Boston Red Sox
- The Twins have had an up-and-down past couple of weeks. They struggled against KC and Cleveland before looking pretty good last weekend against Detroit. They went on to lose the final two games of the...
- Nathan blows a save in crazy loss
- This was a game I only saw bits and pieces of, and I missed the 9th and 10th innings, so I’ll definitely have to go back and watch the archived game from MLB.tv. From what I hear the roof of...
- Ponson still in
- The Devil Rays completely gave this game to the Twins with an inning of the worst defense I may have ever seen at the major league level. After the Twins produced a couple runs in the first, they...
- Series preview - Tampa Bay, take 2
- The Twins and D-rays split a 4-game set in their first meeting at the Metrodome early in the year. The Twins were lucky to escape with one of the wins as they relied on a top of the ninth inning brain...
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