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Game Time: 6:05 PM (CT) Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Opponent: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

The Twins played their 10th 1-run game since the All-Star break (a remarkable 36% of 28 games played since then) on Saturday night and this time the result was another disappointing loss. They're 5-5 in such games, which isn't so horrible, but you can't help but wonder where that record would be with a league-average offense? 7-3? 8-2?

Apologies for the late game recap, Late nights caught up with me and I didn't get the time or energy to write this last night.

Less than a week ago it looked like the Twins' season was turning around. They had won 5 straight and 8 out of 9 and were slowly closing the gap between them and the division leading Indians. Now they've suddenly lost 4 straight on their west coast road trip as their offense has managed just 6 runs in the four games. They've had two complete games thrown against them. One came on Saturday by Joe Blanton and most recently on Tuesday night against Kelvim Escobar.

The Twins will continue their short west coast swing with a 3-game set in Anaheim to face the Angels. The Twins will send out 3 starters who have a combined 58 career starts at the big league level. They will match up like so:

MLB's globalization efforts are turning baseball into a year event. March brought us the World Baseball Classic and November will see the inaugural Japan All-Star Series featuring a team of MLB "All-Stars" against Japan's best players. Taking a look at the MLB roster, it's clear that the term All-Star might be an exaggeration, but what more can you expect after a long regular season has just ended?