Twins

[Gunner55]

  Just about every breaking pitch that Lopez threw yday was a hanger & got hit hard. It was easily his worst outing of the year.

[Gunner55]

Ryan only gives up 3 hits in 7 strong innings & the Twins hit 4 HR's while scoring 6 runs with 2 out to break the losing streak 10-0.

[dutchboy]

3-2 win today. Correa & Kepler go deep. Duran struggled in the 9th again but hung on.

[Gunner55]

Back to Target Field against the Rangers on Friday. Ober gets the start, 7:10 1st pitch.

[Steve-o]

Ugh.  6 1/2 games back of Cleveland. 

[Gunner55]

  Twins are 3-7 in their 10 games & Cleveland is 9-1.

[dutchboy]

Twins win 3-2 over Rangers. Bullpen dominate, Kirriloff homerun.

Afternoon game tomorrow.

[Gunner55]

Paddack today @ 1:10.

[dutchboy]

5-3 come from behind win.

[Gunner55]

Kirilloff had been struggling at the plate but looks to be coming around the last week or so. Good to see Sands pick up the bullpen by going a couple innings too. Royce Lewis had a single & a stolen base as the Saint's DH yday & is expected to play 3rd base today if he's feeling good. Lopez looks to rebound from his last start today @ 1:10.

[KEN W]

Royce Lewis started rehab yesterday in St. Paul. Playing as a DH for now. Out since first game of the season. The lineup could use him.

[dutchboy]

1:10 start vs the Royals this afternoon. Ryan on the mound.

Has Santana earned being kept on the roster when Lewis is ready? Or will it be a money thing since he is cheap? Miranda is flirting with hitting .300 how do you send him down? Or is it Larnach who goes and Santana stays to play first base?

[Gunner55]

I was thinking it might be Julien as he hasn't been hitting much lately & got moved to 8th. His strikeouts are up & his walks are down too, but then he had a couple hits yday. Was starting to think they were going to let that game slip away from them. Woods Richardson gets the ball today for a 6:40 start.

[KEN W]

Twins sent Funderburk down to St Paul and brought up Diego Castillo. But he was in NY playing for the Saints and didn't make to Minneapolis for the game yesterday. So they played 1 man short in the bullpen. But Ryan went a strong 7 innings and they didn't need the extra arm.

[dutchboy]

Good to hear Buxton leg out a triple. Legs must be feeling ok.

Twins win again. Ober tomorrow night.

[Gunner55]

  Nice play to throw the guy out to start the 9th.

[dutchboy]

Another 7-6 win to win the series 3 of 4 games. (2) Jeffers homeruns, Correa 3 run triple to erase a 4-0 deficit.

Duran escaped his own mess again. Houston is next in Houston.

[Gunner55]

A couple new faces out in the bullpen with Staumont & Alcala. Lookin like they both can help too.

[dutchboy]

A 6-1 drubbing of the Astro's last night. Lopez was on his game. Hopefully he has turned the corner.

Rocco continues with his crazy line-ups. Last night with Miranda batting 9th. I think when Lewis gets back they should let the pitcher hit and DH for Buxton who continues to do nothing.

Ryan starts a mid afternoon game today.

[Gunner55]

Provus & Morneau hinted yday that they think Lewis will join the team when they go out to play the NYY, which starts on Tuesday. The Saints are out there now & playing in Rochester, NY today, I think.

[dutchboy]

Being only able to listen to the Twins on radio I can't stress enough how much I miss Provus.

Atteberry just NEVER shuts up. It's constant useless banter. He is fairly good calling the game although Gladden corrected him a few times but really sucks between pitches.

[dutchboy]

Astro's hit 4 homeruns and beat the Twins. Ryan was not good today.

[dutchboy]

Twins win 4-3, take 2 of 3 in Houston. Miranda the hitting star today. Game tying homerun and go ahead double.

On to New York where Lewis should rejoin the team.

[KEN W]

Which means someone has to go down to the Saints.

Julien called into office after the game. Looks like he will be the one to go down. In a 5 for 40 slump since mid May.

[Gunner55]

That's what I read too, Ken. The pc I read said Margot & Farmer weren't far behind. For those of you without BSNOR, tomorrow's game is on TBS @ 6:05. NYY are 15-4 since they came to Target Field the middle of May.

[dutchboy]

New York is playing lights out right now. The best team maybe in all of baseball along with Philly.

1 win there will be a moral victory, 2 wins would be a minor miracle. Twins will have the added lift of Lewis coming back in some capacity so who knows.........

[KEN W]

If you get Bally Sports North, it will be blacked out on TBS.

[dutchboy]

Once again they can't muster more then 2 hits. Pretty much a trend now, if they face a quality pitcher on a team that can catch the ball they are in trouble. Good to have Lewis back.

Maybe they win today?   

[Gunner55]

Correa has 4 K's for the 1st time in his career. They were swinging at a lot of bad pitches yday. 

[dutchboy]

Paddack today?