Twins Top Sox With Big First Inning
Joe Mauer hit a two-run home run in the first inning to pace the Twins offense in a 7-5 win over the Chicago White Sox at Target Field. The Twins scored four first-inning runs and the bullpen held on for the win.
Joe Mauer hit a two-run home run in the first inning to pace the Twins offense in a 7-5 win over the Chicago White Sox at Target Field. The Twins scored four first-inning runs and the bullpen held on for the win.
Torii Hunter hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning against his old team Sunday in a 5-2 Tigers win over the Twins. The blast, off starter PJ Walters, was Hunter's 300th career homer
The Twins evened up a weekend series with the Detroit Tigers with a 6-3 win Saturday night at Target Field. Every hitter in Minnesota's lineup charted at least one hit in the victory.
Trevor Plouffe had a big game for the Twins in his return from the disabled list, going 3-4 with three RBI
The Twins fell 3-2 against the Phillies at Target Field Thursday night. Cliff Lee got the win for Philadelphia with seven strong innings.
The game was 1-0 in favor of Philly heading into the bottom of the seventh inning when Justin Morneau clubbed a two-run double that gave the Twins a 2-1 lead.
The Phils responde
The Twins topped the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 at Target Field Wednesday night. Clete Thomas drove in the game-tying run and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to secure the win.
Thomas finished the game 3-4, and Oswaldo Arcia was 4/4 with a double and three runs scored
The Twins topped the Washington Nationals 4-3 in 11 innings Saturday at Nationals Park. Ryan Doumit stayed hot for Minnesota in the win by going 2-5 and hitting the winning single in the eleventh.
Joe Mauer had a solo home run for the Twins, Brian Dozier knocked a run-scoring single and Josh Willingham scored after a ball hit by Justin Morneau was flubbed by first baseman Adam Laroche to account for the Twins' runs
The Minnesota Twins lost at the hands of the Kansas City Royals by a score of 7-3 Thursday night. The Twins lead 3-2 going into the 6th inning, but Mike Pelfrey surrendered the tying run on a Salvador Perez RBI single in the bottom of the 6th
The Twins fell to the Royals 4-1 at Kauffman Stadium. The win snapped an eleven game home losing streak for Kansas City.
The Twins jumped on Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie for a quick run in the first inning on a Josh Willingham RBI single, but the Royals scored three in the bottom of the opening inning and never looked back.
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The Twins defeated the Brewers in Milwaukee 6-3 Monday afternoon. Kevin Correia threw 6 innings with 7 hits and 3 earned runs allowed to get the win and improve to 5-4.
Minnesota Twins fans didn't mind the cold too much. They were at Target Field Monday for the earliest -- and maybe the chilliest -- Home Opener in club history. Alas, the Twins lost the opener, 4-2 to the Detroit Tigers.
Spring training hasn't started yet, but Carl Pavano is already in mid-season form.
The Twins Winter Caravan brought approximately 200 fans to Rivers Edge Convention Center in downtown St. Cloud. Twins relief pitchers Glen Perkins and Brian Duensing met fans, signed autographs and fielded questions.