The Twins have reached one year contracts with two of their three arbitration eligible players today. Francisco Liriano agreed to a one year $5.5M contract and Glen Perkins agreed to a $1.55M contract. Perkins gets a hefty raise from the $700K he made last season after putting up career numbers going 4-4 with a 2.48 …
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Baker returns to DL, Kevin Slowey recalled
Scott Baker once again was put on the 15 day DL with a strained right flexor muscle in his elbow. Baker was already on the DL for a few weeks with this same injury in late June and July. To take Baker’s place in the rotation, Kevin Slowey has been called up from AAA Rochester. …
Twins blast Giants
The Twins have a monster first inning to get by Giants. They managed 8 straight hits and 8 total runs in the first inning. From there it was smooth sailing for Pavano as he went 8 innings allowing only 2 runs on 9 hits. It was a lot of firsts in a while for Minnesota …
Twins keep rolling, sweep White Sox
It may have been a rain shortened series with the Sox but that doesn’t change the fact that the Twins swept them out of Minnesota. The Twins have continued their June pitching dominance (best in the league for the month) and had Blackburn go 8 strong innings before Capps came on for his 9th save …
Casilla’s walk-off lifts Twins 5-4
Alexi Casilla became the hero as he hit a single with 2 outs in the 9th inning scoring Luke Hughes and winning the game in walk-off fashion. Nick Blackburn started the game for the Twins going 7 1/3 innings allowing 10 hits and 4 runs, 2 of them earned. He also had one walk with …
Twins win 6-0, sweep Royals
It is a sad state of affairs when a sweep of the Royals have Twins’ fans excited. Duensing managed 8 scoreless innings and had Matt Capps come in the 9th to complete the shutout. Jason Repko was the standout performer collecting half of the Twins’ RBIs with another 2 coming from Matt Tolbert. This has …
Twins beat Royals, Win streak now at 3
The Twins have scored 20 runs in the last 3 games including 7 tonight with the help of another unsung hero. Alexi Casilla was 4 for 5 with 2 RBIs and a run. Last night it was Drew Butera adding run support and tonight fans got a glimpse of Casilla’s potential. Cuddyer also hit a …
Twins’ bats go silent as Mariners take series
Erik Bedard fans 4 Twins as he pitches 6 scoreless innings. From there the bullpen took over and held the lead with closer Brandon League coming in the 9th to get the save for his 12th of the season. Alexi Casilla was the only Twin to get more than 1 hit in the game. Just …
