Twins Have The Injury Bug Heading Into Tonight’s Game

The Twins are fighting injuries in a big way right now.

Of course it all started with Joe Nathan undergoing season-ending surgery before the season even started.

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Then of course the other big one is Justin Morneau who has been out of action for nearly 2 months now because of the effects of . . . → Read More: Twins Have The Injury Bug Heading Into Tonight’s Game

Justin Morneau is Not Going To Chicago

The Twins were hoping that Justin Morneau would travel to Chicago with the team to take on-field batting practice for the next couple of days before heading to a short AAA stint to get back into playing shape.

It turns out that’s not going to happen now.  Instead Morneau is going to keep working out at Target . . . → Read More: Justin Morneau is Not Going To Chicago

Justin Morneau is Improving

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Justin Morneau has been on the DL since July 7th with concussion issues.  The team was hoping that he was starting to show improvement last

weekend, but then things seemed to spin the wrong way.  After trying to work out with the team last weekend Morneau started to feel worse.

However, it was good to . . . → Read More: Justin Morneau is Improving

Gardenhire: Blackburn Likely To Go To AAA, Punto To DL

I was just listening to 1500 ESPN online, and they were interviewing Ron Gardenhire.

A couple news tidbits, he mentioned that Nick Punto’s injury is more than just a cramp in his leg, and he’ll likely have to go to the DL.

Gardy also mentioned that he thinks Nick Blackburn needs to be getting some starts, so he . . . → Read More: Gardenhire: Blackburn Likely To Go To AAA, Punto To DL

Some Interesting Stats about the last 4 Twins Games

The Twins Have Had An Offensive Awakening

In the last four games, the Minnesota Twins offense has been on fire.  It has been incredible!  In the last two games of the Baltimore Orioles series and the first two games of the Kansas City Royals series, the Twins have scored 47 runs off of 72 hits.  . . . → Read More: Some Interesting Stats about the last 4 Twins Games

Twins take 2 of 3 in Oakland

Twins win 2 out of 3 against A’s
Game 1 Score: Twins 5 – Athletics 4
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W: Guerrier (1-1)
L: Bailey
S: Rauch (14)

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The Twins came out swinging Friday night, but it took extra innings to put the Athletics away.  Scott Baker started the game for the Twins, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits and a walk . . . → Read More: Twins take 2 of 3 in Oakland

The Twins Drop 3 of 4 to the Mariners

Twins Lose 3 out of 4 in Seattle

Minnesota had a rough trip to Seattle this week, winning the first game then dropping 3 in a row to the Mariners.  The Twins seemed to have struggle scoring in those last 3 games, only getting 1 run in each of them.  Luckily for the Twins the . . . → Read More: The Twins Drop 3 of 4 to the Mariners

Jason Kubel Tries To Show Teammates That Yankees Aren’t Unbeatable

The Twins Avoid Being Swept By The Yankees

Once again the Twins play a series with the Yankees, and just like the last one, they had to win the final game to avoid being swept.  The Twins have some kind of mental block when it comes to playing New York.  I listened to some analysts . . . → Read More: Jason Kubel Tries To Show Teammates That Yankees Aren’t Unbeatable

Justin Morneau: Great Hitter, But Is He Clutch?

Justin Morneau is having a great start to this season.  So far, he’s leading the American League in batting average, hitting at .381, he leads the AL in On Base Percentage at .497, he leads the AL in Slugging Percentage at .697, he’s second in the AL in walks taken with 36, he’s tied for 5th . . . → Read More: Justin Morneau: Great Hitter, But Is He Clutch?

The Twins Win Their First Interleague Series

The Twins Beat The Brewers in 2 of 3 Games

The Twins played in their first interleague series of the year.  They had a three game series against the Milwaukee Brewers in Minneapolis over the weekend.  The Twins took two of them, but like most of their other series wins this year, were not able . . . → Read More: The Twins Win Their First Interleague Series

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