Carlos Silva pitched much better today against the Kansas City Royals, and Mike Redmond provided two hits and two RBI, as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-4 in a late morning match up. Carlos Silva pitched six innings, allowing three runs, on eight hits, striking out four and. . . more
In game two of the Twin-bil, Twins starter Scott Baker was so very dominant. Baker, who has pitched very well lately, went into the ninth inning, pitching a perfect game. Baker then walked the lead off batter, catcher John Buck, which broke up perfect game, and a one out single to pinch hitter Mike. . . more
The Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals played a double header yesterday, which resulted in a double Royal beating. Kansas City took game one 9-4. In game one, the Kansas City Royals delivered one of two Royal beatings. The Royals were able to score nine runs, on twelve hits, while leaving. . . more
Johan Santana stumbled in the first inning of the series finale against the division leading Cleveland Indians, in the Twins 4-3 loss. Johan Santana allowed four runs in the first inning against the Cleveland Indians in last night's series finale, then settled down to pitch a total of seven. . . more
The Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians battled to the end in last night's game. It took two Minnesota rallies, but they still fell short, losing 6-5 to the division leading Cleveland Indians. The Twins now find themselves 7.5 games back of first place, and must win tonight, to keep their post. . . more
Paul Byrd did it again to the Minnesota Twins, as he continued his dominance over their offense in an easy 8-3 victory last night at Jacobs Field. The loss has put the Twins in a must win situation, if they want to keep their playoff hopes alive. Paul Byrd has been a thorn in the side of the. . . more
The Minnesota Twins completed their first ever four game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles in easy fashion, winning 11-3 yesterday in Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Minnesota Twins ended Erik Bedard's nine game win streak, earned their first ever four game sweep over the Orioles, and tied their. . . more
The Twins finished off a sweep of the Orioles this afternoon with an 11-3 victory. The offense again showed up to play, and again had at least one homerun. Scott Baker ran into a little trouble in the third and fourth innings, but allowed no runs outside of that. With the win, they extended their. . . more
Torii Hunter hit a three-run blast over the left field fence n the top of the sixth inning, helping boost the Minnesota Twins over the Baltimore Orioles 8-1. What a great ball game for the Twins last night. A nearly two-hour rain at Camden Yards did nothing to hurt the Twins chances in their 8-1. . . more
In his first outing after striking out a club record 17 batters, Johan Santana had a rough first inning, giving up three runs, on three hits, and two home runs. However, the Twins offense would not be denied, and made another late inning surge, en rout to a 7-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. . . more
Red Sox win first series at Metrodome in 7 years Paced by a 3-hit day from suddenly streaking rookie second baseman Dustin Pedroia and a strong start from Curt Schilling (W, 4-1), the Boston Red Sox (20-10, 1st in AL East) defeated the Minnesota Twins (16-15, 3rd in AL Central) by a score of 4-3.. . . more
2nd Straight Pitchers' Duel Goes to Twins The Minnesota Twins (16-14, 3rd in AL Central), behind strong pitching all the way around and timely hitting, defeated the Boston Red Sox (19-10, 1st in AL East) on Saturday by a score of 2-1. Johan Santana (W, 4-2) went only five innings but the bullpen,. . . more
Twins Can't Solve Wakefield or Stop Ortiz The Boston Red Sox (19-9, 1st in AL East) defeated the Minnesota Twins (15-14, 3rd in AL Central) by a score of 2-0 on Friday, behind a dominating performance by Tim Wakefield (W, 3-3) and one bad pitch taken advantage of by designated hitter David Ortiz.. . . more
The best way for a team to start their first road trip of the season is to face a pitcher who realistically shouldn't be in the Major Leagues. (It also helps knowing you won't have to face Johan Santana). Beginning this, his eleventh Major League season, Sidney Ponson has a career 80-96 record with. . . more
recent games <ListPages> order=New details=hide category=Game Recaps count=5 </ListPages> adopt a team What team do you follow? Become an ArmchairGM expert! The Texas Rangers needed to come out of Minnesota with a series win, and they delivered. They. . . more