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Twins win a dramatic one to beat Detroit

August 9, 2006 at 11:26 pm · Filed under Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie's lips, Boof, Castillo, Cuddyer, Gardenhire, Garza, Johan, Liriano, Mauer, Morneau, Rabe, Santana, Twins

Johan Santana was ace-like, throwing 7 strong innings, giving up just 4 hits with 3 runs. He walked 2 and struck out 10. Justin Morneau, though, was the hero of the day. He delivered a two-run homerun, his 30th of the year, in the top of the 8th to put the Twins ahead and put Santana in line for the win. Read the rest of this entry »

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Twins even series against Detroit

August 8, 2006 at 11:43 pm · Filed under Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie's lips, Baker, Bartlett, Boof, Castillo, Gardenhire, Garza, Johan, Liriano, Mauer, Nathan, Punto, Radke, Rodriguez, Santana, stadium, Twins, Tyner

Brad Radke had a better-than-quality start night last night, going 7 innings while giving up 9 hits and just 2 runs. Joe Mauer highlights the Twins’ offense, going 3-for-5 with a double and 2 RBIs. He raised his league-leading average to .367. Read the rest of this entry »

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Clutch hitting allows Twins to win

August 5, 2006 at 12:44 am · Filed under Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie's lips, Bartlett, Boof, Castillo, Crain, Cuddyer, Garza, Hunter, Johan, Mauer, Morneau, Nathan, Punto, Reyes, Rincon, Santana, Twins

It was 5-3, in favor of the Royals, heading into the top of the 9th. Their closer, Ambiorix Burgos, was brought in. His stats coming into the game: 51.2 IP, 31 ER, 10 HR, 27 BB, and 53 K. His stats after he was done pitching: 52.2 IP, 33 ER, 12 HR, 28 BB, and 56 K. Read the rest of this entry »

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Starting pitching fails, Twins lose second straight series

August 3, 2006 at 2:55 pm · Filed under Angelina Jolie's lips, Baker, Boof, Garza, Johan, Liriano, Radke, Santana, Tiffee, Twins

Sorry for the delay, the internet was bad again today. It doesn’t make me happy to report about games where the Twins flat out suck, so I’ll make today’s post short and simple. Read the rest of this entry »

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Twins scoreless against Rangers

August 1, 2006 at 10:44 pm · Filed under Angelina Jolie's lips, Baker, Bartlett, Boof, Castillo, Crain, Hunter, Kubel, Liriano, Mauer, Morneau, Neshek, Punto, Reyes, Rincon, Twins

Scott Baker pitched decent until he the start of the 4th, where, when it was all said and done, he gave up a grand slam and a solo homerun, among other things, to give the Rangers an 8-0 lead. My gut feeling is that he’ll be sent down to AAA, again. It’s not right to send players around so often, like the Twins have done with both Baker and Boof Bonser. They did it earlier this year with Jason Kubel and Jason Bartlett, and now look at ’em. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rare passed ball decides series. July 5th game

July 6, 2006 at 9:44 am · Filed under Boof, Crain, Lohse, Mauer, Neshek, Punto, Reyes, Rincon, Twins

The Twins were looking good going into the bottom of the 7th, but we used 3 relief pitchers in that inning and they all gave up a run. If you want to get technical, Juan Rincon gave up all the runs; but he inherited a runner of Crain‘s and a runner of Reyes‘, so they got charged with an ER. After Rincon intentionally walked Angel Berroa to load the bases (for force outs), a ball slowly went between Mauer‘s glove and the ground. The play was very, very close at the plate, and I didn’t even make my own personal decision on whether he was safe or not. My initial thought was that he was out, because it looked like Rincon did a good job of protecting the plate with his foot, but he was safe and they could hav ended the game right there. Read the rest of this entry »

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All good things must come to an end. July 4th game

July 4, 2006 at 11:16 pm · Filed under Boof, Eyre, Ford, Hunter, Kubel, Lohse, Mauer, Radke, Twins

Boof Bonser v. Jimmy Gobble. What a ring! Unfortunately, the Gobble rang louder tonight. Read the rest of this entry »

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Santana v. Marmol. June 24th, and Boof

June 24, 2006 at 10:54 pm · Filed under Boof, Johan, Mauer, Morneau, Santana

"Marmol gave up a homerun in his last start, so look for either Morneau, Kubel, or Cuddyer to get one tonight."

A couple people (you won't be named) said that that was too bland of a statement. Well, it's 1/3 of the lineup; and only 1/3 of the 1/3 of the lineup got one. Make of that what you will, that wasn't supposed to make sense.

Santana pitched 8 strong innings, giving up 5 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), and struck out 6. He really isn't a huge strike out pitcher this year. Take out his June 13th start against the BoSox (where he got 13 Ks) and he's gotten 32 Ks in the past 6 games (including tonight's). It's much more exciting to see him strike out 11 or 12, but as long as he keeps pitching well, I'll be happy.

Morneau went 3-for-4 last night, raising his average to .282. The month of June should be renamed the month of Justin. In 20 games this month, he's raised his average 42 points. He's gotten a hit in 16 of those games, and had multi-hit games 8 times. 9 HRs, 25 RBIs, and he's only struck out 13 times. Hopefully he can keep this tear going for the remainder of the month and into July.

Joe Mauer has cooled down, having his average drop 16 points over the last 10 games (not including Saturday night's game). He'll still have a decent season, and hopefully we can get him voted to the All-Star Game (vote Joe!).

I didn't watch Saturday night's game at all, I was at a grad party. I know the Twins won 3-0. Just looking at the box score, Twins didn't get any homeruns but Bonser pitched 6.1 innings w/out giving up a run. Nathan also got his 100th career save tonight, which is pretty cool for him, I guess. He just needs 225 more to get onto the all-time saves list.

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