Twinkie Town 33 mins ago
Twinkie Town Talk: White lies edition
ITS FINALLY FRIDAY!!!! In case you missed it Playing Toronto sucks, lets not do that again. Oh, we have no choice. Darnit. Anyway, Twins lost. Around Twins territory As if it’s not bad enough for the Yankees to beat us up and take our dignity, now they’re trying to take one of our most treasured nicknames. Bench coach Derek Shelton is a big part of the success that Rocco Baldelli has found early in his run as the Twins rookie skipper. Best ERA in professional baseball? The Pensacola Blue Wahoos! Best team ERA in baseball (all levels) leader board:1. Pensacola Blue Wahoos 1.622....
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 13 hours ago
Harper continues to put up scoreless innings for Twins
The Twins righthander threw three scoreless innings on Thursday and has not given up an earned run this season
Twinkie Town 15 hours ago
Blue Jays 7, Twins 4: Let’s never play Toronto again
Please The Blue Jays came to Minnesota as one of the worst hitting teams in baseball. Well, apparently the panacea to all offensive problems is Twins pitching. Starter Michael Pineda let the Jays on the board really early by giving up a 2 out dinger to Randal Grichuk, but appeared to still be pitching pretty well and had a 1-2-3 2nd. The Twinkies would respond in the bottom of said inning when Eddie Rosario dinged a dong of his own to lead off. C.J Cron struck out, but then Marwin Gonzalez Marwalked. Willians Astudillo sent him to third with a swing that looked like a man tripping down a...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 16 hours ago
Grichuk, Smoak, Hernandez hit HRs, Blue Jays top Twins 7-4
Randal Grichuk, Justin Smoak and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Thursday.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 16 hours ago
Twins fall to Toronto as Michael Pineda gets knocked out in five-run fourth inning
The Blue Jays rallied from an early 3-1 deficit and won their third game of the four-game series at Target Field in front of another sparse crowd.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 19 hours ago
Willians is behind the plate today as the Twins face Toronto
The Twins need a win today to split the four-game series against the Blue Jays
Minneapolis Star-Tribune 19 hours ago
Willians Astudillo is behind the plate today as the Twins face Toronto
Willians Astudillo is getting his third start behind the plate today as the Twins face the Blue Jays. All three starts have been with Michael Pineda on the mound.
Twinkie Town 19 hours ago
Game 16: Blue Jays at Twins
Twins look to split the series with Toronto First Pitch: 12:10 PM Radio: TIBN Television: FSNO Know Thine Enemy: Bluebird Banter Baseball. Today's Lineups BLUE JAYS TWINS Eric Sogard - 2B Max Kepler - RF Freddy Galvis - SS Jorge Polanco - SS Randal Grichuk - CF Nelson Cruz - DH Justin Smoak - DH Eddie Rosario - LF Teoscar Hernandez - LF C.J. Cron - 1B Rowdy Tellez - 1B Marwin Gonzalez - 3B Brandon Drury - 3B Willians Astudillo - C Billy McKinney - RF Jonathan Schoop - 2B Danny Jansen - C Byron Buxton - CF
Twinkie Town Apr 18, 2019
Twinkie Town Talk: The Bullpen Edition
In case you missed it Ten years ago, Jason Kubel hit a grand slam for the cycle TWINS WIN!!! They stopped the skid by beating the Blue Jays 4-1 Elsewhere in Twins Territory Ryne Harper is impressing with his pitching out of the Twins bullpen The stats from the bullpen are deceiving though. In other words, SSS Blake Parker is still working on refining his splitter, so hopefully we see him get into form soon. Around baseball The Royals and White Sox sparked the latest battle in the war over bat flips. Maybe the MLB will just suspend both teams for the rest the year? On second...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Apr 18, 2019
Odorizzi: I'm the bad-weather guy
Twins righthander Jake Odorizzi, whose four starts have all come in cold or rainy weather, says after Wednesday's 4-1 win over Toronto that he has learned how to deal with adverse conditions.
Twinkie Town Apr 18, 2019
Twins 4, Blue Jays 1: An all-around team win
Polanco and Cruz keyed the Twins’ offense while Odorizzi bounced back One of the keys to a playoff-worthy season is to avoid getting swept in three and four-game series. And on Wednesday night, the Twins ensured that a sweep wouldn’t be an option. After a pair of hard-luck losses — a two-run, bullpen-blown game on Monday and a comeback thwarted not once but twice in a one-run loss on Tuesday — the Twins jumped out in front by a score of 2-1 in the first inning and held on for dear life while gradually growing their lead. One week after his control collapse in New York against the...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Apr 17, 2019
Cruz drives in 2 to help Odorizzi, Twins beat Blue Jays 4-1
Nelson Cruz had two hits and two RBIs for Minnesota, helping Jake Odorizzi and the Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 following a 54-minute rain delay Wednesday night.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Apr 17, 2019
Twins wait out the rain, then beat Toronto 4-1
After a 54-minute delay at soggy Target Field, Nelson Cruz and Marwin Gonzalez helped the Twins break their two-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Apr 17, 2019
Derek Shelton's return to Twins is big help to new manager Rocco Baldelli
Bench coach Derek Shelton's long friendship with new Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was a key factor in agreeing to come back.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Apr 17, 2019
Twins plan to wait out tonight's rain, play game vs. Jays as scheduled
Steady rain is falling at Target Field, but skies are expected to clear up soon.
