The Minnesota Twins, based in Minneapolis, Minn., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League Central Division. The Twins were founded as the Washington Senators in 1901.
KANSAS CITY — The Twins came into Monday night's contest against the Royals feeling like they might finally be putting together the quality stretch of baseball they've been searching for all season. Having won the first two series of the nine-game road trip in Milwaukee and St. Louis, the club was just one victory away [...]
ST. LOUIS — It took Francisco Liriano 117 pitches to get through five innings in his last start for the Twins in Milwaukee. After five innings on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium, he had thrown only 62. The Twins lefty looked like a different pitcher against the Cardinals, pounding the strike zone and giving up [...]
ST. LOUIS — Kevin Slowey finally found out what the rest of the National League has known for a while: Albert Pujols is pretty darn good. The slugger hit a pair of two-run homers off Slowey in his first two at-bats as the Twins fell to the Cardinals, 5-3, on a hot and muggy Saturday [...]
ST. LOUIS — Nobody would have questioned it if Twins closer Joe Nathan had pitched around Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols in the ninth inning of the Twins' 3-1 win over the Cardinals on Friday night. With a runner at second, no outs, and the Twins leading by two, Pujols stepped to the plate against Nathan [...]
MILWAUKEE — It's sometimes easy to overlook the importance of a good leadoff hitter and to not appreciate their impact until that tablesetter is somehow missing. On Thursday afternoon, the Twins saw just what having their regular leadoff man back in the lineup could do for their offense. In his first game back after spending [...]
MILWAUKEE — It had been over a decade since the last time a Twins pitcher had thrown two complete games in a row. But for Nick Blackburn, his rare feat seemed to be the last thing on his mind following his latest start. That's because what looked like a sure win for the Twins on [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]
MILWAUKEE — Playing inside the Metrodome may not allow the Twins to enjoy some of the beautiful summer days in Minnesota, but it does provide the club with one guarantee — a climate-controlled environment where the game-time temperature is always around 70 degrees. That's not the case on the club's current road trip, where the [...]
MILWAUKEE — It had been a little over six weeks since Francisco Liriano had added a "W" to his win column, and on Tuesday night it appeared that perhaps one batter might keep him from recording one yet again. On a night when the offense had given him a four-run lead by the end of [...]
Now it is out there, for the entire world to see: Jason Bay's clutch at-bats. Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging mayhem. Kevin Slowey painting the strike zone. Adam Lind's doubles. Chad Billingsley ahead in the count. Prince Fielder's patience and power. Erick Aybar's magnificence at shortstop. Live Major League Baseball games in the palm of your hand, [...]