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LanteriX · 04-09-2009, 03:16 AM

May 4th, 2009

Verlander Blanks Twins 4-0

Detroit (AP) - It seems Justin Verlander took a trip back down memory lane to find his good stuff for this one. Verlander was near impossible to make solid contact off and had his control show up today en route to a 8.1 IP scoreless performance. He scattered 8 hits, all singles, walked just 1 and Kd 7. The lone trouble he got into all game came in the 9th inning when he managed to get runners on the corners with 1 out, but Brandon Lyon would come in and promptly induce a double play ball from Jason Kubel to end the game.

Box Score

Code:

		1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
MIN		0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   1
DET		0   1   1   0   0   2   0   0   X   4   7   0

				Detroit Tigers

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Granderson, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.293
Ordonez, RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.194
Cabrera, 1B	4	1	1	2	0	3	.279
Sheffield, DH	3	1	2	1	0	0	.260
Guillen, LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.295
Polanco, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Laird, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.129
Everett, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.315
Inge, 3B	3	1	0	0	0	1	.171	
Batting Totals	30	4	7	4	0	6

BATTING
HR: Cabrera (10), Sheffield (7)
RBI: Ordonez (12), Cabrera 2 (16), Sheffield (15)
GIDP: Polanco, Guillen

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Verlander (W, 3-2)	8.1	8	0	0	1	7	2.51
Lyon (S, 7)		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
Pitching Totals		9.0	8	0	0	1	7

				Minnesota Twins

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Gomez, CF	2	0	0	0	1	1	.257
Escobar, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	.313
Nomar, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.306
Morneau, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.313
Cuddyer, RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.358
Kubel, DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	.287
Young, LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.273
Ross, C		3	0	1	0	0	0	.462
Punto, 2B	3	0	2	0	0	1	.244
Batting Totals	31	0	8	0	1	7

BATTING
SAC: Gomez
GIDP: Kubel

FIELDING
E: Garciaparra (2)

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Baker (L, 2-3)		6.0	7	4	3	0	4	5.75
Mijares			1.1	0	0	0	0	1	1.86
Timlin			0.2	0	0	0	0	1	5.87
Pitching Totals		8.0	7	4	3	0	6

LanteriX · 04-09-2009, 05:50 PM

May 5th, 2009

Twins Return the Favor, SO Tigers 3-0

Detroit (AP) - Well, there's an answer for you. After being shutout by Justin Verlander and the Tigers yesterday the Twins went ahead and shut the Tigers 3-0. Not only did they shut them out, but Francisco Liriano turned in an absolute gem on the mound. He carried a no hitter through 6 until it was broken up by Magglio Ordonez. Liriano improved to 4-0 with the win and went a total of 96 pitches over 7 innings giving up just 2 hits, 2 walks, and struckout a season-high 9. Jesse Crain picked up his 3rd hold of the season, and Joe Nathan slammed the door shut, striking out 2 in the 9th to pick up save number 6.

Armando Galarraga was a bit of a hard luck loser in this one. All 3 of the runs he allowed were unearned and came in the 3rd inning. He did, however, give up 9 hits so he wasn't particularly effective regardless. The Tigers bullpen combined to pitch four innings of scoreless relief between Seay, Rodney, and Dolsi to try and give their boys a chance to win but it was for naught.

The Twins improved to 17-10 with the win and are now 8-2 in their last 10, and 8-3 against AL Central opponents. They are now heading off for a short two game road trip to Baltimore. Kevin Slowey (2-1 3.79 ERA) will face Koji Uehara (1-0 4.66 ERA) followed by Glen Perkins (0-1 5.12 ERA) vs. Mark Hendrickson (1-4 8.57 ERA).

Box Score

Code:

		1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
MIN		0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   3   13  2
DET		0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1

				Detroit Tigers

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Granderson, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.291
Ordonez, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.196
Cabrera, 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.280
Sheffield, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.250
Guillen, LF	3	0	0	0	1	3	.285
Polanco, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.257
Treanor, C	4	0	0	0	0	3	.192
Everett, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.302
Inge, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.164
	
Batting Totals	32	0	4	0	2	12

BATTING
GIDP: Treanor

FIELDING
E: Everett

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Galarraga (L, 2-2)	5.0	9	3	0	1	3	3.63
Seay			1.0	1	0	0	0	0	5.09
Rodney			2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0.66
Dolsi			1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20
Pitching Totals		9.0	13	3	0	1	5

				Minnesota Twins

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Span, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.316
Escobar, SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	.307
Nomar, 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	.314
Morneau, 1B	3	1	3	0	1	0	.333
Cuddyer, RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.352
Kubel, DH	4	0	1	2	0	2	.285
Casilla, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.369
Norton, LF	4	0	3	0	0	0	.333
Redmond, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	.354
Batting Totals	35	3	13	3	1	5

BATTING
2B: Cuddyer
RBI: Cuddyer, Kubel 2
HBP: Span, Casilla
GIDP: Redmond

FIELDING
E: Escobar, Casilla

BASERUNNING
CS: Span

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Liriano (W, 4-0)	7.0	2	0	0	2	9	3.71
Crain (H, 3)		1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1.45
Nathan (S, 6)		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1.00
Pitching Totals		9.0	4	0	0	2	12

LanteriX · 04-09-2009, 07:10 PM

May 6th, 2009

Slowey Outduels Uehara, Twins Win 2-0

Baltimore (AP) - Offense has been awfully hard to come by the last few games the Twins have been in. Today was no different. Kevin Slowey and Koji Uehara locked themselves into a duel that last 6 innings of shutout ball before the Twins finally broke it up. Uehara had allowed just 3 hits heading into the 7th inning before giving up singles to Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel putting two on with 1 out. Alexi Casilla came through with a huge clutch double into the left centerfield gap scoring both runners and giving the Twins the only two runs scored in the ballgame.

Kevin Slowey, for the third consecutive start for him was dominant. He would throw 95 pitches over 8 innings allowing just 4 hits, walking 1 and striking out 4. He allowed just two runners in scoring position, both on doubles by Markaks and Wigginton. Obviously, both were stranded. The Twins elected to go to a fresh Joe Nathan to face the Orioles 1-2-3 batters in the 9th, as opposed to putting a tiring Slowey back out there, despite how sharp he was. Nathan did his job retiring the Orioles 1-2-3.

The Twins improve to 18-10 with the victory, and are now surprisingly 8-3 on the road while just 10-7 at home. They gained a little bit of ground in the division moving up to 2 games ahead of the Sox and Indians who are both at 16-12, with the Tigers right behind at 15-13.

Box Score

Code:

		1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
MIN		0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   2   7   0
BAL		0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0

				Baltimore Orioles

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Roberts, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.254
Markakis, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.349
Wigginton, DH	3	0	1	0	1	1	.279
Scott, LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.301
Mora, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.306
Jones, CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Gomez, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.296
Zaun, C		2	0	0	0	0	1	.225
a-Freel, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Izturis, SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.301	
Batting Totals	29	0	4	0	1	5

a - Batted for Zaun in the 8th. 

BATTING
2B: Markakis (3), Wigginton (4)
GIDP: Scott

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Uehara (L, 1-1)		6.1	6	2	2	2	1	4.33
Walker			1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.65
Johnson			1.2	1	0	0	0	3	2.81
Pitching Totals		9.0	7	2	2	2	5

				Minnesota Twins

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Span, CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.308
Escobar, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	.306
Cuddyer, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.347
Morneau, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.330
Young, LF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.274
Kubel, DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	.295
Casilla, 2B	3	0	1	2	0	0	.368
Redmond, C	3	0	0	0	0	2	.324
Punto, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.236
Batting Totals	31	2	7	2	2	5

BATTING
2B: Casilla (4)
RBI: Casilla 2 (9)
GIDP: Cuddyer

BASERUNNING
CS: Young (1)

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Slowey (W, 3-1)		8.0	4	0	0	1	4	3.09
Nathan (S, 7)		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.90
Pitching Totals		9.0	4	0	0	1	5

LanteriX · 04-10-2009, 01:04 AM

May 7th, 2009

Twins Sweep O's

Baltimore (AP) - The Twins completed a two game sweep of the Orioles today behind the bats of their two biggest run producers in Nomar Garciaparra and Justin Morneau. These two players are battling each other back and forth big time. It's starting to seem like every time one of them picks up an RBI the other one's right there matching it. This kind of competition is very good for a baseball team.

The Twins jumped all over Mark Hendrickson early putting up a 2 spot in the first inning on a two run home run by Nomar Garciaparra, his 5th homer of the season and 19th and 20th RBI. The Twins would then load the bases with just 1 out but two pop ups would get Hendrickson out of a huge inning. Yunel Escobar singled in a run in the top of the 2nd to extend the lead to 3-0. Hendrickson would settle down for the 3rd and 4th innings, but would give up another 2 run homer in the 5th inning, this time to Justin Morneau, his 4th of the year. That would be all for Hendrickson as he departed trailing 5-0.

Glen Perkins was touched for just one run in his outing and that was an RBI single by Luke Scott in the 6th inning. The win was his first of the season. He scattered 7 hits total, walking none and striking out 4. The Orioles would try to get back into it in the 9th off Philip Humber, but a 2 run home run from Zaun was all they would get, making the final 5-3. Guerrier and Breslow each pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

The Twins now get to head back home for a 6 game homestand with 3 against Seattle who they took 3 out of 4 from back in April, followed by an off day and then a 3 game set against the Tigers.

Pitching Probables vs. Seattle

Nick Blackburn (2-2 4.75 ERA) vs. Carlos Silva (0-4 8.37 ERA)
Scott Baker (2-3 5.75 ERA) vs. Felix Hernandez (2-2 3.40 ERA)
Francisco Liriano (4-0 3.72 ERA) vs. Erik Bedard (3-0 4.73 ERA)

Box Score

Code:

		1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
MIN (19-10)	2   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   5   12  1
BAL (11-18)	0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3   12  0

				Baltimore Orioles

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Roberts, 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	.254
Markakis, RF	5	0	2	0	0	1	.351
Wigginton, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.278
Scott, LF	4	0	2	1	0	1	.308
Mora, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.294
Salazar, DH	4	1	3	0	0	0	.367
Zaun, C		4	1	2	2	0	0	.240
Freel, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.375
Izturis, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	.299	
Batting Totals	37	3	12	3	1	4

BATTING
2B: Salazar (1)
3B: Salazar (1)
HR: Zaun (2)
RBI: Zaun 2 (12), Scott (16)
GIDP: Mora, Markakis

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Hendrickson (L, 1-5)	4.1	9	5	5	1	2	8.88
Liz			2.2	1	0	0	1	1	1.13
Baez			2.0	2	0	0	0	0	4.05
Pitching Totals		9.0	12	5	5	2	3

				Minnesota Twins

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Span, RF	4	1	0	0	1	1	.296
Escobar, SS	5	1	2	1	0	0	.310
Nomar, 3B	4	2	2	2	0	0	.323
Morneau, 1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	.323
Cuddyer, DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.342
Young, LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.276
Casilla, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.352
Gomez, CF	4	0	3	0	0	0	.282
Ross, C		4	0	1	0	0	0	.412
Batting Totals	36	5	12	5	2	3

BATTING
2B: Gomez (2), Escobar (8)
HR: Morneau (4), Garciaparra (5)
RBI: Morneau 2 (20), Garciaparra (20), Escobar (12)
GIDP: Garciaparra

FIELDING
E: Garciaparra (3)

BASERUNNING
SB: Span (5)
CS: Gomez (1)

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Perkins (W, 1-1)	6.0	7	1	1	0	4	4.54
Guerrier (H, 2)		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1.35
Breslow			1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2.53
Humber			1.0	2	2	2	1	0	3.60
Pitching Totals		9.0	12	3	3	1	4

onlybygrace · 04-10-2009, 02:20 PM

You're rollin'.

Keep it up.

LanteriX · 04-10-2009, 07:44 PM

May 8th, 2009

Big Day For Kubel Leads Twins to 6-2 Win

Minneapolis (AP) - Jason Kubel has been kind of quiet lately batting out of the 6 spot in the Twins batting order. He went ahead and let the fans know that he's still there today as his big game gave the Twins the victory. Kubel would drive in 4 runs on the evening, raising his season average to .304 in the process of that.

The Mariners got on the scoreboard first in the top of the 2nd on a sacrifice fly by Calix Crabbe going ahead 1-0. Blackburn would get the next two batters out without much trouble ending the inning. The Twins would answer right back in the bottom of the inning as Delmon Young led of the inning with a four pitch walk, followed by a 2 run bomb over the baggie in right field by Jason Kubel, just his second home run of the season to go ahead 2-1. They would extend the lead to 3-1 on what would basically be the game winning hit by Delmon Young in the fourth inning singling in Morneau, who led the inning off with a double.

Nick Blackburn worked himself into a spot of trouble in the 7th inning allowing one run to score on two hits and a hit batsman but managed to work himself out of a 1st and 3rd situation with only 1 out. He struck out Adrian Beltre with a 2-2 cutter, and got Branyan to roll one over to second base to end the inning and the trouble. The Twins would score 3 more in the bottom of the 8th, compliments of an error by Yuniesky Betancourt keeping the inning alive long enough for Kubel to drive in two. Mike Timlin closed the ballgame out with the 4 run lead in the 9th, striking out 2.

The Twins are now 4-1 on the season against the Mariners, and 20-10 overall on the season.

Box Score

Code:

		1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
SEA (16-14)	0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   9   1
MIN (20-10)	0   2   0   1   0   0   0   3   X   6   9   0

				Seattle Mariners

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Ichiro, RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.261
Betancourt, SS	5	0	2	1	0	1	.288
Beltre, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.193
Branyan, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.258
Griffey Jr, LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.276
Lopez, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.277
Clement, C	3	1	1	0	0	0	.227
a-Cedeno, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258
Chavez, DH	4	0	2	0	0	1	.146
Crabbe, CF	2	1	0	1	0	1	.240
Batting Totals	35	2	9	2	0	9

a - Batted for Clement in the 8th. 

BATTING
RBI: Crabbe (2), Betancourt (11)
HBP: Branyan, Crabbe
SF: Crabbe

FIELDING
E: Betancourt (7)

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Silva (L, 0-5)		5.0	4	3	3	2	1	7.85
Corcoran		1.0	1	0	0	1	2	2.39
Washburn		1.2	4	3	0	1	0	3.23
Aardsma			0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.84
Pitching Totals		8.0	9	6	3	4	3

				Minnesota Twins

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Gomez, CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.284
Escobar, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.308
Nomar, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	1	.313
Morneau, 1B	4	2	3	0	0	0	.351
Young, LF	2	2	1	1	2	0	.280
Kubel, DH	4	1	2	4	0	0	.304
Redmond, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	.316
Norton, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.296
Punto, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.228
Batting Totals	30	6	9	5	4	3

BATTING
2B: Morneau (7), Escobar (9)
HR: Kubel (2)
RBI: Young (16), Kubel 4 (15)
GIDP: Kubel, Norton

BASERUNNING
SB: Gomez (8)
CS: Gomez (2)

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Blackburn (W, 3-2)	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	4.34
Crain (H, 4)		1.0	1	0	0	0	2	1.35
Timlin			1.0	0	0	0	0	2	5.19
Pitching Totals		9.0	9	2	2	0	9

GoldenJet · 04-10-2009, 09:17 PM

Is your Bruins dynasty dead or are you just busy? Good job anyways with both your Twins and Bruins dynasties.

LanteriX · 04-11-2009, 03:47 AM

May 9th, 2009

Young, Dumb, and Full of..****ns, Delmon 3 R HR Propels Twins

Minneapolis (AP)- Another strong pitching performance by the Twins pitching staff and a 7th inning 3 run bomb by Delmon Young gave the red hot Twins another victory today, extending their season-high winning streak to 5 games. Young's home run was just his second of the season while his 3 RBI brought him to within 2 RBI of the team leader Justin Morneau at 21. Baker went 7 strong allowing just 2 runs to score on 8 hits and a walk. He improved to 3 and 3 with the victory.

Felix Hernandez struggled for the Mariners allowing 7 hits, 2 walks, and 3 runs, 2 earned over just 5 innings while striking out 3. David Aardsma gave up the aforementioned 3 run homer to Delmon Young in the 8th inning. Griffey homered, and Jose Lopez registered 3 hits in the loss.

Box Score

Code:

		1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E
SEA (16-15)	0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   3   10  1
MIN (21-10)	0   0   1   0   2   0   3   0   X   6   12  0

				Seattle Mariners

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Ichiro, RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.262
Betancourt, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.287
Beltre, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.186
Branyan, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.258
Griffey Jr, LF	4	2	2	1	0	0	.284
Lopez, 2B	4	1	3	0	0	0	.293
Clement, C	4	0	0	1	0	1	.217
Johjima, DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	.298
Crabbe, CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.41
Batting Totals	35	3	10	3	1	6

BATTING
2B: Betancourt (6)
HR: Griffey (4)
RBI: Griffey (12), Clement (10), Johjima (15)
GIDP: Ichiro

FIELDING
E: Beltre (2)

BASERUNNING
SB: Ichiro (10)
CS: Ichiro (4)

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Hernandez (L, 2-3)	5.0	7	3	2	2	3	3.43
Aardsma			1.1	4	3	3	0	0	1.99
Batista			1.2	1	0	0	1	2	1.20
Pitching Totals		8.0	12	6	5	3	5

				Minnesota Twins

BATTING		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Span, RF	4	1	0	0	1	1	.286
Escobar, SS	4	1	2	1	1	0	.314
Cuddyer, RF	5	2	3	1	0	0	.357
Morneau, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	.356
Young, LF	4	1	2	3	0	0	.287
Kubel, DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	.292
Casilla, 2B	3	0	2	0	1	0	.362
Redmond, C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.317
Gomez, CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.277
Batting Totals	33	6	12	6	3	5

BATTING
2B: Morneau (8), Cuddyer (6), Escobar (10)
HR: Young (2)
RBI: Morneau (21), Young 3 (19), Cuddyer (16), Escobar (13)
HBP: Gomez
SAC: Gomez, Redmond

FIELDING
E: Escobar (3)

BASERUNNING
CS: Casilla 2 (4)

PITCHING		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Baker (W, 3-3)		7.0	8	2	2	1	5	5.23
Mijares			1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.69
Guerrier		1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1.88
Pitching Totals		9.0	10	3	3	1	6

04-09-2009, 05:50 PM	#66
LanteriX MVP OVR: 15 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, CT Posts: 1,619	Re: Lan's Minnesota Twins (The Show 09) May 5th, 2009 Twins Return the Favor, SO Tigers 3-0 Detroit (AP) - Well, there's an answer for you. After being shutout by Justin Verlander and the Tigers yesterday the Twins went ahead and shut the Tigers 3-0. Not only did they shut them out, but Francisco Liriano turned in an absolute gem on the mound. He carried a no hitter through 6 until it was broken up by Magglio Ordonez. Liriano improved to 4-0 with the win and went a total of 96 pitches over 7 innings giving up just 2 hits, 2 walks, and struckout a season-high 9. Jesse Crain picked up his 3rd hold of the season, and Joe Nathan slammed the door shut, striking out 2 in the 9th to pick up save number 6. Armando Galarraga was a bit of a hard luck loser in this one. All 3 of the runs he allowed were unearned and came in the 3rd inning. He did, however, give up 9 hits so he wasn't particularly effective regardless. The Tigers bullpen combined to pitch four innings of scoreless relief between Seay, Rodney, and Dolsi to try and give their boys a chance to win but it was for naught. The Twins improved to 17-10 with the win and are now 8-2 in their last 10, and 8-3 against AL Central opponents. They are now heading off for a short two game road trip to Baltimore. Kevin Slowey (2-1 3.79 ERA) will face Koji Uehara (1-0 4.66 ERA) followed by Glen Perkins (0-1 5.12 ERA) vs. Mark Hendrickson (1-4 8.57 ERA). Box Score Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E MIN 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 13 2 DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Detroit Tigers BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Granderson, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Ordonez, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .196 Cabrera, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .280 Sheffield, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Guillen, LF 3 0 0 0 1 3 .285 Polanco, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .257 Treanor, C 4 0 0 0 0 3 .192 Everett, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Inge, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .164 Batting Totals 32 0 4 0 2 12 BATTING GIDP: Treanor FIELDING E: Everett PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Galarraga (L, 2-2) 5.0 9 3 0 1 3 3.63 Seay 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5.09 Rodney 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0.66 Dolsi 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.20 Pitching Totals 9.0 13 3 0 1 5 Minnesota Twins BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Span, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Escobar, SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 .307 Nomar, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 .314 Morneau, 1B 3 1 3 0 1 0 .333 Cuddyer, RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .352 Kubel, DH 4 0 1 2 0 2 .285 Casilla, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .369 Norton, LF 4 0 3 0 0 0 .333 Redmond, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .354 Batting Totals 35 3 13 3 1 5 BATTING 2B: Cuddyer RBI: Cuddyer, Kubel 2 HBP: Span, Casilla GIDP: Redmond FIELDING E: Escobar, Casilla BASERUNNING CS: Span PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Liriano (W, 4-0) 7.0 2 0 0 2 9 3.71 Crain (H, 3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1.45 Nathan (S, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 Pitching Totals 9.0 4 0 0 2 12

04-09-2009, 07:10 PM	#67
LanteriX MVP OVR: 15 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, CT Posts: 1,619	Re: Lan's Minnesota Twins (The Show 09) May 6th, 2009 Slowey Outduels Uehara, Twins Win 2-0 Baltimore (AP) - Offense has been awfully hard to come by the last few games the Twins have been in. Today was no different. Kevin Slowey and Koji Uehara locked themselves into a duel that last 6 innings of shutout ball before the Twins finally broke it up. Uehara had allowed just 3 hits heading into the 7th inning before giving up singles to Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel putting two on with 1 out. Alexi Casilla came through with a huge clutch double into the left centerfield gap scoring both runners and giving the Twins the only two runs scored in the ballgame. Kevin Slowey, for the third consecutive start for him was dominant. He would throw 95 pitches over 8 innings allowing just 4 hits, walking 1 and striking out 4. He allowed just two runners in scoring position, both on doubles by Markaks and Wigginton. Obviously, both were stranded. The Twins elected to go to a fresh Joe Nathan to face the Orioles 1-2-3 batters in the 9th, as opposed to putting a tiring Slowey back out there, despite how sharp he was. Nathan did his job retiring the Orioles 1-2-3. The Twins improve to 18-10 with the victory, and are now surprisingly 8-3 on the road while just 10-7 at home. They gained a little bit of ground in the division moving up to 2 games ahead of the Sox and Indians who are both at 16-12, with the Tigers right behind at 15-13. Box Score Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Baltimore Orioles BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Roberts, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Markakis, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .349 Wigginton, DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 .279 Scott, LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .301 Mora, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Jones, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Gomez, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Zaun, C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .225 a-Freel, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Izturis, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Batting Totals 29 0 4 0 1 5 a - Batted for Zaun in the 8th. BATTING 2B: Markakis (3), Wigginton (4) GIDP: Scott PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Uehara (L, 1-1) 6.1 6 2 2 2 1 4.33 Walker 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2.65 Johnson 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 2.81 Pitching Totals 9.0 7 2 2 2 5 Minnesota Twins BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Span, CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Escobar, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Cuddyer, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .347 Morneau, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .330 Young, LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Kubel, DH 4 1 2 0 0 1 .295 Casilla, 2B 3 0 1 2 0 0 .368 Redmond, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 .324 Punto, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Batting Totals 31 2 7 2 2 5 BATTING 2B: Casilla (4) RBI: Casilla 2 (9) GIDP: Cuddyer BASERUNNING CS: Young (1) PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Slowey (W, 3-1) 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 3.09 Nathan (S, 7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.90 Pitching Totals 9.0 4 0 0 1 5

04-10-2009, 01:04 AM	#68
LanteriX MVP OVR: 15 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, CT Posts: 1,619	Re: Lan's Minnesota Twins (The Show 09) May 7th, 2009 Twins Sweep O's Baltimore (AP) - The Twins completed a two game sweep of the Orioles today behind the bats of their two biggest run producers in Nomar Garciaparra and Justin Morneau. These two players are battling each other back and forth big time. It's starting to seem like every time one of them picks up an RBI the other one's right there matching it. This kind of competition is very good for a baseball team. The Twins jumped all over Mark Hendrickson early putting up a 2 spot in the first inning on a two run home run by Nomar Garciaparra, his 5th homer of the season and 19th and 20th RBI. The Twins would then load the bases with just 1 out but two pop ups would get Hendrickson out of a huge inning. Yunel Escobar singled in a run in the top of the 2nd to extend the lead to 3-0. Hendrickson would settle down for the 3rd and 4th innings, but would give up another 2 run homer in the 5th inning, this time to Justin Morneau, his 4th of the year. That would be all for Hendrickson as he departed trailing 5-0. Glen Perkins was touched for just one run in his outing and that was an RBI single by Luke Scott in the 6th inning. The win was his first of the season. He scattered 7 hits total, walking none and striking out 4. The Orioles would try to get back into it in the 9th off Philip Humber, but a 2 run home run from Zaun was all they would get, making the final 5-3. Guerrier and Breslow each pitched a scoreless inning in relief. The Twins now get to head back home for a 6 game homestand with 3 against Seattle who they took 3 out of 4 from back in April, followed by an off day and then a 3 game set against the Tigers. Pitching Probables vs. Seattle Nick Blackburn (2-2 4.75 ERA) vs. Carlos Silva (0-4 8.37 ERA) Scott Baker (2-3 5.75 ERA) vs. Felix Hernandez (2-2 3.40 ERA) Francisco Liriano (4-0 3.72 ERA) vs. Erik Bedard (3-0 4.73 ERA) Box Score Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E MIN (19-10) 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 12 1 BAL (11-18) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 12 0 Baltimore Orioles BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Roberts, 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .254 Markakis, RF 5 0 2 0 0 1 .351 Wigginton, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Scott, LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 .308 Mora, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Salazar, DH 4 1 3 0 0 0 .367 Zaun, C 4 1 2 2 0 0 .240 Freel, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Izturis, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Batting Totals 37 3 12 3 1 4 BATTING 2B: Salazar (1) 3B: Salazar (1) HR: Zaun (2) RBI: Zaun 2 (12), Scott (16) GIDP: Mora, Markakis PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Hendrickson (L, 1-5) 4.1 9 5 5 1 2 8.88 Liz 2.2 1 0 0 1 1 1.13 Baez 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 4.05 Pitching Totals 9.0 12 5 5 2 3 Minnesota Twins BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Span, RF 4 1 0 0 1 1 .296 Escobar, SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 .310 Nomar, 3B 4 2 2 2 0 0 .323 Morneau, 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0 .323 Cuddyer, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .342 Young, LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .276 Casilla, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .352 Gomez, CF 4 0 3 0 0 0 .282 Ross, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .412 Batting Totals 36 5 12 5 2 3 BATTING 2B: Gomez (2), Escobar (8) HR: Morneau (4), Garciaparra (5) RBI: Morneau 2 (20), Garciaparra (20), Escobar (12) GIDP: Garciaparra FIELDING E: Garciaparra (3) BASERUNNING SB: Span (5) CS: Gomez (1) PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Perkins (W, 1-1) 6.0 7 1 1 0 4 4.54 Guerrier (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.35 Breslow 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2.53 Humber 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 3.60 Pitching Totals 9.0 12 3 3 1 4

04-10-2009, 02:20 PM	#69
onlybygrace MVP OVR: 32 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: Lan's Minnesota Twins (The Show 09) You're rollin'. Keep it up.

04-10-2009, 07:44 PM	#70
LanteriX MVP OVR: 15 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, CT Posts: 1,619	Re: Lan's Minnesota Twins (The Show 09) May 8th, 2009 Big Day For Kubel Leads Twins to 6-2 Win Minneapolis (AP) - Jason Kubel has been kind of quiet lately batting out of the 6 spot in the Twins batting order. He went ahead and let the fans know that he's still there today as his big game gave the Twins the victory. Kubel would drive in 4 runs on the evening, raising his season average to .304 in the process of that. The Mariners got on the scoreboard first in the top of the 2nd on a sacrifice fly by Calix Crabbe going ahead 1-0. Blackburn would get the next two batters out without much trouble ending the inning. The Twins would answer right back in the bottom of the inning as Delmon Young led of the inning with a four pitch walk, followed by a 2 run bomb over the baggie in right field by Jason Kubel, just his second home run of the season to go ahead 2-1. They would extend the lead to 3-1 on what would basically be the game winning hit by Delmon Young in the fourth inning singling in Morneau, who led the inning off with a double. Nick Blackburn worked himself into a spot of trouble in the 7th inning allowing one run to score on two hits and a hit batsman but managed to work himself out of a 1st and 3rd situation with only 1 out. He struck out Adrian Beltre with a 2-2 cutter, and got Branyan to roll one over to second base to end the inning and the trouble. The Twins would score 3 more in the bottom of the 8th, compliments of an error by Yuniesky Betancourt keeping the inning alive long enough for Kubel to drive in two. Mike Timlin closed the ballgame out with the 4 run lead in the 9th, striking out 2. The Twins are now 4-1 on the season against the Mariners, and 20-10 overall on the season. Box Score Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SEA (16-14) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 1 MIN (20-10) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 6 9 0 Seattle Mariners BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Ichiro, RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Betancourt, SS 5 0 2 1 0 1 .288 Beltre, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .193 Branyan, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Griffey Jr, LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .276 Lopez, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .277 Clement, C 3 1 1 0 0 0 .227 a-Cedeno, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Chavez, DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 .146 Crabbe, CF 2 1 0 1 0 1 .240 Batting Totals 35 2 9 2 0 9 a - Batted for Clement in the 8th. BATTING RBI: Crabbe (2), Betancourt (11) HBP: Branyan, Crabbe SF: Crabbe FIELDING E: Betancourt (7) PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Silva (L, 0-5) 5.0 4 3 3 2 1 7.85 Corcoran 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 2.39 Washburn 1.2 4 3 0 1 0 3.23 Aardsma 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.84 Pitching Totals 8.0 9 6 3 4 3 Minnesota Twins BATTING AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gomez, CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .284 Escobar, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .308 Nomar, 3B 3 1 0 0 1 1 .313 Morneau, 1B 4 2 3 0 0 0 .351 Young, LF 2 2 1 1 2 0 .280 Kubel, DH 4 1 2 4 0 0 .304 Redmond, C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Norton, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Punto, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Batting Totals 30 6 9 5 4 3 BATTING 2B: Morneau (7), Escobar (9) HR: Kubel (2) RBI: Young (16), Kubel 4 (15) GIDP: Kubel, Norton BASERUNNING SB: Gomez (8) CS: Gomez (2) PITCHING IP H R ER BB SO ERA Blackburn (W, 3-2) 7.0 8 2 2 0 5 4.34 Crain (H, 4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 1.35 Timlin 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 5.19 Pitching Totals 9.0 9 2 2 0 9

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04-10-2009, 09:17 PM	#71
GoldenJet MVP OVR: 35 Join Date: Jul 2008 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Lan's Minnesota Twins (The Show 09) Is your Bruins dynasty dead or are you just busy? Good job anyways with both your Twins and Bruins dynasties. __________________ Regrets Aren't Something You Did, It's Something You Didn't Do 1000 posts achieved on December 21st,2008 at 2:26 p.m in the "birth of the Mighty Blazers" thread.

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