Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Games 28-30
16-11 vs. 16-12

May 3rd, 7:05 ET
Game 28

Rich Harden 0-2 8.25 ERA 2.08 WHIP | Ubaldo Jimenez 3-0 2.00 ERA 1.19 WHIP

May 4th, 4:05 ET
Game 29

Mike Pelfrey 3-2 5.02 ERA 1.64 WHIP | Josh Tomlin 3-2 3.66 ERA 1.28 WHIP

May 5th, 1:05 ET
Game 30

Cole De Vries 2-1 6.82 ERA 1.78 WHIP | Brett Myers 2-2 4.63 ERA 1.60 WHIP

Players to Watch

Jason Kipnis .327 AVG 5 HR 19 RBI | Nick Swisher .258 AVG 4 HR 19 RBI | Mike Aviles .321 AVG 3 HR 13 RBI

Series Notes
-Minnesota has a 0.5 game lead over Detroit and Cleveland with a 16-11 record
-Cleveland enters the series 16-12 trailing Minnesota by 0.5 game
-Justin Morneau is second in home runs (12) and fourth in runs batted in (30)
-Cleveland's Michael Bourn is on the Disabled List and will not play this series
-Minnesota's Freddy Sanchez will make his season debut starting at shortstop

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Congrats on holding onto first in the Central.

Tough luck with Gibson and Diamond but looks like maybe Meyer could be ready to make his MLB debut. Also looks like you got some options in the OF. Could we see a 2013 sighting of Buxton. Also excited to see what Sano can do in AAA.

With the season Morneau is having have you decided yet if you are going to commit to a extension or would you still trade him?

Looking forward to seeing what Freddy Sanchez can do for you.. I signed him and had him play 10 games at AAA Tacoma at SS where he hit over .400 before joining the M's for the playoffs and finishing the year as my SS and #9 hitter. Then in 2014 he was my IF UTL guy until I dealt him to the Twins as part of the Hicks/Plouffe deals.

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Congrats on holding onto first in the Central.

Tough luck with Gibson and Diamond but looks like maybe Meyer could be ready to make his MLB debut. Also looks like you got some options in the OF. Could we see a 2013 sighting of Buxton. Also excited to see what Sano can do in AAA.

With the season Morneau is having have you decided yet if you are going to commit to a extension or would you still trade him?

Looking forward to seeing what Freddy Sanchez can do for you.. I signed him and had him play 10 games at AAA Tacoma at SS where he hit over .400 before joining the M's for the playoffs and finishing the year as my SS and #9 hitter. Then in 2014 he was my IF UTL guy until I dealt him to the Twins as part of the Hicks/Plouffe deals.

I like a lot of my possibilities down in the minors. I'm interested to see what Sano and Kepler can do in AAA and we may see Buxton by the end of the year. I haven't made a decision with Morneau yet because it's still very early in the season. You'll just have to keep tuning in to see!

I like what Sanchez can bring to the table. I'm definitely using him at shortstop and sending Carroll down because he has just regressed so quickly (I've never understood that about this game.) I hope that offensively he fits in nicely as I'm still trying to piece together my 7-8-9 and leadoff hitting spots. It's very competitive still and hopefully it won't hurt our chemistry.

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Harden's Performance Leads Twins

Rich Harden had a great game last night to lead the Twins to victory.
By Aaron Ferguson
Cleveland, OH

With the Twins continuing their road trip, they needed a strong pitching performance to begin their series with Cleveland. Rich Harden provided that for Minnesota last night after pitching seven innings and allowing just two earned runs. The Twins won last night's game 6-2 and now hold a 1.5 game lead over the Indians and Tigers in the Central Division

The offense received a jump start in the third inning when the bottom of the order had two early hits in the inning. Both Parmelee and Dozier would come around the score to take a 2-0 lead. Harden would take care of the rest from there while the offense added four more runs to give the Twins a 6-2 lead. Both Fien and Roenicke pitched scoreless frames in relief of Harden to preserve his first win on the 2013 season.

Minnesota is looking for another good pitching performance from Mike Pelfrey in today's contest. The Indians will throw Josh Tomlin on the mound. The game will be on FOX for their game of the week.

Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
May 3, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (16-11)	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	11	0
Cleveland (16-12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	4
W: Rich Harden (1-2) L: Ubaldo Jiminez (3-1)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Freddy Sanchez	5	0	0	1	0	0	.000
CF Aaron Hicks	5	0	1	2	0	0	.283
C Joe Mauer	5	1	2	1	0	0	.310
1B Justin Morneau	5	0	1	0	0	0	.326
LF Josh Willingham	4	0	3	1	1	0	.350
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	0	1	0	0	1	.272
DH Josmil Pinto	4	1	1	0	0	0	.125
RF Chris Parmelee	4	2	1	0	0	0	.246
2B Brian Dozier	3	2	1	0	0	0	.257
TOTALS	39	6	11	5	1	1
BATTING 2B: Dozier (5), Plouffe (5) RBI: Hicks (17,18), Willingham (14), Mauer (9), Sanchez (1) HBP: Dozier GIDP: Mauer, Plouffe
BASERUNNING SB: Willingham (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Rich Harden (W, 1-2)	7.0	9	2	2	0	7	6.15
Casey Fien	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	5.90
Josh Roenicke	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1.42
TOTALS	9.0	10	2	2	0	7

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Jason Kipnis	4	0	2	0	0	1	.333
CF Michael Brantley	4	0	1	0	0	2	.220
1B Nick Swisher	4	0	1	0	0	1	.257
3B Mark Reynolds	4	0	0	0	0	2	.215
SS Asdrubal Cabrera	4	1	1	0	0	0	.303
C Carlos Santana	4	0	2	0	0	0	.247
DH Mike Aviles	4	1	1	1	0	1	.318
LF Ryan Raburn	4	0	2	0	0	0	.238
RF Drew Stubbs	4	0	0	1	0	0	.211
TOTALS	36	2	10	2	0	7
BATTING 2B: Brantley (6), Aviles (8), Cabrera (7) RBI: Stubbs (15), Aviles (14)
BASERUNNING SB: Kipnis (3)
FIELDING E: Cabrera (2), Smith (1), Albers (1), Kipnis (6)

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Ubaldo Jiminez (L, 3-1)	6.0	7	2	2	1	1	2.14
Matt Albers	0.1	1	4	0	0	0	3.37
Joe Smith	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	1.52
Hill	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	4.09
TOTALS	9.0	11	6	2	1	1

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Pelfrey Pitches Twins to Win

Mike Pelfrey goes seven, strong innings to earn a win.
By Aaron Ferguson
Cleveland, OH

Minnesota's starting pitching has looked great these past couple games. Yesterday was no exception as Pelfrey earned his second straight win. Pelfrey went seven innings allowing just one unearned run on three hits. Rookie, Ryan Pressly, closed the game with two scoreless innings and continues to look strong through his first three appearances.

The Twins offense was on fire yesterday afternoon. Freddy Sanchez went two-for-five with a home run and three runs batted in in the contest. Justin Morneau matched Sanchez's performance by going two-for-five with a home run and three runs batted in. Morneau is up to 13 home runs on the season which is only one behind Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder.

Minnesota continues to play well and looks to sweep the Indians today. Cole De Vries will be on the mound for the Twins and Brett Myers will go for the Indians.

Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
May 4, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (17-11)	0	0	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	8	14	1
Cleveland (16-13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	1
W: Mike Pelfrey (4-2) L: Josh Tomlin (3-3)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Freddy Sanchez	5	1	2	3	0	0	.200
CF Aaron Hicks	5	1	1	1	0	0	.279
C Joe Mauer	3	0	0	0	2	0	.302
1B Justin Morneau	5	1	2	3	0	0	.330
LF Josh Willingham	5	0	0	0	0	2	.333
3B Trevor Plouffe	5	2	3	0	0	1	.290
DH Josmil Pinto	5	0	2	0	0	0	.231
RF Chris Parmelee	4	1	1	0	0	0	.247
2B Brian Dozier	3	2	3	1	1	0	.290
TOTALS	40	9	14	8	3	3
BATTING HR: Morneau (13), Sanchez (1) RBI: Hicks (19), Morneau (31,32,33), Sanchez (2,3,4), Dozier (11)
FIELDING E: Pelfrey (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Pelfrey (W, 4-2)	7.0	3	1	0	5	4	4.04
Ryan Pressly	2.0	5	0	0	0	1	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	8	1	0	5	5

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Jason Kipnis	4	0	0	0	1	1	.321
CF Michael Brantley	4	0	1	0	1	0	.221
1B Nick Swisher	5	1	2	0	0	1	.265
3B Mark Reynolds	4	0	1	0	1	1	.217
SS Asdrubal Cabrera	5	0	1	0	0	1	.298
C Carlos Santana	3	0	1	1	0	0	.250
DH Mike Aviles	4	0	0	0	0	0	.308
LF Ryan Raburn	3	0	0	0	1	0	.231
RF Drew Stubbs	3	0	2	0	1	1	.226
TOTALS	35	1	8	1	5	5
BATTING 2B: Santana (3), Stubbs (2) RBI: Santana (9) SF: Santana
FIELDING E: Cabrera (3)

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Josh Tomlin (L, 3-3)	3.2	7	5	5	2	1	4.54
Scott Kazmir	2.1	4	2	2	1	1	5.40
Matt Capps	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	3.57
Vinnie Pestano	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.08
TOTALS	9.0	14	8	8	3	3

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Indians Avoid Sweep, Beat Twins

Two great pitching performances yielded to a 5-1 Indians win.
By Aaron Ferguson
Cleveland, OH

Cole De Vries looked great yesterday in trying to finish the series sweep of the Indians. Going six and two-thirds innings, he allowed just three earned runs on six hits. Cleveland's Brett Myers did him one better. Myers went seven innings allowing one earned run on four hits.

Josmil Pinto hit the ball hard all day off Myers, including his first career home run, but it wasn't enough to beat the Indians. Myers earned his 100th career win. Michael Tonkin gave up a rare two-run home run to Jason Kipnis late to give the Indians a nice 5-1 cushion.

Minnesota will travel to Boston for a four-game series with the Red Sox. Both teams lead their respective divisions. This will be the last series of the 10-game road trip for the Twins.

Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
May 5, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (18-11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
Cleveland (16-14)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	5	8	0
W: Brett Myers (3-2) L: Cole De Vries (2-2) S: Chris Perez (9)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Freddy Sanchez	4	0	1	0	0	0	.214
CF Aaron Hicks	4	0	0	0	0	1	.270
1B Justin Morneau	3	0	2	0	1	0	.340
LF Josh Willingham	3	0	0	0	1	1	.324
3B Trevor Plouffe	3	0	0	0	1	2	.281
C Josmil Pinto	4	1	1	1	0	1	.235
DH Chris Colabello	4	0	1	0	0	0	.241
RF Chris Parmelee	2	0	0	0	2	0	.241
2B Brian Dozier	3	0	0	0	0	1	.278
TOTALS	30	1	5	1	5	6
BATTING HR: Pinto (1) RBI: Pinto (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Cole De Vries (L, 2-2)	6.2	6	3	3	0	6	6.32
Michael Tonkin	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	2.31
TOTALS	8.0	8	5	5	0	6

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Jason Kipnis	4	1	1	2	0	0	.318
CF Michael Brantley	4	0	1	0	0	0	.222
1B Nick Swisher	4	2	2	1	0	1	.274
3B Mark Reynolds	4	1	1	2	0	1	.219
SS Asdrubal Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	0	.296
C Carlos Santana	3	0	0	0	0	0	.242
DH Mike Aviles	3	0	1	0	0	1	.309
LF Ryan Raburn	3	0	0	0	0	2	.223
RF Drew Stubbs	3	1	1	0	0	1	.229
TOTALS	32	5	8	5	0	6
BATTING 2B: Cabrera (8) HR: Kipnis (6), Reynolds (6), Swisher (5) RBI: Kipnis (20,21), Reynolds (13,14), Swisher (20) HBP: Santana
BASERUNNING SB: Aviles (6)

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Brett Myers (W, 3-2)	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	4.07
Vinnie Pestano (H, 5)	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	1.88
Chris Perez (S, 9)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23

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Games 31-34
18-12 vs. 19-13

May 6, 7:10 ET
Game 31

Vance Worley 2-2 5.23 ERA | Franklin Morales 1-2 7.76 ERA

May 7, 7:10 ET
Game 32

Kevin Correia 2-1 4.54 ERA | Clay Buchholz 3-1 3.00 ERA

May 8, 7:10 ET
Game 33

Rich Harden 1-2 6.16 ERA | Felix Doubront 2-1 3.62 ERA

May 9, 7:10 ET
Game 34

Mike Pelfrey 4-2 4.04 ERA | Jon Lester 4-1 3.59 ERA

Players to Watch

Jacoby Ellsbury .277 AVG 8 HR 31 RBI | Will Middlebrooks .256 AVG 6 HR 15 RBI | Jackie Bradley Jr. .368 AVG 2 HR 14 RBI

-Jacoby Ellsbury is not signed for next year with the Red Sox. He's trying to continue to prove he deserves a big pay-day.
-Will Middlebrooks has seen his average lower than he likes, but he's hitting for more power than last season.
-Jackie Bradley Jr. is the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year with a .368 avg and showcasing all aspects of his game.

Series Notes
-Minnesota enters the series 18-12 with a half-game lead over the Tigers
-Boston enters the series 19-13 with a one-game lead over the Rays
-Justin Morneau is second in the league in home runs (13) and fourth in runs batted in (33)
-Boston's offense is ranked second in home runs (52) and third in runs (163)
-Minnesota is ranked second in average, hitting at a .284 mark

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Red Sox Walk-Off

Both offenses showcased their talents, but Boston pulled out a 7-6 win.
By Aaron Ferguson
Boston, MA

Vance Worley was looking to bounce back from a poor start in his last outing, however Boston's high-powered offense negated that from happening.

Worley was given a four-run lead heading into the bottom of the third when Worley gave up five runs to give the Red Sox a 5-4 lead through three innings. Boston added another run to their lead in the fourth to control the game by two runs.

Minnesota would score another run off of Franklin Morales in the fifth to bring the lead down to 6-5. Trevor Plouffe would hit his second home run of the game in the sixth inning to tie the game. Both bullpens took control of this game for the rest of the evening.

In the bottom of the ninth, Samuel Deduno allowed a leadoff single to Jacoby Ellsbury. Following Jacoby's single, was Dustin Pedroia who would strike out. With one out and the infield in, David Ortiz would get a 3-2 fastball that he pulled just past Josmil Pinto's glove at first base and Ellsbury would come home to score the game-winning run.

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
May 6, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (18-12)	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	9	0
Boston (19-13)	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	12	0
W: Andrew Bailey (3-0) L: Samuel Deduno (0-1)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Darin Mastroianni	4	1	1	1	0	0	.273
CF Aaron Hicks	4	0	0	0	0	2	.260
C Joe Mauer	4	1	2	1	0	0	.309
DH Justin Morneau	3	1	1	2	1	0	.339
LF Josh Willingham	4	0	0	0	0	1	.311
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	2	3	2	0	0	.300
1B Josmil Pinto	4	0	0	0	0	1	.190
2B Brian Dozier	4	0	1	0	0	1	.276
SS Pedro Florimon	4	1	1	0	0	1	.267
TOTALS	35	6	9	6	1	6
BATTING 2B: Mauer (5), Florimon (3) HR: Morneau (14), Plouffe (6,7), Mastroianni (2) RBI: Mauer (10), Morneau (34,35), Plouffe (19,20), Mastroianni (6)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Vance Worley	5.0	9	6	6	2	4	6.00
Samuel Deduno (L, 0-1)	3.1	2	1	1	0	5	1.22
Caleb Thielbar	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	1.68
TOTALS	8.1	12	7	7	2	9

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Jacoby Ellsbury	5	3	4	0	0	0	.296
2B Dustin Pedroia	4	1	2	2	1	1	.253
1B David Ortiz	5	1	3	3	0	2	.271
DH Mike Napoli	3	0	0	0	1	2	.234
3B Will Middlebrooks	4	1	1	0	0	0	.255
SS Stephen Drew	4	1	2	1	0	0	.296
C David Ross	3	0	0	1	0	1	.217
LF Jackie Bradley Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	1	.351
RF Shane Victorino	4	0	0	0	0	2	.195
TOTALS	36	7	23	7	3	9
BATTING 2B: Drew (9) 3B: Ellsbury (2), Drew (1) HR: Ortiz (7) RBI: Ortiz (15,16,17), Pedroia (21,22), Ross (8), Drew (13) SF: Ross
BASERUNNING SB: Ellsbury (5,6,7), Pedroia (6)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Franklin Morales	5.0	7	5	5	0	4	7.94
Junichi Tazawa (BS, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	2.94
Craig Breslow	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	3.13
Andrew Bailey (W, 3-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.71
TOTALS	9.0	9	6	6	1	6

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Man I swear I've posted in here before but I guess not, anyways..looks like you have the Twins off to a good start. Keep up the good work!

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Man I swear I've posted in here before but I guess not, anyways..looks like you have the Twins off to a good start. Keep up the good work!

Haha, you mentioned it earlier in your Reds chise that you've been a silent follower. We started off hot, but lately we've struggled to play .500 baseball. I hope we can pick it back up.

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Red Sox Roll Over Twins

Boston got a good performance from Clay Buchholz to beat the Twins 8-2.
By Aaron Ferguson
Boston, MA

Kevin Correia looked sharp early on in last night's contest. After allowing a leadoff walk to Jacoby Ellsbury, Correia got Dustin Pedroia to ground into a double play. It was smooth sailing from there as Corriea 8 consecutive hitters.

David Ortiz played a big factor in the win by hitting two more home runs. Ortiz's first came in the fourth inning after a leadoff double from Jacoby Ellsbury to give Boston a 2-0 lead. In the fifth, the Twins would get an RBI single from Chris Colabello to score Justin Morneau and cutting the lead to 2-1.

Boston would explode with a four-run fourth inning which began with a Will Middlebrooks home run. Clay Buchholz could pitch at ease from there with at least a five-run cushion for the remainder of the game. Daniel Bard would finish the game with a perfect ninth inning.

Minnesota will throw Rich Harden against Boston's Felix Doubrant in a critical game for the Twins. Minnesota has now lost three straight, dating back to Sunday's game against the Indians.

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
May 7, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (18-13)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	8	0
Boston (20-13)	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	X	8	12	1
W: Clay Buchholz (4-1) L: Kevin Correia (2-2)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Freddy Sanchez	4	0	0	0	0	1	.166
RF Chris Parmelee	4	0	2	1	0	1	.253
C Joe Mauer	4	0	1	0	0	1	.307
1B Justin Morneau	4	1	2	0	0	0	.345
LF Josh Willingham	3	0	0	0	1	1	.303
3B Trevor Plouffe	3	0	0	0	1	1	.291
DH Chris Colabello	4	0	2	1	0	0	.272
CF Darin Mastroianni	3	0	1	0	1	2	.276
2B Pedro Florimon	3	1	0	0	1	1	.254
TOTALS	32	2	8	2	4	8
BATTING 2B: Parmelee (6) RBI: Parmlelee (9), Colabello (2)
BASERUNNING SB: Florimon (2) CS: Mastroianni (6)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kevin Correia (L, 2-2)	5.0	7	6	6	0	5	5.35
Ryan Pressly	2.0	4	2	2	0	3	2.25
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54
TOTALS	8.0	12	8	8	0	8

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Jacoby Ellsbury	3	2	2	1	0	0	.304
2B Dustin Pedroia	3	1	1	2	0	1	.255
1B David Ortiz	4	2	3	3	0	0	.288
DH Mike Napoli	4	0	1	0	0	1	.235
3B Will Middlebrooks	4	2	2	1	0	1	.262
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	4	0	1	0	0	1	.222
SS Stephen Drew	4	0	1	1	0	1	.295
LF Jackie Bradley Jr.	4	1	1	0	0	0	.347
RF Jonny Gomes	3	0	0	0	0	3	.246
TOTALS	33	8	12	8	0	8
BATTING 2B: Ellsbury (7), Pedroia (5), Saltalamacchia (5), Middlebrooks (5) HR: Ortiz (8,9), Middlebrooks (7) RBI: Ellsbury (32), Ortiz (18,19,20), Pedroia (23,24), Middlebrooks (16), Drew (14) HBP: Ellsbury SF: Pedroia GIDP: Pedroia
BASERUNNING SB: Ellsbury (8), Bradley Jr. (5)
FIELDING E: Buchholz (2)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Clay Buchholz (W, 4-1)	8.0	8	2	2	4	7	2.88
Daniel Bard	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.31

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Twins End Streak, Bullpen Gets It Done

Minnesota's bullpen was able to keep Boston's offense to a minimum in a 8-7 win.
By Aaron Ferguson
Boston, MA

If offense wins games, it sure hasn't shown for the Twins this series, but tonight they scored eight runs and held onto the win.

Boston's offense ran out of steam in the later innings after scoring seven runs through seven innings. David Ortiz hit two more home runs against the Twins, which brings his total up to five in the series.

Trevor Plouffe has three home runs in this series after blasting a three-run home run off of Felix Doubront in the first inning. Minnesota would score four more runs in the sixth inning to take a 8-3 lead. That lead would eventually be cut down 8-7.

The Twins bullpen looked shaky with Casey Fien allowing two early runs, but he buckled down and set the tone for Burton and Perkins to throw scoreless frames. The Twins improve to 19-14 on the season and look to split the four-game set with the Red Sox tonight. It'll be no easy task as they have to face Jon Lester, who is 4-1 with a 3.59 earned run average.

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
May 8, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (18-14)	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	9	0
Boston (21-13)	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	7	11	0
W: Rich Harden (2-2) L: Felix Doubront (2-2) S: Glen Perkins (10)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Freddy Sanchez	5	0	0	0	0	0	.130
CF Aaron Hicks	4	1	2	0	0	0	.268
1B Justin Morneau	4	1	1	0	0	0	.342
LF Josh Willingham	4	2	2	1	0	2	.310
3B Trevor Plouffe	3	2	1	3	1	0	.292
DH Chris Colabello	4	0	1	0	0	0	.270
C Josmil Pinto	4	1	1	0	0	1	.200
RF Darin Mastroianni	4	1	1	2	0	0	.275
2B Brian Dozier	3	0	0	1	0	1	.265
TOTALS	45	8	9	7	1	4
BATTING 2B: Colabello (1) HR: Plouffe (8) RBI: Dozier (12), Plouffe (21,22,23), Willingham (15), Mastroianni (7,8) SF: Dozier
BASERUNNING SB: Hicks (17), Willingham (3)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Rich Harden (W, 2-2)	6.0	8	5	5	0	5	6.48
Casey Fien (H, 2)	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	6.94
Jared Burton (H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.00
Glen Perkins (S, 10)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	4.65
TOTALS	9.0	11	7	7	3	6

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Jacoby Ellsbury	4	1	1	0	1	1	.302
2B Dustin Pedroia	5	0	1	1	0	1	.253
1B David Ortiz	3	3	3	2	2	0	.307
3B Will Middlebrooks	4	0	2	1	0	0	.268
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	4	2	1	2	0	1	.223
DH Mike Napoli	4	0	0	0	0	1	.226
SS Stephen Drew	4	0	1	1	0	0	.294
LF Jackie Bradley Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	1	.343
RF Shane Victorino	4	1	1	0	0	1	.198
TOTALS	36	7	11	7	3	6
BATTING 2B: Ellsbury (8), Pedroia (6), Bradley Jr. (6) HR: Ortiz (10,11), Saltalamacchia (6) RBI: Ortiz (21,22), Pedroia (25), Saltalamacchia (10,11), Middlebrooks (17), Drew (15) SF: Middlebrooks GIDP: Saltalamaccia
BASERUNNING SB: Victorino (6)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Felix Doubront (L, 2-2)	5.0	6	4	4	0	2	4.03
Junichi Tazawa	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	4.65
Craig Breslow	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	2.59
TOTALS	9.0	9	8	8	1	4

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Pitching Struggles Continue, Twins Fall

Minnesota closes the road trip with a sour taste in their mouth.
By Aaron Ferguson
Boston, MA

Minnesota continues to struggle with their pitching staff after allowing Boston to score seven runs last night.

Mike Pelfrey allowed five runs (four earned) in the five innings he pitched last night. Pelfrey's biggest downfall is losing confidence when he allows a run or two. It showed tonight as Boston's offense took advantage of Pelfrey feeling unsettled.

The Twins have to feel good about going 10-31 at the plate against Jon Lester and Koji Uehara last night. Scoring three runs off of Lester was encouraging to see, facing a Cy Young candidate in early May.

Minnesota's aggressiveness on offense was a double-edged sword last night. Pedro Florimon was able to stretch a single into a double last night, but Josmil Pinto got thrown out twice trying to do the same. The Twins tried to get bigger leads off Lester, but he was well-aware and picked three Twins off of first base.

The 10-game road trip marks the longest of the season to this point for Minnesota. They went 4-6 on the road and are happy to return home to Target Field tonight. The Twins will play nine straight games in the Twin Cities against Baltimore, the White Sox and Boston.

Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
May 9, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (20-14)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	10	2
Boston (21-14)	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	X	7	14	1
W: Jon Lester (5-1) L: Mike Pelfrey (4-3)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
RF Darin Mastroianni	4	1	1	1	0	2	.274
2B Brian Dozier	4	0	2	0	0	0	.277
C Joe Mauer	4	0	0	0	0	1	.297
1B Justin Morneau	4	0	1	0	0	0	.339
LF Josh Willingham	4	0	1	0	0	0	.308
CF Aaron Hicks	4	1	1	0	0	0	.268
DH Josmil Pinto	3	0	2	1	0	0	.250
SS Pedro Florimon	2	1	1	0	1	0	.262
3B Freddy Sanchez	2	0	1	0	1	0	.160
TOTALS	31	3	10	2	2	3
BATTING 2B: Florimon (4) RBI: Pinto (2), Mastroianni (9)
BASERUNNING CS: Sanchez (1)
FIELDING E: Florimon (1), Willingham (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Pelfrey (L, 4-3)	5.0	9	5	4	0	1	4.43
Samuel Deduno	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	2.89
Josh Roenicke	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23
TOTALS	8.0	14	7	6	0	2

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
LF Jackie Bradley Jr.	5	1	3	2	0	0	.356
RF Shane Victorino	4	1	2	0	0	0	.210
2B Dustin Pedroia	4	1	0	0	0	0	.247
DH Mike Napoli	4	2	3	1	0	0	.245
3B Will Middlebrooks	4	0	2	0	0	1	.275
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	3	0	1	3	0	0	.227
SS Stephen Drew	4	1	1	0	0	1	.293
1B Mike Carp	4	0	0	0	0	0	.158
CF Jonny Gomes	4	1	2	0	0	0	.260
TOTALS	36	7	14	6	0	2
BATTING 2B: Gomes (4), Saltalamacchia (6) RBI: Napoli (23), Bradley Jr. (15,16), Saltalamacchia (12,13,14) SAC: Saltalamacchia GIDP: Pedroia, Middlebrooks
BASERUNNING SB: Victorino (7)
FIELDING E: Carp (1)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jon Lester (W, 5-1)	7.0	8	3	2	2	2	3.46
Koji Uehara	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1.84
TOTALS	9.0	10	3	2	2	3
PITCHING WP: Lester (1)

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Games 35-37
15-20 vs. 19-15

May 10, 7:10 CT
Game 35

Miguel Gonzalez 3-0 4.43 ERA | Cole De Vries 2-2 6.32 ERA

May 11, 6:10 CT
Game 36

Wei-Yin Chen 3-3 5.13 ERA | Vance Worley 2-2 6.00 ERA

May 12, 1:10 CT
Game 37

Chris Tillman 2-2 2.60 ERA | Kevin Correia 2-2 5.35 ERA

Players to Watch

Manny Machado .331 AVG 5 HR 15 RBI | Matt Wieters .351 AVG 4 HR 20 RBI | JJ Hardy .290 AVG 7 HR 20 RBI

-Manny Machado is making people forget about Trout and Harper's rookie years so far this season.
-Matt Wieters has increased his average substantially from last year hitting .102 points better.
-JJ Hardy has shown more power and has a higher average than his career marks.

Series Notes
-Minnesota is 19-15 and trails in the AL Central for the first time all year (1/2 game)
-Baltimore is last in the AL East at 15-20 and trail Boston by 6.5 games
-Aaron Hicks leads the league in stolen bases with 17
-Justin Morneau is second in home runs (14) and third in runs batted in (35)
-Baltimore's Scott Feldman leads the league in earned run average (1.70), but won't pitch this weekend

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Baltimore's Big Bats Beat Twins

Three solo home runs cost Cole De Vries a shot at a win in a 4-3 loss.
By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Baltimore landed three home runs from their heavy hitters to beat the Twins 4-3 in Friday night's loss.

Cole De Vries left two, two-seam fastballs over the plate for Chris Davis and Manny Machado in the fourth inning. Both fastballs were hit for home runs to give the Orioles an early 2-0 lead.

Following the two-run fourth, the Orioles would also get a run on an Adam Jones single to left field.

Leading 3-0, the Orioles' Miguel Gonzalez was cruising until a leadoff double by Trevor Plouffe gave the Twins momentum. Following Plouffe, Josmil Pinto would belt his second home run of his career to pull the Twins within one run at 3-2.

Nate McLouth added a run on a solo home run on the seventh, after replacing Nick Markakis in the first inning because of an injury. With Minnesota trailing 4-2, the Twins had bases loaded with two outs and rookie catch Josmil Pinto at the plate. Pinto checked his swing, but put the ball in play for an easy ground out to Machado at third. This was the Twins best chance at tying the game.

Ron Gardenhire will throw 25-year old Vance Worley on the mound tomorrow. Worley has struggled recently, but so have the Twins. Minnesota is 9-16 since their hot 10-1 start to begin the season. Baltimore will have Wei-Yin Chen on the mound in this evening's contest.

Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
May 10, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore (15-20)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	9	1
Minnesota (19-15)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	11	0
W: Miguel Gonzalez (4-0) L: Cole De Vries (2-3) S: Jim Johnson (8)

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
DH Alexei Casilla	5	0	0	0	0	2	.235
RF Nick Markakis	1	0	1	0	0	0	.258
PR/RF Nate McLouth	4	1	1	1	0	2	.216
1B Chris Davis	5	2	2	1	0	0	.235
CF Adam Jones	4	0	2	1	0	0	.254
3B Manny Machado	4	1	2	1	0	0	.336
LF Nolan Reimold	4	0	0	0	0	1	.204
C Matt Wieters	3	0	1	0	1	0	.350
SS JJ Hardy	2	0	0	0	2	1	.286
2B Brian Roberts	4	0	0	0	0	1	.295
TOTALS	36	4	9	4	3	7
BATTING 2B: Markakis (8), Davis (5) HR: McLouth (1), Davis (9), Machado (6) RBI: McLouth (2), Davis (25), Machado (16), Jones (13)
FIELDING E: Roberts (3)

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Miguel Gonzalez (W, 4-0)	7.1	8	3	3	1	3	4.31
Troy Patton (H, 4)	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	2.65
Darren O'Day (H, 6)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3.38
Jim Johnson (S, 8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.00
TOTALS	9.0	11	3	3	1	3

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	5	0	1	0	0	0	.273
CF Aaron Hicks	5	1	3	0	0	0	.280
1B Joe Mauer	4	0	0	0	0	0	.287
DH Justin Morneau	3	0	2	1	1	0	.347
LF Josh Willingham	4	0	0	0	0	2	.298
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	1	2	0	0	0	.300
C Josmil Pinto	4	1	2	2	0	0	.281
RF Chris Parmelee	4	0	0	0	0	1	.241
SS Freddy Sanchez	4	0	1	0	0	0	.172
TOTALS	37	3	11	3	1	3
BATTING 2B: Hicks (3), Morneau (2), Dozier (6), Plouffe (6) HR: Pinto (2) RBI: Pinto (3,4), Morneau (36) GIDP: Mauer 2

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Cole De Vries (L, 2-3)	6.0	7	3	3	3	4	6.07
Michael Tonkin	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	2.84
Josh Roenicke	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1.42
TOTALS	9.0	9	4	4	3	7