Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

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Twins Comeback to Beat O's

Minnesota's seventh inning rally leads to victory over Orioles, 4-3.
By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota showed a flash of resiliency to comeback against Baltimore after giving up their lead early.

The Twins got an early, second inning run against the O's after Trevor Plouffe led off with a double and Chris Parmelee drove him home.

However, the Orioles would answer in the fourth inning by scoring two runs off of Vance Worley. Worley would calm down after this rough inning to finish the game strong. Worley allowed just three earned runs last night, which was half of the six runs he allowed in his previous start.

Aaron Hicks would score on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at two. Down one in the seventh, Plouffe led off with another double, setting up a great opportunity to tie the game. Hicks would strike against with an opposite-field double to score Plouffe. With the game tied, Josmil Pinto would eventually hit a sacrifice fly to give the Twins the 4-3 lead.

After a scoreless frame from Jared Burton in the eighth, Glen Perkins would be entrusted with the game in the ninth. Perkins allowed a one-out double to Nolan Reimold, who had been relatively quiet in his previous seven at-bats. However, this double went off the yellow line, but in front of the wall and not on top of it. Perkins would strike out Wieters and Hardy to end the game and preserve his 11th save of the season.

Baltimore will send Kevin Correia to the mound in the rubber match against the Orioles' Chris Tillman in this afternoon's game.

Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
May 11, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore (16-20)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	9	0
Minnesota (19-16)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4	7	0
W: Vance Worley (3-2) L: Troy Patton (1-3) S: Glen Perkins (11)

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
DH Alexei Casilla	4	1	1	0	0	1	.236
RF Nate McLouth	4	1	1	0	0	2	.218
1B Chris Davis	4	1	2	1	0	2	.243
CF Adam Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0	.253
3B Manny Machado	3	0	1	1	1	1	.336
LF Nolan Reimold	3	0	2	1	0	0	.216
C Matt Wieters	4	0	1	0	0	2	.347
SS JJ Hardy	4	0	0	0	0	3	.277
2B Jonathan Schoop	3	0	0	0	0	0	.333
TOTALS	33	3	9	3	1	11
BATTING 2B: Jones (6), Reimold 4) RBI: Davis (26), Machado (17), Reimold (8) SF: Reimold GIDP: Jones, Schoop

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Wei-Yin Chen	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	5.03
Troy Patton (L, 1-3)	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	3.18
Scott Feldman	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1.62
TOTALS	9.0	7	4	4	1	3
PITCHING WP: Chen (1)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	4	0	1	0	0	0	.272
LF Darin Mastroianni	3	0	1	0	1	1	.276
C Joe Mauer	4	0	0	0	0	1	.278
3B Trevor Plouffe	3	2	2	0	0	1	.310
CF Aaron Hicks	3	2	2	1	0	0	.289
RF Chris Parmelee	3	0	0	1	0	0	.233
DH Josmil Pinto	2	0	0	1	0	0	.265
1B Chris Colabello	3	0	1	0	0	0	.275
SS Pedro Florimon	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250
TOTALS	29	4	7	3	1	3
BATTING 2B: Hicks (4), Plouffe (7,8), Mastroianni (5) RBI: Pinto (5), Hicks (20), Parmelee (10) SF: Pinto (3,4), Morneau (36)
BASERUNNING CS: Mastroianni (7)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Vance Worley (W, 3-2)	7.0	8	3	3	1	7	5.65
Jared Burton (H, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2.77
Glen Perkins (S, 11)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	4.22
TOTALS	9.0	9	3	3	1	11

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Great to see Worley have a solid start. That's what you need from the guy who you hope to be your #1.

It really looks like your batting lineup is playing pretty solid, if you can keep getting some solid pitching I see the Twins challenging for a playoff spot this year.

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Great to see Worley have a solid start. That's what you need from the guy who you hope to be your #1.

It really looks like your batting lineup is playing pretty solid, if you can keep getting some solid pitching I see the Twins challenging for a playoff spot this year.

Things have been shaky for a little while in the lineup. We'd get solid production from a few guys and then the rest wouldn't produce. It's kind of been hit or miss lately. Pitching has been awful as of late. I keep searching for different possibilities, but haven't found anything as of late. I plan on doing something different for the "Organization Update" that's coming up in a couple of games. You'll get a better idea of how things have truly gone (in my eyes.)

Thanks for checking in!

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Slugfest Results In Twins Loss

Minnesota lost a 12-8 slugfest in the rubber match of the series against Baltimore.
By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

A never-ending hit parade occurred at Target Field yesterday in an Orioles 12-8 victory over the Twins.

Starters Kevin Correia and Chris Tillman both got roughed up by their opposing lineups. However, Correia got the worst of it by giving up one last three-run home run to Adam Jones. Tillman fought through five innings to put himself in line for the win.

The Twins offense was on display without the likes of Joe Mauer or Justin Morneau. Morneau, who originally started the game, was taken out in the top of the first inning with a flexor strain after diving for a line drive. Gardenhire elected to put Chris Parmelee at first base in his place. Mauer had the afternoon off for the Twins.

Despite having two of the biggest bats out of the lineup and a struggling Josh Willingham, the Twins managed eight runs off of the Orioles staff. Mauer was happy with the team's performance. "I was disappointed I couldn't get out and join the fun," Mauer said, "The guys saw the ball well and smashed it today."

Losing two out of three games this series, the Twins have fallen a half-game behind the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians in the AL Central division. Minnesota will host the Chicago White Sox for three games beginning today. Chicago is currently 12-25 and last in the AL Central.

Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
May 12, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore (16-21)	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	12	18	1
Minnesota (20-16)	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	8	12	0
W: Chris Tillman (3-2) L: Kevin Correia (2-3)

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
DH Alexei Casilla	5	2	4	1	0	0	.258
RF Nick Markakis	5	1	1	0	0	1	.256
1B Chris Davis	4	2	1	1	1	9	.243
CF Adam Jones	5	4	4	5	0	0	.272
3B Manny Machado	5	0	1	1	0	2	.331
C Matt Wieters	5	2	2	0	0	0	.349
SS JJ Hardy	5	0	2	1	0	1	.282
2B Brian Roberts	5	1	2	0	0	0	.299
LF Nate McLouth	4	0	2	2	0	0	.237
TOTALS	41	12	19	11	1	4
BATTING 2B: McLouth (4), Jones (7), Davis (6), Casilla (5) HR: Jones (3,4) RBI: McLouth (3,4), Hardy (21), Jones (14,15,16,17,18), Davis (27), Machado (18), Casilla (11) SF: McLouth GIDP: Wieters, Davis
BASERUNNING SB: Casilla (5,6)
FIELDING E: Machado (3)

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Chris Tillman (W, 3-2)	5.0	7	6	4	2	5	3.06
Darren O'Day (H, 7)	0.1	3	2	2	0	1	4.15
Scott Feldman (H, 1)	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	1.51
Zach Brtton	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	10.61
TOTALS	9.0	12	8	6	2	7

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	5	1	2	1	0	1	.278
RF Darin Mastroianni	4	3	2	0	0	0	.286
1B Justin Morneau							.347
1B Chris Parmelee	5	1	2	2	0	0	.242
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	1	2	3	1	0	.316
CF Aaron Hicks	4	0	1	1	0	0	.288
LF Josh Willingham	5	0	0	0	0	3	.287
C Josmil Pinto	4	0	0	0	0	1	.237
DH Chris Colabello	3	1	1	0	1	1	.279
SS Freddy Sanchez	4	1	2	0	0	1	.212
TOTALS	38	8	12	7	2	7
BATTING 2B: Parmelee (7,8), Plouffe (9), Mastroianni (6) HR: Plouffe (9) RBI: Hicks (21), Parmelee (11,12), Dozier (13), Plouffe (24,25,26) HBP: Mastroianni SF: Hicks
FIELDING PB: Pinto (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kevin Correia (L, 2-3)	4.0	12	9	9	1	2	6.75
Ryan Pressly	3.1	7	3	3	0	1	3.97
Casey Fien	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	6.08
TOTALS	9.0	19	12	12	1	4
PITCHING WP: Correia (2)

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Games 38-40
12-25 vs. 20-17

May 13, 7:10 CT
Game 38

Jake Peavy 2-3 3.95 ERA | Rich Harden 2-2 6.48 ERA

May 14, 7:10 CT
Game 39

John Danks 3-2 2.74 ERA | Mike Pelfrey 4-3 4.43 ERA

May 15, 12:10 CT
Game 40

Gavin Floyd 1-4 6.75 ERA | Alex Meyer 6-0 1.99 ERA (AAA)

Players to Watch

Paul Konerko .231 AVG 7 HR 12 RBI | Adam Dunn .273 AVG 5 HR 12 RBI | Dayan Viciedo .271 AVG 11 HR 22 RBI

-Paul Konerko is having one of his worst seasons average-wise hitting just .231.
-Adam Dunn is exceeding expectations with his .273 average, but with lower power numbers.
-Dayan Viciedo has shown a great display of power with 11 home runs already this year.

Series Notes
-Minnesota is 20-17 and 0.5 games behind the Tigers and Indians in the Central
-Chicago is 12-25 and 8.0 games behind the Tigers and Indians in the Central
-Alex Meyer will be making his Major League Debut Wednesday
-Justin Morneau will be out of the lineup to begin the series with a Flexor Strain
-Chicago will look to continue their powerful success against the Twins this year

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Harden Beats Peavy, Twins Win

Rich Harden nearly went the distance and led the Twins to a 4-3 win.
By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Rich Harden retired a string of 13 hitters before his exit of a 4-3 Twins victory.

Harden pitched very well, only allowing a mistake pitch to Alejandro de Aza in the fifth inning which went for a two-run home run. Harden would settle down afterwards, and was left in the game because of his quick innings. Even though Harden was fatigued, Gardenhire allowed him to go until he gave up a baserunner.

Chris Colabello gave the Twins an early 1-0 lead on his first career home run. Minnesota would add two more runs in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead. Joe Mauer hit his third home run of the season in the eighth inning to stretch the Twins lead to 4-2.

Minnesota will face John Danks tonight while having Mike Pelfrey on the mound. The Twins will attempt to beat Danks for the second time this season. Danks got the loss in a 2-0 Twins win on April 21 in Chicago.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
May 13, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (12-25)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	7	1
Minnesota (20-17)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	X	4	12	1
W: Rich Harden (3-2) L: Jake Peavy (2-4) S: Glen Perkins (12)

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Alejandro de Aza	4	1	1	2	0	1	.238
3B Jeff Kepinger	4	0	2	0	0	0	.287
1B Paul Konerko	4	0	1	0	0	0	.232
DH Adam Dunn	3	0	0	0	1	2	.265
LF Alex Rios	4	0	0	0	0	1	.212
RF Dayan Viciedo	4	1	2	0	0	0	.278
SS Alexei Ramirez	4	0	0	1	0	2	.255
2B Gordon Beckham	4	1	1	0	0	0	.303
C Tyler Flowers	3	0	0	0	0	1	.260
TOTALS	34	3	7	3	1	8
BATTING 3B: Beckham (1), Viciedo (1) HR: de Aza (6) RBI: de Aza (15,16), Ramirez (9)
FIELDING E: Viciedo (2)

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jake Peavy (L, 2-4)	4.0	10	3	3	0	0	4.18
Jose Quintana	4.0	2	1	1	0	1	3.91
PITCHING WP: Peavy (1)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	4	0	2	0	0	0	.287
RF Darin Mastroianni	4	0	0	0	0	0	.274
C Joe Mauer	4	1	3	1	0	0	.292
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	0	0	0	0	1	.305
CF Aaron Hicks	4	1	3	0	0	0	.301
LF Josh Willingham	3	0	1	1	0	0	.288
DH Josmil Pinto	3	0	1	1	0	0	.244
1B Chris Colabello	3	1	1	1	0	0	.283
SS Freddy Sanchez	3	0	1	0	0	0	.222
TOTALS	32	4	12	4	0	1
BATTING 2B: Pinto (1) 3B: Hicks (2) HR: Mauer (3), Colabello (1) RBI: Pinto (6), Mauer (11), Colabello (3), Willingham (16) GIDP: Mauer, Plouffe, Willingham
BASERUNNING SB: Hicks (18)
FIELDING E: Colabello (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Rich Harden (W, 3-2)	8.2	7	3	2	1	8	5.35
Glen Perkins (S, 12)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4.09
TOTALS	9.0	7	3	2	1	8

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Willingham Powers Twins Past Chicago

Josh Willingham's three-run homer gave the Twins a 5-2 lead and ended up being the decisive blow.
By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Mike Pelfrey's pitching performance and Josh Willingham's timely hit was enough to beat the White Sox 6-2.

Josh Willingham was set-up with two runners on and nobody out with a 3-1 count in the sixth inning. Willingham got a fastball from new pitcher, Matt Lindstrom, and Willingham took it deep for a three-run home run to give the Twins a 5-2 lead. Willingham had been cold coming into the series, but is now 4-7 with a home run and four runs batted in against the White Sox in this series.

Mike Pelfrey struggled with control early in the game, but ended up overcoming his troubles to go eight, strong innings against the Twins. Pelfrey had Adam Dunn's number last night, striking Dunn out three times. Minnesota's defense helped Pelfrey out in a few tight situations to escape with no runs or one in the early innings.

Josh Roenicke came in relief for Pelfrey and got two outs. Roenicke would give up two hits with one out and that would get Glen Perkins back up in the bullpen with the threat of facing Adam Dunn. Roenicke got Paul Konerko to strike out and Ron Gardenhire would make the switch to Perkins with Dunn up next. Perkins would only need three pitches to strike Dunn out for the fourth time in the game.

Minnesota reclaims first place in the Central with the Indians losing to the Phillies. Minnesota leads by a half-game over Detroit and a full game over Cleveland. With last night's loss, the White Sox now trail the Twins by 10 games in the division.

Alex Meyer will be making his major league debut for the Twins today. Meyer was 6-0 with a 1.99 earned run average at triple-a Rochester this year. He will face Chicago's Gavin Floyd in a getaway day for the White Sox.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
May 14, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (12-26)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0
Minnesota (21-17)	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	X	6	10	1
W: Mike Pelfrey (5-3) L: Matt Lindstrom (2-3) S: Glen Perkins (13)

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Alejandro de Aza	5	0	0	0	0	1	.228
3B Jeff Keppinger	5	0	1	0	0	0	.284
1B Paul Konerko	4	0	1	0	0	1	.232
DH Adam Dunn	5	0	0	0	0	4	.252
LF Alex Rios	4	1	1	0	0	0	.213
RF Dayan Viciedo	2	0	0	0	1	1	.274
SS Alexei Ramirez	3	1	2	0	1	0	.263
2B Gordon Beckham	3	0	2	1	0	0	.311
C Josh Phegley	4	0	2	1	0	0	.405
TOTALS	35	2	9	2	2	7
BATTING RBI: Phegley (5), Beckham (12) HBP: Viciedo, Konerko SF: Beckham

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
John Danks	5.0	7	4	4	1	0	3.18
Matt Lindstrom (L, 2-3)	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	6.48
Jesse Crain	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	6.45
Nate Jones	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	4.35
TOTALS	8.0	10	6	6	2	0

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Pedro Florimon	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
CF Darin Mastroianni	4	1	2	0	0	0	.283
DH Joe Mauer	4	2	2	1	0	0	.299
LF Josh Willingham	4	1	3	3	0	0	.301
RF Chris Parmelee	3	0	0	1	1	0	.235
1B Chris Colabello	4	0	0	0	0	0	.260
C Josmil Pinto	4	0	1	0	0	0	.244
2B Brian Dozier	2	1	0	0	1	0	.282
3B Freddy Sanchez	3	0	1	1	0	0	.231
TOTALS	32	6	10	6	2	0
BATTING 2B: Mauer (6), Sanchez (1) HR: Willingham (8) RBI: Mauer (12), Sanchez (5), Parmelee (13), Willingham (17,18,19) GIDP: Mauer
FIELDING E: Sanchez (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Pelfrey (W, 5-3)	8.0	7	2	2	2	5	4.07
Josh Roenicke	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	1.00
Glen Perkins (S, 13)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	3.97
TOTALS	9.0	9	2	2	2	7

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Meyer Earns First Win

Alex Meyer pitched incredibly well in his debut as the Twins beat the White Sox 3-2.
By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Alex Meyer's Major League Debut couldn't have had a better storyline as he beat the White Sox.

Meyer started smoothly, recording the first out of the game. He ran into some trouble afterwards that and gave up an early run. Chicago led 1-0 at this point, but it was all temporary. Meyer wouldn't allow another hit in the remainder of his outing. Meyer went deep into the eighth inning allowing two hits and just the one run.

The Target Field crowd was at capacity to see the young pitching prospect make his debut. When Meyer was pulled, there wasn't anyone sitting in their seat. White Sox fans, Twins fans and baseball fans all gave Meyer a standing ovation as he walked to the dugout.

"This is by far the best memory I'll take away from my career," Meyer said, "The fans were great, our defense was great and our offense got a lead. You can't draw up a better baseball game."

Minnesota sweeps the White Sox and improve to 23-17 and maintain their half-game lead over the Tigers in the AL Central. The Twins have an off day and will not practice before they begin a series with the Red Sox at Target Field. This series will begin a stretch of 17 consecutive games played by the Twins.

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
May 15, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (12-27)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0
Minnesota (22-17)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3	7	0
W: Alex Meyer (1-0) L: Gavin Floyd (1-5) S: Glen Perkins (14)

Chicago White Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Alejandro de Aza	4	0	0	0	0	2	.221
3B Jeff Keppinger	4	1	2	0	0	0	.290
1B Paul Konerko	4	0	0	0	0	0	.226
DH Adam Dunn	3	0	0	0	0	0	.245
LF Alex Rios	4	1	2	1	0	0	.221
RF Dayan Viciedo	2	0	0	0	1	1	.270
SS Alexei Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	1	.256
2B Gordon Beckham	3	0	1	1	1	0	.312
C Tyler Flowers	3	0	0	0	0	1	.253
PH Casper Wells	1	0	0	0	0	1	.302
TOTALS	32	2	5	2	3	7
BATTING 2B: Rios (3) RBI: Rios (16), Beckham (13) HBP: Viciedo

Chicago White Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Gavin Floyd (L, 1-5)	5.1	6	3	3	2	3	6.53
Jesse Crain	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	6.00
Matt Thornton	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	6.16
TOTALS	8.0	7	3	3	2	5

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Pedro Florimon	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
RF Darin Mastroianni	4	0	0	0	0	1	.272
C Joe Mauer	4	0	2	1	0	0	.304
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	1	1	1	0	1	.304
CF Aaron Hicks	3	0	0	0	0	1	.295
LF Josh Willingham	3	1	2	1	0	0	.309
DH Josmil Pinto	3	0	0	0	0	0	.229
1B Chris Colabello	2	1	0	0	1	1	.250
SS Freddy Sanchez	2	0	1	0	1	0	.244
TOTALS	29	3	7	3	2	5
BATTING 2B: Mauer (7) HR: Plouffe (10), Willingham (9) RBI: Mauer (13), Plouffe (27), Willingham (20)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Alex Meyer (W, 1-0)	7.2	2	1	1	2	5	1.17
Josh Roenicke (H, 3)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0.96
Glen Perkins (S, 14)	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	4.38
TOTALS	9.0	5	2	2	3	7

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Twins Organization Update: Third Edition

Minnesota Twins
23-17 1st Place AL Central
.285 AVG .323 OBP 5.12 ERA .990 FLD
13-5 vs. AL Central
13-8 Home 10-9 Road
11-7 Day 12-10 Night

Offensive MVP
1B Justin Morneau

.347 AVG .373 OBP .711 SLUG
14 HR 36 RBI
.400 AVG w/ RISP
.996% Fielding

Pitching MVP

CP Glen Perkins
2-1 14 S 4.38 ERA 1.22 WHIP
12.1 IP
11 K 2 BB
.260 BAA

Prospects to Watch
OF Byron Buxton (19, AAA)
.275 AVG .342 OBP
2 HR 15 RBI
7/10 SB/CS
.986% Fielding
.171 AVG w/ RISP

OF Oswaldo Arcia (21, AAA)
.277 AVG .346 OBP .464 SLUG
5 HR 15 RBI
.985% Fielding
.182 AVG w/ RISP

3B Miguel Sano (19, AAA)
.226 AVG .293 OBP .377 SLUG
2 HR 5 RBI
.952% Fielding
.231 AVG w/ RISP

2B Eddie Rosario (21, AA)
.357 AVG .437 OBP .589 SLUG
1 HR 8 RBI
1.000% Fielding
.048 AVG w/ RISP

RHP Ryan Pressly (24, AAA)
2-0 1.59 ERA 1.59 WHIP
5.2 IP (8 games)
2 K 3 BB
.286 BAA

RHP Kohl Stewart (18, AA)
3-2 3.50 ERA 1.17 WHIP
46.1 IP (8 games)
41 K 12 BB
.236 BAA

RHP Jose Berrios (18, AA)
4-1 3.12 ERA 1.29 WHIP
52.0 IP (8 games)
42 K 18 BB
.245 BAA

LHP Mason Melotakis (21, AA)
1-3 2 S 2.89 ERA 1.11 WHIP
28.0 IP (19 games)
26 K 10 BB
.206 BAA

RHP Bruce Pugh (24, AA)
0-1 12 S 2.93 ERA 1.30 WHIP
15.1 IP (15 games)
12 K 7 BB
.245 BAA

Standings and Disabled List

MLB Standings - Updated: May 16, 2013
AL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Minnesota Twins	23	17		199	209
Detroit Tigers	22	17	0.5	210	169
Cleveland Indians	22	18	1.0	167	146
Kansas City Royals	19	20	3.5	153	207
Chicago White Sox	12	28	11.0	150	203

Minnesota Twins - May 16, 2013
Pos	Player	Injury Note
RHP	Kyle Gibson	Fractured Hand, 15-Day DL
C	Chris Herrmann	Inflamed Hip, 15-Day DL
SS	Harold Garcia	Torn Finger Ligament, 15-Day DL
RF	Adam Walker	Broken Forearm, 15-Day DL
RHP	Alex Wimmers	Torn Pectoral, 15-Day DL
LHP	Scott Diamond	Dislocated Shoulder, 60-Day DL
C	Ryan Doumit	Dislocated Ankle, 60-Day DL
LF	Max Kepler	Broken Arm, 60-Day DL

Rochester Red Wings
24-17 1st Place IL North
.266 AVG .337 OBP 3.58 ERA .987 FLD
176 RS 149 RA
17-10 vs. IL North
13-7 Home 11-10 Road
11-2 Day 13-15 Night


New Britain Rock Cats
24-16 3rd Place EL Eastern (6.0 GB)
.309 AVG .378 OBP 3.87 ERA .985 FLD
236 RS 167 RA
13-11 vs. EL Eastern
13-5 Home 11-11 Road
9-3 Day 15-13 Night

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Games 41-43
25-17 vs. 23-17

May 17, 7:10 CT
Game 41

Franklin Morales 1-3 8.76 ERA | Vance Worley 3-2 5.65 ERA

May 18, 6:10 CT
Game 42

Clay Buchholz 5-1 2.59 ERA | Cole De Vries 2-3 6.07 ERA

May 19, 1:10 CT
Game 43

Felix Doubront 3-2 4.28 ERA | Rich Harden 3-2 5.35 ERA

Players to Watch

Jacoby Ellsbury .299 AVG 9 HR 36 RBI | David Ortiz .306 AVG 12 HR 25 RBI | Will Middlebrooks .273 AVG 8 HR 20 RBI

-Jacoby Ellsbury was 7-11 with 6 runs scored against the Twins a week ago.
-David Ortiz was 9-12 with 5 home runs and 7 runs batted in against Minnesota last week.
-Will Middlebrooks was 7-16 with 3 runs against the Twins a week ago.

Series Notes
-Minnesota enters with a 23-17 record; first in the AL Central
-Boston enters with a 25-17 record; first in the AL East
-Justin Morneau returns to the lineup this weekend after missing the last four games
-Jackie Bradley Jr. is in the mix for Rookie of the Year with a .345 average
-Aaron Hicks leads the league in stolen bases with 18

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Worley Goes the Distance in Shutout

Vance Worley looked the best he's been all season in last night's 4-0 win.
By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Vance Worley looked like the ace that everyone expected him to be last night by earning a complete game, shutout.

Worley is the first Twins pitcher to go the distance this year. Running into trouble in the first inning was key in Worley's shutout by leaving two runners in scoring position. That was Boston's best chance at scoring last night.

Aaron Hicks also excelled by going 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs batted in. Hicks is now up to six home runs this season and 23 runs batted in while hitting at a .302 mark.

Justin Morneau returned to the lineup for the first time since being injured in Sunday's game. He went 1-for-3 with his third double this season and scoring a run. Morneau looked good defensively and appears to be fully healthy.

Cole De Vries' start got pushed back after calling Alex Meyer up; he'll start tonight's game for the Twins. Clay Buchholz will start for the Red Sox. In his last start against Minnesota, Buchholz went eight innings and allowed just two runs.

Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
May 17, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (25-17)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Minnesota (23-17)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	4	9	0
W: Vance Worley (4-2) L: Franklin Morales (1-4)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
CF Jacoby Ellsbury	4	0	2	0	0	0	.304
2B Dustin Pedroia	3	0	0	0	1	1	.236
1B David Ortiz	3	0	0	0	1	0	.299
3B Will Middlebrooks	4	0	1	0	0	1	.273
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	4	0	1	0	0	0	.202
DH Mike Napoli	4	0	0	0	0	1	.213
SS Stephen Drew	4	0	0	0	0	0	.288
LF Jackie Bradley Jr.	3	0	2	0	0	0	.353
RF Shane Victorino	3	0	0	0	0	0	.233
TOTALS	32	0	6	0	2	4
BATTING 2B: Bradley Jr. (7), Middlebrooks (7)
BASERUNNING CS: Bradley Jr. (3)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Franklin Morales (L, 1-4)	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	8.36
Craig Breslow	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	3.48
Junichi Tazawa	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	5.40
Koji Uehara	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	1.62
TOTALS	8.0	9	4	4	0	5

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	4	1	2	0	0	0	.290
RF Darin Mastroianni	3	1	1	0	0	0	.274
C Joe Mauer	3	0	1	1	0	0	.305
1B Justin Morneau	3	1	1	0	0	0	.347
3B Trevor Plouffe	3	0	1	1	0	0	.305
CF Aaron Hicks	3	1	2	2	0	1	.302
LF Josh Willingham	3	0	0	0	0	3	.303
DH Chris Parmelee	3	0	1	0	0	0	.238
SS Freddy Sanchez	3	0	0	0	0	1	.227
TOTALS	28	4	9	4	0	5
BATTING 2B: Morneau (3), Plouffe (10) 3B: Parmelee (1) HR: Hicks (6) RBI: Hicks (22,23), Mauer (14), Plouffe (28) SAC: Mastroianni
BASERUNNING SB: Mastroianni (3) CS: Hicks (2), Dozier (3)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Vance Worley (W, 4-2)	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	4.67
TOTALS	9.0	6	0	0	2	4
PITCHING WP: Worley (1)

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Buchholz Ends Twins 4-Game Streak

By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Clay Buchholz continues his Cy Young season with another good start against the Twins to get his sixth win.

Boston dominated in all areas of the game, and the Twins looked like they were in a funk. Justin Morneau's 13-game hitting streak has come to an end. Minnesota had some baserunners, but they couldn't string them together to get a rally going. The biggest disappointment had to be Freddy Sanchez flying out with the bases loaded against Buchholz.

Cole De Vries didn't pitch poorly, he just didn't get any help from his defense. Josh Willingham looked a little sluggish in left field and made a couple of mental errors. Brian Dozier left the game in the sixth inning due to tightness in his leg after diving for a ground ball. He is expected to be ok and in the lineup in today's game.

The Twins will host the Red Sox for one last game today. Rich Harden will go against Felix Doubront in the rubber match of this three-game set. Following the game, Minnesota will travel to Atlanta to play a three-game series with the Braves.

Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
May 17, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (25-18)	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	7	10	1
Minnesota (24-17)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	0
W: Clay Buchholz (6-1) L: Cole De Vries (2-4)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Dustin Pedroia	5	3	3	3	0	0	.246
LF Jackie Bradley Jr.	5	1	2	0	0	2	.355
CF Jacoby Ellsbury	4	1	2	0	1	1	.309
1B David Ortiz	3	0	0	1	1	1	.293
3B Will Middlebrooks	5	0	1	1	0	1	.271
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	4	1	2	0	0	1	.211
SS Stephen Drew	4	0	0	0	0	3	.281
DH David Ross	3	0	0	2	0	1	.219
RF Shane Victorino	3	1	0	0	0	0	.227
TOTALS	36	7	10	7	2	10
BATTING 2B: Saltalamacchia (7) 3B: Ellsbury (3) HR: Pedroia (8,9) RBI: Ortiz (26), Pedroia (29,30,31), Middlebrooks (21), Ross (9,10) HBP: Victorino SF: Ortiz, Ross
BASERUNNING SB: Ellsbury (9)
FIELDING E: Middlebrooks (2)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Clay Buchholz (W, 6-1)	8.0	5	2	2	1	4	2.55
Daniel Bard	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	3.52
TOTALS	9.0	6	3	3	1	5
PITCHING WP: Buchholz (2)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	3	0	0	0	0	0	.282
2B Pedro Florimon	1	0	1	1	0	0	.260
RF Darin Mastroianni	4	0	0	0	0	1	.264
C Joe Mauer	4	1	2	0	0	0	.310
1B Justin Morneau	4	0	0	0	0	1	.336
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	0	0	0	0	0	.295
CF Aaron Hicks	4	1	1	0	0	1	.301
LF Josh Willingham	3	1	1	0	1	0	.303
DH Chris Colabello	4	0	1	1	0	0	.250
SS Freddy Sanchez	3	0	0	0	0	1	.213
PH Chris Parmelee	1	0	0	0	0	1	.235
TOTALS	35	3	6	2	1	5
BATTING 2B: Mauer (8), Florimon (5) RBI: Florimon (8), Colabello (4)
BASERUNNING SB: Hicks (19)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Cole De Vries (L, 2-4)	6.0	8	5	5	0	4	6.24
Michael Tonkin	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	2.63
Casey Fien	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	5.65
Jared Burton	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	4.15
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	1.32
TOTALS	9.0	10	7	7	2	10

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Poor Management, Twins Lose

By Aaron Ferguson
Minneapolis, MN

Ron Gardenhire's poor decision to leave Rich Harden in cost Minnesota the lead and the game.

Harden had a quality start heading into the seventh inning, but Gardenhire wanted him to pitch through the danger and it came back to hurt the Twins.

"This game's on me," Gardenhire said. "I shouldn't have left him (Harden) in the game after allowing two leadoff hits."

Boston scored four runs in the seventh inning to take a 6-5 lead against the Twins. The Red Sox bullpen would shut down the Twins offense the rest of the way.

The Twins had a great game offensively, but couldn't get anything going in the late innings. They continue to look impressive and are waiting on the pitching to work things out.

The Twins head to Atlanta to begin a 10-game road trip. Pitching will be key on the road as their offense has been very productive the past couple weeks.

Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
May 18, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (26-18)	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	14	0
Minnesota (24-19)	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	0
W: Junichi Tazawa (1-1) L: Rich Harden (3-3) S: Joel Hanrahan (8)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Dustin Pedroia	5	0	3	0	0	0	.255
LF Jackie Bradley Jr.	5	0	0	0	0	1	.341
CF Jacoby Ellsbury	5	1	3	2	0	1	.316
1B David Ortiz	5	0	2	1	0	1	.296
3B Will Middlebrooks	5	1	1	0	0	4	.268
DH Mike Napoli	4	1	1	1	0	1	.214
SS Stephen Drew	4	1	2	0	0	0	.286
C David Ross	4	1	1	1	0	0	.220
RF Shane Victorino	4	1	1	1	0	0	.227
TOTALS	41	6	14	6	0	8
BATTING 2B: Drew (13,14) 3B: Middilebrooks (1) HR: Ellsbury (10) RBI: Ellsbury (37,38), Ortiz (27), Napoli (27), Victorino (13), Ross (11)

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Felix Doubront	2.1	3	1	1	1	5	4.26
John Lackey	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	5.70
Junichi Tazawa (W, 1-1)	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.94
Koji Uehara (H, 4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.53
Joel Hanrahan (S, 8)	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	3.52
TOTALS	9.0	13	5	5	2	10

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	3	0	0	1	0	2	.274
DH Darin Mastroianni	3	0	0	0	1	1	.256
1B Justin Morneau	4	1	1	0	0	2	.333
3B Trevor Plouffe	3	0	1	0	1	1	.296
CF Aaron Hicks	4	1	1	0	0	1	.299
LF Josh Willingham	4	1	2	1	0	2	.308
RF Chris Parmelee	4	2	3	1	0	0	.254
C Josmil Pinto	3	0	2	1	0	1	.254
PH Joe Mauer	1	0	1	0	0	0	.315
SS Pedro Florimon	3	0	2	1	0	0	.276
PH Freddy Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208
TOTALS	33	5	13	5	2	10
BATTING 2B: Mauer (9), Morneau (4), Parmelee (9) RBI: Pinto (7), Parmelee (14), Florimon (9), Dozier (14), Willingham (21) SF: Dozier
BASERUNNING SB: Florimon (3) CS: Plouffe (2)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Rich Harden (L, 3-3)	6.0	10	6	6	0	5	5.90
Caleb Thielbar (BS, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.23
Sam Deduno	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.61
Glen Perkins	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	4.05
TOTALS	9.0	14	6	6	0	8

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Games 44-46
24-19 vs. 26-18

May 20, 7:10 ET
Game 44

Mike Pelfrey 5-3 4.07 ERA | Paul Maholm 5-0 3.17 ERA

May 21, 7:10 ET
Game 45

Alex Meyer 1-0 1.17 ERA | Kris Medlen 5-2 2.72 ERA

May 22, 12:10 ET
Game 46

Vance Worley 4-2 4.67 ERA | Tim Hudson 4-2 3.60 ERA

Players to Watch

Jason Heyward
.259 AVG 12 HR 38 RBI
-Heyward has provided a lot more pop this year than last year. He also holds a .322 on-base percentage.


BJ Upton
.273 AVG 7 HR 18 RBI
-Upton has improved his average in a dramatic way this year, but only has a .303 on-base percentage.


.317 AVG 11 HR 28 RBI
-Uggla has improved his average up a full point from last year and only had 19 home runs last year compared to his 11 this season.

Series Notes
-Minnesota is 24-19 and a game behind the Indians and Tigers in the AL Central.
-Atlanta is 26-18 and a game behind the Mets in the NL East.
-Atlanta's Craig Kimbrel has converted 16-of-17 save opportunities and posts a 2.16 earned run average with a 0.84 WHIP.
-Justin Morneau is third in the AL in home runs with 14, while Jason Heyward is third in the NL in home runs with 12.
-Aaron Hicks leads the AL in stolen bases with 19 and is hitting .299 this season.

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Re: Crossing The Bridge | Minnesota Twins

Plouffe Powers Twins Past Braves

By Aaron Ferguson
Atlanta, GA

Minnesota's offense was resilient by overcoming a five-run deficit against the Braves last night.

Mike Pelfrey had a rough first inning. He allowed five runs in the inning, but only allowed four hits. He suffered control problems and got behind a lot of hitters. Pelfrey would rebound and not allow a baserunner in his next four innings of work.

In the meantime, The Twins offense would be powered by Trevor Plouffe's two-run home run in the fourth inning to bring the game within one run. Plouffe would have a total of four runs batted in and two runs on the night to carry the offense to an 8-5 victory.

Sam Deduno pitched great out of the inning, allowing the middle relievers to get a day off. Glen Perkins allowed the first two baserunners to get on with back-to-back hits to open the ninth. Perkins would shut the door by striking the next three hitters out, however.

Minnesota plays against Atlanta tonight. Alex Meyer will make his second career start against Kris Medlen, who has pitched well for the Braves this year.

Minnesota Twins at Atlanta Braves
May 20, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota (24-19)	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	13	1
Atlanta (26-18)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2
W: Mike Pelfrey (6-3) L: Paul Maholm (5-1) S: Glen Perkins (15)

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
2B Brian Dozier	4	0	0	0	0	0	.265
PH Josmil Pinto	1	0	0	0	0	0	.210
RF Chris Parmelee	4	1	1	1	1	0	.255
C Joe Mauer	5	2	2	0	0	0	.318
1B Justin Morneau	5	1	1	1	0	0	.328
3B Trevor Plouffe	4	2	3	4	0	0	.309
CF Aaron Hicks	4	0	2	1	0	0	.304
LF Josh Willingham	4	0	1	0	0	1	.307
SS Freddy Sanchez	4	1	1	0	0	0	.212
P Mike Pelfrey	2	1	2	1	0	0	1.000
PH/2B Pedro Florimon	2	0	0	0	0	0	.269
TOTALS	39	8	13	8	1	1
BATTING 2B: Mauer (10), Plouffe (11) HR: Plouffe (11) RBI: Pelfrey (1), Hicks (24), Morneau (37), Parmelee (15), Plouffe (29,30,31,32) GIDP: Sanchez, Willingham
FIELDING E: Perkins (1)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Pelfrey (W, 6-3)	5.0	4	5	5	0	5	4.53
Sam Deduno (H, 1)	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	2.03
Glen Perkins (S, 15)	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	3.77
TOTALS	9.0	7	5	5	0	9

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
SS Andrelton Simmons	5	0	0	0	0	1	.240
3B Chris Johnson	3	1	0	0	0	0	.197
LF Justin Upton	4	1	0	0	0	1	.224
RF Jason Heyward	4	1	1	1	0	1	.259
1B Freddie Freeman	4	1	2	1	0	1	.225
C Brian McCann	4	1	2	2	0	1	.224
CF BJ Upton	3	0	1	0	0	1	.274
PH Elliot Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	1	.264
2B Dan Uggla	3	0	1	1	0	1	.318
P Paul Maholm	2	0	0	0	0	1	.136
PH Gerald Laird	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222
PH Evan Gattis	1	0	0	0	0	0	.210
TOTALS	35	5	7	5	0	9
BATTING 2B: Freeman (3), Uggla (9) RBI: Heyward (39), Freeman (23), Uggla (29), McCann (9,10) HBP: Johnson SF: Uggla
FIELDING E: BJ Upton (3), Uggla (5) PB: McCann (1)

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Paul Maholm (L, 5-1)	4.2	11	7	4	0	0	3.53
Jonny Venters	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	3.07
Eric O'Flaherty	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	3.38
Luis Ayala	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	10.05
Jordan Walden	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	4.32
TOTALS	9.0	13	8	5	1	1