The word is out; the Minnesota Twins are in their first slump since last June! Losing the last four games has been hard on the ball club, but I think Twins fans will start to see some changes pretty soon and not just with the pitching.
At the plate, the Twins have really been struggling. The big sluggers of the team, Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, didn’t manage one single hit last night against the Royals! Manager Ron Gardenhire believes the team has been pressing a bit too much and rather than making the young pitchers they've faced work deep into the counts, the Twins have been chasing pitches. Hitting coach Joe Vavra has got to tell the boys to be more patient and make the pitchers work a little harder. The Twins need to wait for the pitchers to make mistakes and they will, but the Twins batters have got to be ready to capitalize on them.
The Twins finish up a four game home stand today with an afternoon game at the Metrodome vs. the Kansas City Royals. On the mound for the Twins is Boof Bonser. Boof has been average this season, but let’s hope he can keep the Royals bats quiet long enough for the Twins to slam some of their own balls over the fence. Go Twins!
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