Twins need to put White Sox behind them

The Twins vs. White Sox series is always one of my favorite of the season. The teams are big rivals and the Sox always give the Twins a run for the money. This weeks’ series at the Metrodome was no exception. The White Sox caught the Twins sleeping at home. The White Sox won the series 2-1. It was a good thing the Twins won the first game or it would have been an easy White Sox sweep.

The first game on Tuesday May 8th went into overtime and after hitting a solo homer early in the game, Justin Morneau blasted a three-run walk-off homer to beat the White Sox in the 10th inning. Good thing my boy Justin was ready to go the extra mile to win a game for the Twins. Other stars of the game included Jason Bartlett, Luis Castillo and Torii Hunter as they led a three-run eighth inning that dug the Twins out of a three-run hole and forced the overtime innings. The Twins ended the game with a 7-4 victory.

On Wednesday night, the Twins couldn’t dig out of the hole set by pitcher Ramon Ortiz when he allowed four runs on four hits and two walks, including one with the bases loaded, in just the first inning! Ortiz dropped his third straight game and is now 3-3 for the season. Besides Torii Hunter extending his hitting streak to 23 games, the Minnesota Twins just couldn’t get moving offensively and lost the game 3-6.

Last night was a real downer when the Twins didn’t even get a run losing the game 0-3. The Twins weren’t even tackling baseball fundamentals with their usual prowess. Their hitting was terrible and the White Sox pitcher looked like he was on fire and hardly had to do any work. Poor baserunning caused an unnecessary out, an inability to lay down a bunt to move a runner over looked pathetic and the Twins made mistakes when trying to get an out on a steal attempt. "It was a frustrating game today," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We made too many mistakes. We talked about this in our little meeting. You talk about being fundamentally sound, and doing this right and playing the game -- well, you have to do it out on the field. You can't just do it talking about it and talking about it in the press; we have to do it out on the field. Obviously we're making too many mistakes out there."

I have a message for my Minnesota Twins, put the White Sox series behind you and get back on track. I am sure if the Twins could just get one big hit or a super strong pitching performance they could get back to the kind of Minnesota Twins baseball us fans love and have to come to expect.

Santana is pitching on the mound tonight vs. the Detroit Tigers, maybe our ace can inspire the team to win the big ballgame! I try to get to as many Twins baseball games as I can and I especially like to go on Santana pitching nights! There are still great Twins Tickets out there for fans that want to make the trip to the Metrodome and if you go to the Dome on Mothers Day you get to see some Twins players using pink bats to support the breast cancer cause! Go Twins!