twins update twins update posted april the twins defeated the milwaukee brewers today to conclude a three game homestand with the brew crew the twins took two of three games in the series with scores as follows tuesday april th mn mil winning pitcher banks wednesday april st mil mn lp hartley thursday april nd mn mil wp deshaies sa aguilera highlight low lights of the series jim deshaies continues to be the surprise of not only the twins but of the american league as well going into today s game deshaies was with a era deshaies allowed earned runs in innings meaning his era will climb slightly deshaies who came to mn via a trade with philadelphia which sent david west there continues to make andy macphail look like a true genius willie banks has put together two solid starts for the twins going innings on monday while coasting on solid twins hitting deshaies and banks now combine for of the twins eight victories while tapani mahomes erickson are wednesday s game marked the first opposing left handed starting pitcher for the twins this year rickey bones the twins teed off against both him and subsequent relief including a grand slam by kent hrbek which pushed the lead to the twins pitching staff could not hold the lead though allowing walks in the th inning of which scored and coming with bases loaded tapani gave up one walk before being relieved guthrie two walks and mike hartley one walk before the inning was over this tied the game at and the brew crew rocked mike hartley for runs in the top of the tenth to win it aguilera continues to be shaky against the brew crew of career blown saves have come against the brew crew and today s game was shaky as well coming into the ninth with a lead aguilera gave up a solo hr to vaughn then hits to darryl hamilton and dickie thon before finally retiring the side once again the tying run made it to second base on aggie weak hearted twins fans are advised not to watch aggie in the ninth general news pedro munoz continues to improve as an outfielder playing in left field on tuesday s game he continues to bat weakly against right handed pitching though which has limited his playing time gene larkin and jt bruett former gopher have been playing right field as both can bat left handed the twins begin a three game series with the detroit tigers tomorrow starting pitching is tentatively scheduled as erickson mahomes banks the detroit tigers have had two run games in the last ten days and should provide quite a challenge to the young mn pitching staff the twins have hr s this year three each from puckett hrbek and winfield the third fourth and fifth batters respectively brian harper pegged of the first baserunners attempting to steal second this year and shows much improvement in this category jim deshaies has three pick offs and one balk this year some say he has the best st base move in baseball this move has enabled him to pitch out of some tight early jams and has certainly contributed to his start watch to see if umpiring crews began calling the balk more tightly in response to opposing team complaints about his leg kicking behind the rubber on the pick off move current mlb al west standings from joesph hernandez jtchern ocb berkeley edu american west won lost pct gb last streak home road california angels won texas rangers lost minnesota twins lost chicago white sox won seattle mariners won oakland athletics lost kansas city royals won
