Not even big Jim Thome could help the Minnesota Twins last night as they dropped their third consecutive game to the Texas Rangers with another 4-3 loss in Arlington at Rangers ballpark. At least the Twins did something useful earlier in the day, when they acquired left-handed reliever Randy Flores.
The Rangers bullpen whizzed 94-98 mph fastballs past the Twins one after another to put the game away. Just like the fastball that intentionally hit Jim Thome’s thigh the night before. Boo.
Translation: this road series has turned the Minnesota Twins into road kill. If the Twins get swept by the Texas Rangers, I will officially be alarmed. At the moment, I’m just on edge.
Although there was almost no chatter beforehand about it, yesterday the Minnesota Twins acquired left-handed reliever Randy Flores from the Rockies. I think the reaction has mostly been relief (get it?) – certainly, there’s been no surprise.
Nice to have another lefty around anyway, so that the Twins don’t have to rely solely on Glen Perkins. That was starting to look pretty scary.
It just seems like the Twins should be performing better at this point in the season, doesn’t it? I know that the Twins swept the Rangers when they played at Target Field earlier this season, but I thought that was because the Twins are better than the Rangers. It seems that I was wrong.
I will say that the Minnesota Twins pitching has been pretty decent. Four runs in a game is not the end of the world – especially when you’re facing a top five hitting team like the Texas Rangers.
Well, it is when you have no offense. How depressing is that? Our guys are just in a slump right now – except for maybe Danny Valencia, but no one can get him home, so what does it matter?
That’s not true, actually; Denard Span scored Valencia last night, after going 0 for his last 13 at bats. I’ve been getting a little cranky about Span. You certainly can’t count his appearance last night as the norm.
The Minnesota Twins need their big guys to step up: Joe Mauer, Delmon Young, Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel…what’s going on? Are we saving ourselves for another team? What team? Because I was under the impression that this series with the Texas Rangers was kind of an important one.
Did I miss something?
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