Locked On Twins - Daily Podcast On The Minnesota Twins

The Twins are home for a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals. Minnesota is 0-3 against the Royals this year after being swept last weekend at Kauffman Stadium. Jake Odorizzi will start Friday against right-hander Jakob Junis. Josh Donaldson remains out with a calf strain. Donaldson was scheduled to be reinstated from the IL Friday but isn't in the lineup for the series opener.

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The Twins scored 12 runs and Kenta Maeda impressed again in Wednesday's series clincher in Milwaukee. Byron Buxton homered twice more and now has five long balls in 15 games. Miguel Sanó hit a ball about 5,000 feet, Mitch Garver had three hits, and Luis Arráez had a .600 on-base percentage in five plate appearances. The Twins have an off-day Thursday before hosting Kansas City in a four game series starting Friday.

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The Twins scored four runs, Eddie Rosario homered twice and the bullpen collapsed in a 6-4 loss in Milwaukee. The Twins have lost 5 of their last 6 games. Kenta Maeda will start Wednesday in the series finale against Eric Lauer and the Brewers.

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The Twins finally won a baseball game Monday in Milwaukee. Eddie Rosario hit a grand slam in the third inning and the Twins never looked back. Randy Dobnak started and won again, allowing only one run in five innings. Dobnak has the lowest ERA in Major League Baseball at 0.90. He is on #CyYoungWatch. Minnesota is back in action tonight against Josh Lindblom. The Twins are planning on a bullpen game with Tyler Clippard opening.

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The Twins have lost four straight games after starting the season 10-2. The Royals held the Twins' offense to an extremely poor .208/.273/.366 (.639) slash line in the series. Twins pitchers posted a 6.00 ERA in 24 innings. That is not a formula for success. Looking to bounce back, Randy Dobnak will be on the hill Monday in Milwaukee. The 6-7 Brewers will trot out right-hander Adrian Houser to contest.

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The Twins lost 3-2 to the Royals in Friday's season opener. That was Minnesota's second straight loss after winning six straight. Devin Smeltzer pitched well and the back end of the bullpen showed up admirably. Matt Wisler made a mistake on a slider to Ryan McBroom that put the Royals up 3-2 for good.

The Royals' bullpen was unbelievably dominant. The Twins' bats went cold. They'll look to rebound Saturday against Danny Duffy as Jake Odorizzi makes his season debut.

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The Twins suffered a heartbreaking walk-off loss Thursday in Pittsburgh. The Twins held a 5-3 lead in the 8th after homers from Miguel Sanó, Eddie Rosario and Byron Buxton. Sergio Romo walked Jarrod Dyson in the 8th, who then stole both second and third base. He scored on a groundout to make it 5-4. Taylor Rogers came in to close the door in the 9th and couldn't do it. Colin Moran stuck his bat out and singled to left before Bryan Reynolds doubled down the left field line. With no outs and two on, Rogers simply couldn't recover. Kevin Newman pinch hit for JT Riddle and singled in two runs to walk off Minnesota after Gregory Polanco struck out. Polanco also hit a three-run homer off Kenta Maeda in the second inning. Maeda pitched 6 innings and allowed only those three runs.

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The Twins head into Wednesday's game with nine wins, tying them with the Chicago Cubs for the most in baseball. Minnesota's next five games are against teams that each lost over 90 games in 2019. The Pirates will host for two games at PNC Park before the Twins head to Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City for a three game series against their rival Royals.

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Nelson Cruz walked it off for the Twins in Monday night's victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. On Tuesday, they took a 7-1 lead behind a strongish start from José Berríos, who went six innings, allowing one run and striking out six. The Pirates' comeback fell short and the Twins swept them at home to improve to 9-2. Minnesota is the first team in MLB to reach 9 wins.

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The Twins have immense depth in their lineup and rotation. They flashed it this weekend against their division-rival Cleveland Indians. Miguel Sanó homered twice Saturday, Mitch Garver went yard Sunday, and the Twins pitching staff held the Indians to four runs total and a .133 average in the four-game set. This week, Minnesota will face Pittsburgh twice at home and then head to PNC Park to play them twice more on the road. They will then open a three-game series in Kansas City against the Royals. The Twins are in first place in the A.L. Central with a 7-2 record and +25 run differential.

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