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Game 54: Twins 10(!), Mariners 0

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Didn't catch much of the game yesterday (or at any point in the past 10 days...) due to moving. I did see Hicks was a HR short of the cycle and that rookie Chris Herrmann jacked his first career homerun. Doumit, Consensual Pork and Dozier also found the bleachers as the Twins combined for 16  hits.

A bit more after the jump.

Diamond notched his first win in nearly a month, going six scoreless innings while allowing only 4 hits and lowering his ERA from 5.22 to 4.66.

Twins are 25-29, 7-3 in their last 10 games, third in the Central and only 4.5 games behind first place Detroit.

Up next: a trip to Kansas City to take on the slumping Royals (2-8 in their last 10 games).

Also, the MLB draft starts this Thursday (I think) where the Twins hold the fourth overall pick. Snagging another player like Buxton would be alright by me.

Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals sees Boston, sporting a 1-0 series lead, taking on Pittsburgh tonight at 8:00 pm ET on NBCSN. Chicago beat LA last night to take a 2-0 series lead in the West.

Finally, there's a basketball game tonight that should be pretty good. Tip-off is at 8:30 pm ET on TNT. I'd love to see Stern's head asplode with a Finals match-up of Indiana v. San Antonio. However, I don't expect Miami LBJ to lose.

7 thoughts on “Game 54: Twins 10(!), Mariners 0”

    1. Here's the Gardy era for the first 54 games of each season.

      Start End W-L WP RS RA RD Final W-L Rnk Postseason
      2002-04-01 2002-05-30 31-23 .574 278 260 18 94-67 1 Division Champ
      2003-03-31 2003-05-31 31-23 .574 253 231 22 90-72 1 Division Champ
      2004-04-05 2004-06-04 29-25 .537 263 272 -9 92-70 1 Division Champ
      2005-04-04 2005-06-04 32-22 .593 244 203 41 83-79 3
      2006-04-04 2006-06-02 25-29 .463 248 282 -34 96-66 1 Division Champ
      2007-04-02 2007-06-02 28-26 .519 254 234 20 79-83 3
      2008-03-31 2008-05-30 28-26 .519 250 261 -11 88-75 2
      2009-04-06 2009-06-03 26-28 .481 266 267 -1 87-76 1 Division Champ
      2010-04-05 2010-06-03 31-23 .574 254 208 46 94-68 1 Division Champ
      2011-04-01 2011-06-01 17-37 .315 189 282 -93 63-99 5
      2012-04-06 2012-06-04 21-33 .389 220 291 -71 66-96 5
      2013-04-01 2013-06-02 25-29 .463 237 252 -15 25-29 3

        1. But with a better run differential. The run prevention in 2006 was really bad in the first third of the season. This year's looks pretty good, but I think the decline in offense in MLB is contributing the most to that.

        2. Now all the Twins have to do is get rid of Castro, Batista, Stewart, and White. I'm not sure where they're going to find their Santana/Liriano, though.

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