Another attempted comeback fell short and the Twins dropped their opener to Baltimore 5-3. The team fell behind early, and did pull back into contention, but as has been the case several times this season, they could not finish off the rally.
Behind by 4 heading into the the bottom of the 6th, the bats came alive, as Alexi Casilla and Joe Mauer hit back-to-back RBI doubles and Brendan Harris singled in a run in the 7th, but that would be all the offense the Twins put on the board. Down by 2 in the 8th, they had runners on 1st and 2nd, but Delmon Young flied out to end the inning.
Kevin Slowey turned in a so-so start, giving up only 7 hits and and no walks, but allowing 4 runs on 2 homers. Juan Rincon didn’t even record an out, as he allowed a double, threw a wild pitch and then gave up an RBI single to Adam Jones. Newcomer Crag Breslow struggled, throwing a wild pitch of his own, but Jesse Crain did keep the Twins in the game with solid relief.
The Twins just can’t seem to get any extended winning streak going, the Royals sweep being the exception. Whether it’s due to the rigors of sustaining that kind of production or something else, it’s just that things don’t seem to be working out for them at times. The team isn’t lacking for effort, and will contain to give it their all until they start winning big and for extended periods of time.
