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The Minnesota Twins got a much needed 6-3 win against the Detroit Tigers on July 11th in the landscape. The Twins were on a 4 game losing streak before that and had lost 2 in a row to the AL Central leading Detroit Tigers, Detroit is team that has only lost 3 times in 20 home games since June 2. The loss also propelled the Chicago into 1st place 1/2 game ahead of the Tigers as the White Sox swept the Kansas City Royals at US Cellular field in Chicago.
Getting Back to Minnesota their ace Carl Pavano got the win and improved to 5-0 in his last seven starts, Minnesota clearly needed this win headed in to the all star break. This is shaping up to be one of the best races in Major League Baseball, with the White Sox and Tigers being red hot and the Twins trying to regain their early season form that had them in 1st place most of the first half of the season. This sports handicapper also thought that the Twins would have made a try at pitcher Cliff Lee, the team is having problems with their starting rotation and Lee would have been the perfect fit. Mlb Picks Of The Day
The Twins open up an important series with the White Sox on July 15th with the Chicago White Sox at Target field in Minneapolis, the Twins can basically take back 1st place in the division and are looking to do just that, but it will not be easy as Chicago is playing on another planet right now.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire gave catcher Joe Mauer the day off and did not DH because of a sore shoulder. Mauer has been hit in the shoulder by several foul tips in recent days, but he will still take part in the All-Star game, something he and every player in the game wants to do, Mauer said that it is a privileged to play in the summer classic and would not trade in that experience for anything in baseball, say except for a world series ring. This sports handicapper has been on fire with his baseball plays and will continue in the second half of the season. Mlb Picks Of The Day
Mlb Picks Of The Day - Twins Avoid Sweep Before All Star Break Behind Pavano
