https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/829/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/week-in-review-mauer-passes-carew-r7167/A momentous milestone stood out as the biggest highlight in an otherwise lackluster week for the Minnesota Twins. Read on for the full rundown of everything you need to know from the past seven days. Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/20 through Sun, 8/26 *** Record Last Week: 2-5 (Overall: 61-69)...7167Mon, 27 Aug 2018 00:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/oak-6-min-2-austin-goes-deep-twice-in-loss-r7166/Tyler Austin blasted two more home runs Sunday afternoon, one into the Catch area above the center field batter’s eye, giving him six homers in just 12 games with the Twins. Unfortunately, that was all the offense the Twins could muster as they lost their third straight game to the A’s. Snapshot...7166Sun, 26 Aug 2018 21:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/hall-of-famers-on-and-off-the-field-r7165/Joe Mauer had been given Wednesday afternoon off in Chicago. On Thursday night, the Twins returned home to Target Field and Mauer was back in the lineup, Mauer singled to tie Rod Carew for second on the Twins all-time hits list. On Friday, he executed a perfect hit-and-run for a single and hit #2,...7165Sun, 26 Aug 2018 06:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/oak-6-min-2-gonsalves-gets-burned-on-mistake-pitch-r7163/Stephen Gonsalves had a much better go of things his second time around with the Twins, but I’m sure really wishes he could have one pitch back. The end result wasn’t great but as it turned out, Gonsalves would have had to have been close to perfect tonight for the Twins to have a chance. The bats...7163Sun, 26 Aug 2018 02:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/oak-7-min-1-puckett-2304-mauer-2086-carew-2085-r7162/Joe Mauer passed Rod Carew on the all-time Twins hit list with a fifth-inning single Friday night at Target Field. With 2,086 hits, he now trails only Kirby Puckett on the Minnesota Twins franchise leaderboard. I’m sure he would have preferred to reach that milestone in a victory, but unfortunatel...7162Sat, 25 Aug 2018 03:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-minor-league-report-824-duran-dazzles-and-arraez-goes-yard-r7161/Acquired by the Twins in exchange for Eduardo Escobar, Jhoan Duran got to face his former team tonight. With the Kernels playing the Cougars, Duran’s former Diamondbacks farm teammates were in the opposing batters box tonight. Up a couple of levels, the light hitting Luis Arraez brought his boomst...7161Sat, 25 Aug 2018 03:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/let39s-talk-about-logan-forsythe-r7158/Logan Forsythe’s 19-game run with the Minnesota Twins has been fairly remarkable. In the time since he came over from the Dodgers in the Brian Dozier trade, Forsythe has led the team in batting average (.377) and on-base percentage (.434). Yes, a little over two weeks is the poster child for small...7158Fri, 24 Aug 2018 03:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/min-6-oak-4-twins-top-red-hot-a%E2%80%99s-r7159/Oakland has been one of the hottest teams in baseball, but the Twins managed to pull off a comeback victory. Kohl Stewart ran into some trouble in the second inning, allowing the A’s to take a 2-0 lead, but a string of timely hitting quickly pushed the Twins on top for good. Snapshot (chart via F...7159Fri, 24 Aug 2018 03:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/we-are-all-witnesses-right-r7157/The Minnesota Twins have played 126 games of their 162-game schedule for 2018. Sitting in a position where the season goals have been significantly altered, dreams of October baseball have long since come and gone. As prospects continue to filter into Target Field over the next month, the lineups...7157Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/chw-7-min-3-sox-get-to-gibby-r7154/Kyle Gibson has been a steady performer this season, but Wednesday afternoon in Chicago the White Sox knocked him around a bit. Gibson failed to complete five innings for the first time since April 11 and just the third time overall this season in 26 starts. He also gave up three home runs for the...7154Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-roundtable-grading-molitor-r7153/Twins Daily Roundtable is a weekly series. As part of this series, a question will be posed to the site’s writers and they will respond in 200 words or less (Some writers don’t like to stick to this limit). This will give readers an opportunity to see multiple points of view and then add their own...7153Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/min-5-chw-2-wild-final-inning-puts-twins-over-r7152/A marquee starting pitching matchup was derailed by a nearly hour-long rain delay. That was enough to halt Michael Kopech’s major league debut, but only shortened Jose Berrios’ night. This one came down to the ninth inning, where the Twins broke open a tie game by scoring three runs in a pretty st...7152Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:04:00 +0000