This is getting serious.
The Twins have swept two consecutive interleague series at home, finishing off the Diamondbacks after squishing the Nats. The team is third behind the Yankees and Athletics in interleague wins with 115 to those two teams' 119.
Sunday it was 5-3, Twins, who fell behind 3-0 but came back to defeat Brandon Webb, one of the best pitchers in the the league. Livan Hernandez, now 8-4, was the beneficiary of the Twins' comeback. Webb fell to 11-4.
Once again the big inning did it for the Twins, who scored all five of their runs in the fifth. It's the fifth straight game they've scored at least four runs in an inning.
Alexi Casilla and Brian Buscher were each two for four with two RBIs, and Jesse Crain and Joe Nathan pitched scoreless innings coming out of the bullpen.
But there's a disquieting trend. The Twins, who were so great in the field during their World Series runs, made two errors, leading to a couple of unearned runs. The Twins' radio announcers said Sunday that only two teams have made more errors than the Twins this year.
The culprit Sunday was Delmon Young, who let the ball roll under his glove for a pair of unearned runs. The Twins should be a great fielding team.
At 40-36, the Twins are only a game and a half behind the White Sox, who were swept by the Cubs. They are at San Diego and then at home against the Brewers to complete interleague play. Then they'll face division rivals.
Arizona is only three and a half games ahead of the Dodgers.
Keywords: Alexi Casilla, Arizona Diamondbacks, Brian Buscher, Jesse Crain, Livan Hernandez, Minnesota Twins
