The Minnesota Twins Try To Hit the LA Angels

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The Minnesota Twins Try To Hit the LA Angels

The Minnesota Twins are quickly losing grip on the season and they need to muster some hits from against the LA Angels if they hope to get back in the race.

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Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia wasn’t present to see how well his lineup changes worked in the series opener against the Minnesota Twins.

Judged on Scott Baker’s past woes in Anaheim, Scioscia may like what he sees regardless of what he does to his lineup.

Baker is winless in seven career starts at Angel Stadium, although he’s been pitching well lately for the Twins heading into Wednesday night’s contest.

Scioscia sat out Tuesday’s 5-1 victory to start this three-game set as he served an automatic one-game suspension from Major League Baseball as a result of ace Jered Weaver’s actions Sunday in Detroit.

With left-hander Brian Duensing starting Tuesday for Minnesota (50-59), Scioscia moved designated hitter Bobby Abreu up to No. 2 in the lineup with Torii Hunter dropping to third while RBI leader Mark Trumbo moved up one spot to bat sixth.

“Against the lefties we might move Trumbo up and get him connected with the other guys a little bit,” Scioscia told the Angels’ official website. “Against righties, we’re going to flip-flop some things and try to find a little continuity that way.”

Hunter and Trumbo both homered to support Ervin Santana’s eight-hitter as Los Angeles (60-50) won its third straight at home and moved within one game of AL West-leading Texas.

Trumbo’s 20th homer made him the sixth rookie in Angels history to reach that figure and the first since Tim Salmon, who set a club record for rookies with 31 in 1993.

The Angels should be confident against Baker (8-6, 2.86 ERA), who is 0-5 with a 6.10 ERA on the road against them. Baker, however, has thrown 14 straight scoreless innings against Los Angeles, including seven in a 6-5 home loss May 27.

That’s the kind of form the Twins have seen over the last eight starts from the veteran right-hander, who is 6-2 with a 1.64 ERA in that span. His three-game win streak ended last Thursday as he allowed two runs over seven innings in a 4-1 loss at Texas.

Baker was pulled after 97 pitches in his second start since returning from the disabled list because of a right flexor strain.

“You’re at that threshold,” he said. “To throw any more, I don’t know if that would have been beneficial. You know yourself well enough to know your limits.”

Hunter, Abreu and Trumbo are a combined 4 for 26 with no homers against Baker.

The Twins have also fared well against Joel Pineiro (5-5, 4.91), who will start Wednesday for the Angels. Pineiro is 2-7 with a 4.42 ERA in 15 career starts against the Twins, never winning a home start against them in seven outings with three different teams (0-5, 5.15).

Joe Mauer, hitting .371 over his last 24 games, is 14 for 20 with six extra-base hits against Pineiro.

The Angels have won the last four home starts by Pineiro, who is 0-2 with a 15.00 ERA in his last three overall. He surrendered six runs over 3 1-3 innings in Thursday’s 12-7 win at Detroit.

The Twins will finally be able to get some hits and they sneak out a win in the second game of this series.

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