Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
When ? Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 – 08:10 pm
Where ? Target Field
Pitchers: vs Chen vs Pavano
“It was just a battle,” Pavano told the Twins’ official website after needing 103 pitches to go 6 1/3 innings. “They were giving me the runs, but I just couldn’t do anything with it. I just kept letting them back into the game. My pitch count was high, so I was lucky to get through the sixth.” Just 6 1/2 games out of the AL Central lead — and five games ahead of last-place Kansas City (71-90) at the All-Star break — Minnesota (62-99) has fallen far off the pace it set the last two years, clinching the league’s worst record with the third-most losses ever by a team that went to the playoffs the previous season. If that doesn’t happen, the Twins will join the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics as the only teams to reach triple-digit losses after winning a division or pennant during each of the previous two seasons. Chen went eight strong innings in Friday’s 11-1 road victory over the , yielding one run and two hits. The Twins close out a disappointing 2011 on Wednesday night at Target Field against the . Highlights and results will be available soon.. stay with us.