Minnesota managed to spark an eighth-inning comeback and capture a 6-5 victory over Seattle in the series finale at Safeco Field on Wednesday.

As he has throughout the season, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire sat center fielder Carlos Gomez for Wednesday's series finale vs. the Mariners due to a recent cold streak.

Rather than basking the glory of his first career homer Tuesday, Twins 30-year-old rookie Randy Ruiz instead was wondering what he could have done better to help his team win a ballgame.

On Tuesday night, Minnesota once again looked like it could pull off a "W" but was unable to complete its late-inning comeback in a 3-2 loss to the Mariners at Safeco Field.

With the Twins in the midst of a pennant chase and Joe Mauer among the American League leaders in hitting, the decision to sit the All-Star catcher becomes harder and harder.

Learning the news that he was returning to Minnesota in a trade came as a bit of a shock to the veteran left-hander Eddie Guardado.

The Twins will be one of the first teams to use instant replay when they open their series against the A's in Oakland on Thursday.

Denard Span was watching ESPN on Sunday night when highlights of the Twins-Angels game from earlier in the day started playing -- including video of his ejection.

The Twins suffered more late-inning bullpen woes on Monday night, this time giving up an 11th-inning, two-run homer to Adrian Beltre to hand the club a 4-2 loss to the Mariners in the opening game at Safeco Field.

The Twins addressed their need for late-inning relief help on Monday, completing a trade with Texas for left-hander Eddie Guardado.

After losing his starting job at third base and seeing his role relegated to a scarcely used bench player, Mike Lamb's tenure with the Twins came to an end on Monday.

The Twins announced that they have acquired pitcher Eddie Guardado from the Texas Rangers in exchange for righthanded pitcher Mark Hamburger.

Twins first baseman Justin Morneau joined some elite company on Sunday afternoon when he drove in his 100th run of the season.

After dropping two straight contests to the Angels in their final two contests in Anaheim, both of which they felt they could have won, the Twins head to Seattle with the hopes of trying to put this latest disappointment behind them.

A three-run lead turned into yet another eighth-inning loss on the road for the Twins on Sunday afternoon as they fell to the Angels, 5-3, at Angel Stadium.

Joe Mauer admits the physical wear of catching impacted him during his 2006 batting title chase. Now, as Mauer leads the American League in hitting once again with a .322 batting average, he said he's still dealing with similar issues.

With the Twins in the middle of a stretch of 17 games in 17 days, manager Ron Gardenhire acknowledged that he'd like to give some of his players a breather, especially Justin Morneau.

The Twins had an opportunity to extend their lead in the American League Central on Saturday night, but a combination of poor pitching and poor defense led to a 7-5 loss to the Angels at Angel Stadium.

Although Carlos Gomez's offensive numbers haven't been particularly stellar this season, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire agrees that Gomez has given the team much more than his stats suggest.

Twins shortstop Adam Everett was standing in the dugout, preparing to head to the plate to lead off the fifth inning on Friday night when equipment manager Rod McCormick told Everett that he had to follow him into the tunnel.