Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch

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This is the fourth installment in this series. You can find all of them here in reverse chronological order. I will be doing these approximately weekly or at the end of every 2 series.

In the last 2 series against the Royals (abbreviated 2-game series because of a rain out) and at the Angels the Twins as a team hit an underpowered .214/.276/.321 with 1 HR and scored 16 runs. This helped them finish only 1-4 in these series.

The Twins Hitter of the Week was:

Danny Valencia

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.400/.400/.600 6 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R in 15 plate appearances

As with the hitting, the Twins' pitching in the last 2 series was equally responsible for their 1-4 record against the

Royals and the Angels. As a team, the Twins pitched to a 5.79 ERA, allowing 49 hits (including 9 home runs, 8 doubles and a triple,) 28 Runs (all but 1 earned) in 42 innings, facing 183 batters. They threw 636 total pitches and 392 of them were strikes. The walked 11 and struck out 13. This results in a 1.43 WHIP, 2.8 K/9 and 1.2 K/BB.

The Twins' Pitcher of the Week was:

Jared Burton

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2 Games, 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 K

You know it's bad when your pitcher of the week only throws 2 innings