Anthony Swarzak

The Twins lost their 2nd to last game of the season 4-3 in Toronto to the Blue Jays Tuesday night. Toronto went out to a 4-0 lead in the 5th inning. Denard Span hit a 2-run homerun in the 6th inning and Alexi Casilla added a RBI single for the Twins in the 7th inning. Ben Revere had 3 hits for Minnesota. Anthony Swarzak started the game for the Twins and allowed 4 earned runs in 5 innings to take the loss and drop to 3-6.

The Twins lost 4-3 in 10 innings Thursday afternoon at Cleveland. Casey Kotchman singled in the game-winning run in the 10th off Twins reliever Anthony Swarzak. Swarzak takes the loss. Trevor Plouffe was 2-4 with a solo homerun and Pedro Florimon was 1-2 with a run scored.

The Twins have activated righthanded relief pitcher Anthony Swarzak from the 15-day disabled list and are expected to call up corner outfielder 31-year old Matt Carson from triple-A Rochester. Swarzak has been on the disabled list since July 25 with a right rotator cuff strain. Carson is hitting .277 with 14 homeruns and 49 RBIs at triple-A Rochester.

The Twins defeated Detroit 6-4 Monday night to win their 4th game in a row. Minnesota scored 4 runs in the 4th inning and added 2 more runs in the 5th inning. Ryan Doumit was 3-3 with 1 RBI, Brian Dozier went 3-5 and Trevor Plouffe had a 2-run single for the Twins. Ben Revere added 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI for Minnesota.

The Twins lost 7-6 at New York to the Yankees Thursday night. Curtis Granderson hit 3 homeruns for the Yankees. 2 of Granderson's homeruns came against Twins starter Anthony Swarzak. Swarzak allowed 8 hits and 6 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings to take the loss and drop to 0-3. Ryan Doumit went 2-4 with a 2-run homerun and 4 RBIs and Danny Valencia went 2-4 with 2 RBIs for the Twins.

The Texas Rangers downed the Twins 4-1 Friday night in the first game of a 3-game series at Target Field. Matt Harrison allowed just 1 earned run in 8 innings to get the win and improve to 2-0. Anthony Swarzak allowed 9 hits and 4 earned runs scored the Twins to take the loss and drop to 0-2. Danny Valencia's sacrifice fly in the 2nd inning gave the Twins a 1-0 lead but Texas scored 3 runs in the 4th inning.

The Twins lost 3-1 at Baltimore Sunday as the Orioles completed the sweep of Minnesota. Jason Hammel took a no-hitter into the 8th inning before Justin Morneau's double broke-up the no-hitter to lead off the 8th inning. Josh Willingham doubled Morneau in to scored the lone Twins' run. Anthony Swarzak threw 5 innings with 1 earned run allowed to take the loss. Swarzak started in place of Liam Hendriks. Hendriks couldn't pitch because of food poisioning.

The Twins pounded the Pirates 15-3 Saturday afternoon in exhibition play in Florida. Anthony Swarzak threw 6 innings with 6 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. Brian Dozier had 3 hits and 4 RBIs, Joe Mauer drove in 4 runs and Trevor Plouffe had 3 hits and 2 RBIs playing 2nd base.

The Twins defeated Baltimore 5-0 Tuesday afternoon with 5 pitchers combining on the 1-hit shutout. Baltimore broke up the no-hitter when Robert Andino doubled off Glen Perkins in the 8th inning. Anthony Swarzak threw 3 2/3 innings with 3 walks allowed and 3 strikeouts to get the win. Jamey Carroll was 1-3 with 2 RBIs and Justin Morneau added a RBI single.

The Twins were swept in the day/night doubleheader by the Chicago White Sox Monday. The White Sox won 2-1 in the afternoon and 4-0 at night. Anthony Swarzak threw 8 innings with 7 hits and 2 earned runs allowed to take the loss and drop to 3-6. Former Twin Phil Humber threw 7 shutout innings with 6 hits allowed to get the win.