Glen Perkins

The Twins blanked Boston 5-0 behind a solid performance by Sam Deduno. Deduno threw 6 shutout innings with 2 hits and 4 walks allowed to get the win and improve to 3-0. Glen Perkins threw 2 scoreless inning of relief to get the save, his 6th. Brian Dozier went 3-4 with a 2-run homerun and 2 runs scored and Justin Morneau went 2-4 with a run scored and Ryan Doumit went 1-3 with 1 RBI.

The Twins defeated the White Sox 7-6 Monday night on a Jamey Carroll's walk-off sacrifice fly scoring Alexi Casilla from 3rd base. Danny Valencia went 2-3 with 2 RBIs, Josh Willingham was 2-3 with a run scored and 1 RBI and Denard Span was 2-3 with a run scored. Span also added 2 great catches in centerfield. Glen Perkins threw a scoreless 9th inning to get the win. He is 2-1.

Texas beat the Twins 4-3 in 13 innings Sunday night. Minnesota led 3-0 going into the bottom of the 9th inning when Texas scored 3 unearned runs off Glen Perkins. Brian Dozier started the inning but committed an error that led to the 3 unearned runs. Ian Kinsler singled off Alex Burnett in the 13th inning to end the game.

The Twins lost 4-3 at home to the Texas Rangers Sunday afternoon. The Rangers complete the 3-game sweep and send the Twins to a American League worst 2-7. Minnesota led until the 8th inning when Josh Hamilton hit a 2-run homerun off Twins' reliever Glen Perkins. Perkins allowed 2 hits and 3 earned runs without recording an out for the Twins. Newly acquired outfielder Clete Thomas hit a 2-run homerun in his Twins debut.

The Twins lost 1-0 to Tampa Bay in exhibition play in Florida Friday. Francisco Liriano threw 3 shutout innings with no walks and 5 strikeouts for the Twins. Denard Span was 1-2 at the plate, Joe Mauer was 0-2 and Justin Morneau went 0-3. The Twins are 3-4 this spring and will play St. Louis at 12:05 today, pregame on WJON at 12:00.

Perkins was 4-4 with a 2.48 ERA in 61 2/3 innings for the Twins in 2011. Perkins also had 2 saves. Perkins is expected to work late inning for the Twins again in 2012. Matt Capps is expected to be the closer but Perkins could be the setup man.

The Twins have activated catcher Joe Mauer and relief pitcher Glen Perkins from the disabled list Thursday. Mauer has been out since April 12 with leg weakness and has spent the last few weeks rehabbing in Fort Myers, Florida. Mauer spoke a press conference Thursday and stressed the amount of work that has gone into him returning.

The Twins avoided salary arbitration with relief pitchers Matt Capps and Glen Perkins. Capps agrees to a 1-year deal worth $7.15 Million and Perkins agrees to a 1-year deal worth $700,000.