--Saturday's 6-4 loss to Detroit marked the fifth time this season that the Twins lost a game they were leading by three runs or more in the seventh inning or later and the third loss of that kind against the Tigers alone. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Twins lost only five games in that manner from 2003-2007 combined.
--The Twins selected RHP Philip Humber as their August minor league pitcher of the month. Humber, 25, went 4-1 with six starts with a 2.74 ERA, 36 strikeouts and just seven walks in August for Class AAA Rochester. Humber, who earned a September call-up earlier this month, came to Minnesota in the offseason via the Johan Santana trade with the Mets. --1B Justin Morneau drove in four of Minnesota's five runs on Sunday and now has 117 RBIs this season, second most in the American League. Sunday was his sixth game of the season with four or more RBIs.
--RHP Eddie Guardado made his first appearance at the Metrodome as a Twin since Sept. 24, 2003. Acquired in a trade earlier this month that brought him back to Minnesota, Guardado pitched a scoreless eighth inning, allowing two hits and striking out one. His 331 career games pitched at the Metrodome are a franchise record.
BY THE NUMBERS: 12 -- Runs the Twins were outscored by (34-20) in their first eight losses of a 5-9 road trip. Each of those eight losses was by one or two runs.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I was out there warming up today, and I said it's probably the worst I've felt all year. But you go out there, we're a half-game back, and (my body) seems to feel pretty good pretty quick." -- Justin Morneau, near the end of the Twins' 14-game road trip.
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