Sure, that stretch where Minnesota played Toronto, the Yankees and Tampa may have slowed them down. Didn't help that they got blanked by the Mariners, 5-0, in Seattle on Tuesday, even though they actually won the series. But this appears to be just a case where a competitor has gotten hot. Unfortunately, what once seemed like a comfortable stroll through the season suddenly has turned into a fistfight. Let's hope the Twins have the moxie to fight back.
The club finishes up a three-Game series in Arizona this weekend. Cleveland then comes here for as important a three-Game set as you'll ever have in June. Then they host Colorado for three.
#-2: Lynx (Last Week: -2). Basketball fans, it is official: The Minnesota Lynx have The Worst Record In The Women's National Basketball Association. Going 0-3 for the Week (one of them to previous worst record-holder Indiana on Sunday, and at Target Center, by God) and losing four in a row in total will contribute to that. Sure, the last two defeats were close: The Fever beat the Jynx by four and Seattle struggled but had a last-minute score to win by a basket. It's gotten to them a bit, as you would expect from any squad on a losing streak. But I haven't heard any dissension, or grumblings about Cheryl Reeve -- yet. Instead there's anodyne talk about how they've "almost put it together," and "we're close." Grenades, horseshoes and dancing. Whatever.
Still no timetable on a return for Sylvia Fowles. Reeve continues to shuffle her lineup.
On the road to face Las Vegas (tomorrow/Sunday) and Phoenix (Tuesday). That's a start of a home-and-home; the Mercury return the favor Thursday.
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