1390 THE FAN » Matt Carson http://1390thefan.com Sat, 25 May 2013 02:32:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Twins Promote Waldrop; Carson Sent Down http://1390thefan.com/twins-promote-waldrop-carson-sent-down/ http://1390thefan.com/twins-promote-waldrop-carson-sent-down/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:35:22 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=81708 The Twins optioned outfielder Matt Carson to triple-A Rochester after the game Thursday and called up righthanded relief pitcher Kyle Waldrop from triple-A Rochester. Waldrop has a 3.34 ERA in 24 games for Rochester this season. Carson was 8-21 batting .381 for the Twins with 1 RBI in 5 games this season.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/twins-promote-waldrop-carson-sent-down/feed/ 0 Getty Images Oakland, Crisp Beat Twins 5-1 http://1390thefan.com/oakland-crisp-beat-twins-5-1/ http://1390thefan.com/oakland-crisp-beat-twins-5-1/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:48:38 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=81523 The Twins lost the rubber game of the 3-game series at Oakland against the Athletics Wednesday afternoon. CoCo Crisp went 3-3 with a homerun and 2 RBIs for the Athletics. Tommy Millone threw 8 innings with 2 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. Liam Hendriks allowed 6 hits and 4 earned runs allowed in 5 innings to take the loss and drop to 0-6. Matt Carson had 2 of the 3 Twins hits.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/oakland-crisp-beat-twins-5-1/feed/ 0 Getty Images Mariners Edge Twins 3-2 http://1390thefan.com/mariners-edge-twins-3-2/ http://1390thefan.com/mariners-edge-twins-3-2/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:24:06 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=80860 Diamond threw 6 2/3 innings with 9 hits and 2 earned runs allowed and didn't figure in the final decision. John Jaso hit the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 9th inning off Casey Fien but Tyler Robertson takes the loss for the Twins. Matt Carson was 3-4 and Pedor Florimon was 2-3 for the Twins. Justin Morneau and Joe Maer each had 1 RBI.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/mariners-edge-twins-3-2/feed/ 0 Getty Images Mariners Down Twins 5-3 http://1390thefan.com/mariners-down-twins-5-3/ http://1390thefan.com/mariners-down-twins-5-3/#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:43:15 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=80768 The Twins lost 5-3 at Seattle against the Mariners Friday night. Hasashi Iwakuma threw 7 innings with 4 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win for the Mariners. Nick Blackburn allowed 11 hits and 5 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Twins. Joe Mauer went 2-4 with a solo homerun and Josh Willingham hit a solo homerun, his 31st. Matt Carson in his Twins' debut was 1-4 with 1 RBI and Pedro Florimon in his Twins' debut was 0-3.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/mariners-down-twins-5-3/feed/ 0 Getty Images Twins to Callup Carson; Activate Swarzak http://1390thefan.com/twins-to-callup-carson-activate-swarzak/ http://1390thefan.com/twins-to-callup-carson-activate-swarzak/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:33:45 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://1390thefan.com/?p=80619 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.

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