The Twins offense was basically non-existent in their loss to the Yankees 6-4. Boof Bonser had a rough outing to put the Twins down early and then the guy the Twins almost got for Santana, Phil Hughes, shut them down for four innings. After that, the Twins never got back into the game, collecting just four hits over the course of nine innings.

** Boof Bonser has pitched well so far, but today pitched poorly in his three innings of work. Bonser’s final line was three innings, two hits, four walks and three runs. It was the walks, and not the hits, that hurt Bonser. That’s the good sign since walks are a common thing early on.

** After Bonser the Twins sent out Randy Keisler and he continued to drop his stock. In two innings, Keisler allowed four hits, three walks and two runs. He has pitched poorly in nearly every outing so far.

** Matt Guerrier, Joe Nathan, Carmen Cali and Brian Bass each received one inning of work a piece after that. Guerrier was the only one of the four pitchers to give up a run, he also gave up two hits. Nathan allowed no hits or runs but walked one. Bass and Cali meanwhile each gave up one hit.

** The Twins offense scored four runs which was pretty good considering they collected just four hits. All four runs were scored in the eighth and ninth innings.

** Centerfield watch: Denard Span and Carlos Gomez each started. Span was in center and Gomez was in right. Span outdid Gomez at the plate, going 0-1 with an odd four walks. Gomez went 0-3. In the field though, Gomez again showed off his arm nailing Robinson Cano at second base. Jason Pridie went 0-2 after he pinch hit for Gomez in the seventh. At the conclusion of this eleventh game, Span is hitting .214, Gomez is hitting .190 and Pridie .238. Gomez should be the leader with that average because the others aren’t much better and his speed and glove have both outdone the other two by a long shot.

** Tommy Watkins picked up his first hit of the spring in the loss, he went 1-3. Eli Whiteside also picked up a hit, going 1-2. Garrett Jones and Randy Ruiz each continued to hit pretty well. They both picked up hits and Ruiz is now hitting .471 on the spring.

** On a final note, lets remember that spring isn’t as much for getting wins and hits and stats, but to get work in for the season. The Twins did very well at the plate as far as being patient. They drew a total of ten walks as a team.

In case you missed it, the Twins cut twelve players before their game today. They now have 49 players remaining in camp and the battles are starting to heat up.

Tomorrow morning, look for the second week of the pitchers Making the Team. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get a game recap up tomorrow, and if I don’t look for the hitters edition of Making the Team on Tuesday morning.