The Twins played an all-around excellent game today in a runaway win over the Phillies 11-2. Kevin Slowey had a solid outing as did all of the other pitchers after him. With both Denard Span and Carlos Gomez in the lineup today, the centerfield race took the front stage.

** Kevin Slowey pitched decently last time out, but today pitched even better. In four innings of work, Slowey allowed just a solo homerun to Ryan Howard. His final line was four innings, two hits, one run and five strikeouts. The outing should allow him to control his own destiny from here on out.

** After Slowey’s four solid innings, Glen Perkins received two innings of work. Perkins was decent in his outing, allowing three hits, a walk and a run. After Perkins, Denny Reyes, Pat Neshek and Casey Daigle each pitched one inning apiece. None of the three allowed a hit, and for that matter, none of the three allowed a base runner.

** With the great pitching, it wouldn’t have taken much offense to pickup the win. The Twins still unloaded on the Phillies pitching collecting eighteen hits and eleven runs.

** Centerfield watch: Denard Span received the start in center, and had a pretty good day. Span went 2-5 with a run and an RBI. Carlos Gomez was also in the starting lineup and played in right. He had an even better day, going 3-4 with a walk, a two-run homerun, two singles, three runs scored, two RBI and two stolen bases. Gomez really showed off his speed with two steals, but also scored from second on a ball fielded in right field by the second basemen.

** Three other Twins collected multiple hits on the day. Delmon Young went 2-4 with an RBI, Jason Kubel went 2-3 with a homerun and one RBI and Nick Punto went 2-4 with two RBI.

** Other players two collect one hit on the day were: Jon Knott, Jason Pridie, Mike Redmond, Eli Whiteside (HR), Mike Lamb, Tommy Watkins and Adam Everett.

With the win, the Twins are now 10-7 on the spring.