After a small string of loses this past week, the Twins finally came out on the winning side today beating the Pirates 4-1. Boof Bonser turned in another outstanding outing, and Carlos Gomez finally ended his long lasting hitless streak.

** Boof Bonser has pitched well thus far, and today turned it up to four innings. In his outing, Bonser allowed just three hits and a walk. He allowed no runs over the course of the four innings, and collected three strikeouts. Through the win, Bonser has a solid 3.00 ERA (then again, Ramon Ortiz did lead the spring league last year).

** Matt Guerrier received another inning today and after a poor outing last time out, Guerrier was decent. In one inning, Guerrier allowed two hits and a run. Joe Nathan also received an inning of work, and looked solid. In his outing, Nathan allowed no runs and struck out two. By the way, the Twins will meet with his agent next week!

** Philip Humber finished off the game with three very solid innings of work. In his three inning outing, Humber allowed no hits or runs and allowed just one base runner (via walk). Humber has still not allowed a run this spring (anybody else think this fifth starter thing is heating up).

** Offensively, the Twins collected nine total hits and turned those hits into four runs which was good enough for the victory with the stellar pitching.

** Centerfield watch: Carlos Gomez received the start, and finally broke his hitless streak. Gomez went 2-5 on the day with a double, a triple, a run scored and an RBI. The outing should give him a nice boost in the centerfield race. Jason Pridie, although he isn’t being considered for the job, did start in left and went 2-4 with a run scored.

** Michael Cuddyer, along with Pridie and Gomez, also had a big day at the plate. Cuddyer went 3-4 on the day and is hitting .357 this spring.

** The other two hits in the game came from Justin Morneau and Matt Tolbert.