The Twins pulled off yet another win today, this time against the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 8-4. Baker gave them another good outing to get them going and other than one bad inning, their pitching was great. On the offensive side, homeruns powered them to victory.

Here are the notes:

** Scott Baker made another start today and this time went two innings. In his outing, Baker allowed just two hits and struck out three batters. On the spring, Baker has still not allowed a run.

** After Baker, Brian Duensing was given another chance to show what he has to offer. The first inning was great, but when they put him back out for another, things went south. In his second inning, he didn’t record an out and gave up two homeruns. His final line was one inning, two hits and three runs. He is likely to be a cut tomorrow with an ERA of 19.29 in just a few appearances.

** The rest of the pitching was good. Rincon came in an cleaned up Duensing’s mess, collecting two strikeouts. Casey Daigle then pitched two innings of work and allowed just an unearned run. Zach Day, Deolis Guerra and Bobby Korecky each received innings after that, and they gave up just one hit combined (Day).

** The Twins started the scoring in the third inning. Craig Monroe and Jason Kubel hit back-to-back homeruns with two outs while Michael Cuddyer and Justin Morneau each picked up an RBI as well. It was Kubel’s first bomb, and Monroe’s second in as many days.

** Michael Cuddyer was the key hitter in the game. Overall, he went 3-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Brendan Harris was the only other Twin to collected multiple hits, he went 2-3.

** Centerfield watch: Jason Pridie didn’t do much to help himself move ahead in the battle, he went 1-5 on the day with a run. Denard Span went 1-1 in his lone plate appearance with an RBI. Gomez received the day off.

** Jon Knott continued to impress, hitting his second homerun of the spring in the seventh inning. It’ll be hard for him to make the team with so many outfielders, but he has played pretty well. Randy Ruiz also collected another hit.