The Twins collected their second loss in as many days today falling to the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3. With the loss, the Twins are now 12-11 overall on the spring. Boof Bonser pitched well early and allowed a few runs towards the end of his outing. Carlos Gomez continued to swing a hot bat and put together another good game offensively.

** Boof Bonser stretched it out today and pitched a five-inning outing. In his five innings of work, Bonser allowed six hits, one walk and three runs. With the outing, Bonser is now just one start away from completing his spring work and getting ready for the season.

** After Bonser, Nick Blackburn received two innings out of the ‘pen. Blackburn, vying for a long relief spot, put together another solid outing. In his two innings, Blackburn allowed just two hits and no runs. He also struck out two hitters.

** After Blackburn, the Twins brought in Perkins and in one inning of work, he managed to badly hurt his stock. In his outing, Perkins allowed four hits and three runs. While Perkins is the only left-handed option remaining, Blackburn and Humber may have moved ahead of him in the race for the final bullpen spot and another possible rotation spot (Baker/Liriano).

** Centerfield watch: It was Carlos Gomez’s turn in center today and he put together another solid appearance. Gomez lead the game off with a double and put the Twins on the board early scoring later in the inning. Overall, Gomez went 2-4 with another stolen base and a run scored. Gomez has 10 steals and 12 runs scored in just fifteen games this spring. Span entered for one at-bat and singled raising his average nineteen points (that’s why you don’t go off of batting averages in the spring, they fluctuate so much with so few at-bats).

** Brendan Harris also had a solid outing, going 3-4 on the game. Harris has played very well over the past few games and will likely be the second basemen on Opening Day. The other key hitter for the Twins on the day was Delmon Young, he collected two sacrifices and two RBI.

** Other Twins to collect hits were: Justin Morneau, Brian Buscher, Drew Butera and Boof Bonser (2B).