\n\tHerb Carneal was born in Richmond, Virginia on this date in 1923. He was in the Twins radio booth for FORTY-FOUR years, from 1962 to 2006. Share your favorite memories or stories about Carneal in the comments section at the bottom of the page.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n\tBiggest Comeback Win in Team History:\u00a0
The Twins overcame an 8-1 seventh-inning deficit for the biggest comeback win in team history on this date in 2000.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tAfter Cleveland scored four in the top of the seventh to take an 8-1 lead, the Twins scored six in the bottom of the inning to pull within one. David Justice<\/a> homered in the top of the ninth to give Cleveland a 9-7 lead, but after an RBI-hit in the bottom of the ninth, Midre Cummings<\/a> hit a two-out walk-off homer for a 10-9 Twins win.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tMatt Lawton<\/a> went 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored, raising his season average to .365. Cleveland\u2019s\u00a0Jim Thome<\/a>\u00a0went 3-for-4 with a home run and double.\n<\/p>\n \n\tFrom\u00a0CBS News:\n<\/p>\n \n\t\tQuote\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\u201cThis team, we don\u2019t beat you with the long ball. And me? I never hit homers,\u201d Cummings said after his game-winning home run . . . \u201cThat\u2019s the first time in my life I hit a game-winning homer,\u201d Cummings said. \u201cWe had a fast guy on first and I was just trying to hit the ball into the gap. And I never thought I\u2019d hit out the opposite way.\u201d . . . [Steve] Karsay said the outside fastball was exactly where he wanted it. \u201cIf I was going to get beat, it would be to the opposite field,\u201d he said.\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\tTwins Ambush Perry: \n\tFun Fact: Nobody reached base more often in the Twins\u2019 first two seasons than Lenny Green (522). And of course Jim Perry won the Cy Young<\/a> pitching for the Twins in 1970.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tBack-to-back home runs to begin a team\u2019s half of the first inning tied the major league record at the time. The current record is three-straight to begin a game.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tFred Lynn<\/a> Hits Ninth-Inning Homers in Three-Straight Games: \n\tRon Davis<\/a> gave up a walk-off home run to the Yankees’ Don Mattingly<\/a> on May 13\u00a0to make it four-straight ninth-inning home runs surrendered by the Twins.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Are you interested in Twins history? Then check out the Minnesota Twins Players Project, a community-driven project to discover and collect great information on every player to wear a Twins uniform!<\/p>\n
Lenny Green<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Vic Power<\/a>\u00a0started the bottom of the first with back-to-back home runs off Cleveland pitcher\u00a0Jim Perry<\/a> on this date in 1962.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
Baltimore’s Fred Lynn hit ninth-inning home runs in three-straight games against the Twins including two walk-offs beginning on this date in 1985.\n<\/p>\n