Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said ahead of Tuesday night’s game against the Miami Marlins that the time for talk had run out. The Twins simply needed to go out and get it done on the field.
But for the third straight game, the Twins weren’t able to get it done, falling to the Marlins 4-1 in front of a crowd of 21,983 and some dogs for “Bark in the Park” Tuesday at Target Field in Minneapolis. It’s their eighth loss in their last 11 games and puts them in precarious position for the postseason.
The Twins (81-76) are now two games back of both the Kansas City Royals, who beat the Washington Nationals in 10 innings Tuesday night, and the Detroit Tigers, who beat the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday, for the final two American League wild-card spots. They do hold the tiebreakers over both teams…