An ugly pattern

I've noticed a strange pattern among the recent series that the Twins have played. The reason I call it ugly, is because as it stands now, the Twins stand to get worse unless they can get swept.

Let me explain

The month of May was unfortunate for the Twins. After coming off a series victory against Detroit to end April, the Twins started May by dropping 2 of 3 to Tampa Bay. They went on to lose series' (but not swept) against Boston, Chicago and Detroit. Finally, they came upon the surging Indians, who swept the Twins.

But then a tide turned. After that sweep, the Twins took 2 out of three in Milwaukee. Then it was 2 out of 3 in Texas. After that we took 2 out of 3 when Toronto came to town. To top it off, the White Sox came to town, and with four straight balls Torii Hunter completed a sweep.

And again the tide turned.

Uh-oh.

Sure enough, after taking the first game against Oakland, we dropped the next two. Now the Twins are set to lose the first game of the Anaheim series (8-1 at last I looked). It seems the pattern is facilitated by sweeps. Granted, this means a sweep by Anaheim would put us in fine position to start having fun with the NL. But mainly, I'd like this pattern to stop because I don't like Twins sweeps meaning we're heading for a losing streak.

Still, the Twins are doing much better to start this year than their start last year. Unfortunately, we don't have Liriano coming up in June to help us out!