Santana Leads Twins To 5-2 Win Over Padres
Ervin Santana threw a four-hitter for his major league-best fifth complete game and hit a two-run single to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.
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Ervin Santana threw a four-hitter for his major league-best fifth complete game and hit a two-run single to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.
A day after keeping All-Star reliever Brad Hand and starter Jhoulys Chacin at the trade deadline, the San Diego Padres shut down the Minnesota Twins in a pitchers' duel.
The Twins have reinstated outfielder Byron Buxton from the 10-day disabled list and recalled pitcher Dillon Gee.
Minnesota gets 24-year-old left-handed pitching prospect Tyler Watson and $500,000 in international bonus pool allocation in the deal.
Yonder Alonso homered in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
The Yankees bolstered their rotation a day before the non-waiver trade deadline as they acquired Jaime García from the Minnesota Twins for a pair of minor league pitchers.
Jaime Garcia assured Paul Molitor after the fifth inning he could go some more. Then told his new skipper the same thing after the sixth.
The Minnesota Twins are sending Triple-A catcher John Ryan Murphy to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Double-A left-hander Gabriel Moya.
This is what happens when a team wins as much as the Los Angeles Dodgers: They believe they will find a way to win every night.
Jose Berrios (9-4) held the Dodgers scoreless until they took command with a four-run fourth.
They are two rookies on very different career paths, but Cody Bellinger and Edward Paredes worked together beautifully Monday night to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
The Minnesota Twins made a move Monday to add to their struggling pitching staff.
The Minnesota Twins designated reliever Craig Breslow for release or assignment and recalled reliever Alan Busenitz.
Minnesota fell into third place in the AL Central, 2½ games behind Cleveland and one game back of Kansas City.
Kyle Gibson took a shutout into the eighth inning in his longest start of the season and Zack Granite had three of the Twins' 14 hits.
