Twins Get Some Help In 9-5 Win Over A's
Francisco Liriano rebounded from his worst start of the season to go seven innings and Michael Cuddyer hit his team-leading 16th homer of the season as the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5 Friday night.
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Francisco Liriano rebounded from his worst start of the season to go seven innings and Michael Cuddyer hit his team-leading 16th homer of the season as the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5 Friday night.
Matt Harrison worked into the eighth inning to cap his unbeaten July for AL West-leading Texas and won a pitcher's duel against Minnesota's Scott Baker in the Rangers' 4-1 victory Thursday night.
Minnesota Twins second baseman Alexi Casilla is headed for the disabled list with a right hamstring strain.
New Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven has been honored by the Texas Rangers, one of his former teams.
Joe Mauer and Michael Cuddyer homered to back a solid start by Brian Duensing for the Minnesota Twins in a 7-2 victory over the AL West-leading Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.
Ron Gardenhire's pregame message to his team Tuesday was to wipe the slate clean from the previous night's embarrassing loss to the Texas Rangers.
Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs as part of the Texas Rangers' offensive barrage in a 20-6 rout of the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Bert Blyleven has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the first Dutch-born player to be enshrined thanked his late father and his 85-year-old mother for the drive and determination he needed to succeed.
Rick Porcello cruised through six innings and the Detroit Tigers took advantage of Francisco Liriano's control problems in a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
The Twins have an electric center fielder who has grabbed the attention of the fans, and his name is Ben Revere.
Scott Baker pitched five scoreless innings and the Twins bullpen came through with four solid innings of relief in a 4-1 victory over the Tigers on Saturday, snapping Detroit's 11-game winning streak over Minnesota.
Jhonny Peralta finished a triple short of the cycle and had four RBIs to lift Detroit to an 8-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night, the Tigers' 11th straight win over their AL Central rivals.
The Minnesota Twins have pushed back the start time for Sunday's game against the Detroit Tigers to 3:10 p.m. to accommodate Bert Blyleven's Hall of Fame induction speech.
Sometimes he's a starting pitcher, sometimes he's a long reliever if a starter gets in trouble early. But the bottom line is Anthony Swarzak is always happy to be doing any of it, because he's doing it in the big leagues.
The Minnesota Twins are about to take another step toward full strength, with outfielder/designated hitter Jason Kubel finally on his way back seven weeks after spraining his left foot.
