Nathan Faces Mauer In Live Batting Practice
After facing Joe Mauer in a live batting practice session in Florida on Wednesday morning, Joe Nathan deemed himself close to returning to the Minnesota Twins.
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After facing Joe Mauer in a live batting practice session in Florida on Wednesday morning, Joe Nathan deemed himself close to returning to the Minnesota Twins.
Just as Joe Mauer and Tsuyoshi Nishioka are getting closer to returning to the Minnesota Twins, Justin Morneau is headed to the disabled list.
Team officials called it just under an hour after the start Tuesday night was delayed by a downpour that began about an hour before the scheduled first pitch.
Just as Joe Mauer and Tsuyoshi Nishioka get closer to returning to the Minnesota Twins, Justin Morneau could be headed to the disabled list.
The Minnesota Twins still have the worst record in the American League. Still in last place in their division, 12 games below the .500 mark. Still missing most of their stars to injury.
Francisco Liriano sniffed his second no-hitter of the season until Adrian Beltre led off the eighth inning with a clean single, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 6-1 on Sunday.
Joe Mauer could return to the Minnesota Twins in the coming week.
Dealing with a depleted lineup, the Minnesota Twins might be starting to take opponents by surprise.
Michael Young had three hits and three RBIs, Adrian Beltre added two hits and drove in two, and the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 9-3 on Friday night.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire says catcher Joe Mauer is feeling "real strong" in his rehabilitation for leg weakness, and the team will decide on his next step after Sunday.
Alexi Casilla laced a single to left field to drive in the winning run with two outs in the ninth and lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on a windy, chilly Thursday night at Target Field.
Minnesota Twins center fielder Denard Span is out of the lineup for a fifth time in the last six games because of whiplash from a home-plate collision last week.
With the devastation to the lineup this season and now current elation playing out on TV and computer screens around Minnesota, your kids may start to ask if it is safe to cheer for the Twins yet.
Ben Revere's two-out RBI single in the 10th inning off closer Chris Perez gave the coming-to-life Minnesota Twins a 3-2 win Wednesday over the slumping Cleveland Indians, who can't seem to shake free of their June swoon.
Carlos Carrasco took a shutout into the ninth inning and the Cleveland Indians pushed across an unearned run to defeat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 Tuesday night.
