Jim Thome Is 2 Away From 600 Career Home Runs
Jim Thome's pursuit of 600 career home runs has been a rather quiet quest.
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Jim Thome's pursuit of 600 career home runs has been a rather quiet quest.
The Minnesota Twins have placed right-hander Scott Baker on the disabled list because of a strained pitching elbow.
Jake Peavy won for the first time in more than six weeks with eight shutout innings for Chicago, and the White Sox beat the Twins 7-0 Sunday to sweep a three-game series in Minnesota for the first time in more than seven years.
That's one of Minnesota fan's favorite years to talk about, and we all know why.
Facing Dan Haren wasn't the best way for the Minnesota Twins to keep the momentum going after hitting a season-high five home runs the night before.
Outfielder Denard Span will be back in the Twins lineup, leading off against the Angels in Anaheim Tuesday night, after being out nearly two months after suffering a concussion on a slide in Kansas City on June 3.
The Minnesota Twins were one of the more intriguing teams in the league leading up to the trade deadline. They started Sunday six games back in the AL Central division and with plenty of players on their roster that other teams coveted.
The Minnesota Twins activated outfielder Denard Span from the 15-day disabled list following Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
Coco Crisp keyed Oakland's offense with two hits and three stolen bases, leading Brandon McCarthy and the Athletics past the Minnesota Twins 7-3 Sunday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Justin Verlander threw eight dominant innings, Jhonny Peralta drove in three runs with three hits and the Detroit Tigers beat Minnesota 6-2 on Thursday for their 10th straight win over the Twins.
The Minnesota Twins are about to take another step toward full strength, with outfielder Jason Kubel finally on his way back seven weeks after spraining his left foot.
Danny Valencia singled home the go-ahead run for the second straight day, this time in the eighth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5 in a sloppy game played on another sweltering day at Target Field.
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire is still fighting a viral infection.
Danny Valencia hit a two-run single off closer Chris Perez in the ninth inning, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
Hot, steamy weather caused problems for some fans attending the first game of Monday's Cleveland-Minnesota doubleheader at Target Field.
