Ill Liriano Leaves After 3, No-Hitter Long Gone
Minnesota Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano's bid for back-to-back no-hitters has ended quickly -- as did his time on the mound.
Watch CBS News
Minnesota Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano's bid for back-to-back no-hitters has ended quickly -- as did his time on the mound.
Adrian Gonzalez homered, Kevin Youkilis scored four runs and Daisuke Matsuzaka settled down to pitch six innings after a rough first, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 9-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
Minnesota left-hander Francisco Liriano will wait another day to follow up his no-hitter, having his next start pushed back because of flu symptoms and a sore throat.
Trevor Plouffe hit his first homer of the season and Scott Baker pitched eight strong innings for the Minnesota Twins, who capitalized on several Boston blunders in a 9-2 win over the Red Sox on Friday night.
In search for any kind of offensive production from the catcher spot in the absence of Joe Mauer, the Minnesota Twins are swapping one struggling hitter for another.
The Minnesota Twins have announced the dates for their annual baseball fantasy camp in Fort Myers, Fla.
The Minnesota Twins are considering giving Francisco Liriano an extra day of rest after he threw a career-high 123 pitches in his no-hitter against the White Sox on Tuesday.
The Minnesota Twins have placed outfielder Jason Repko on the 15-day disabled list with a sore left quad and called up Ben Revere from Triple-A Rochester.
Nick Blackburn earned his first win in a month, Jason Kubel had a pair of RBI and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Wednesday to sweep a brief two-game series behind some outstanding pitching.
In his decade-long professional career, Francisco Liriano had never thrown a shutout or even a complete game. Not at any level, not in any league. So much for those old stats. Now, he's Mr. No-Hitter.
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer will begin some light swinging and throwing Wednesday as he rehabilitates from leg weakness.
The WCCO-TV Newsroom is more superstitious than most baseball teams.
Minnesota Twins designated hitter Jim Thome was scratched from Tuesday night's lineup against the Chicago White Sox because of a sore oblique muscle.
The Minnesota Twins have announced the date of a make-up game against the Cleveland Indians for one of last month's rainouts.
Mike Aviles homered and drove in four runs to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 10-3 on Sunday.
Jarrod Dyson scored on a sacrifice fly in the eighth as the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Friday night to snap a six-game losing streak.
It can't get much worse, can it? The Tampa Bay Rays just embarrassed the Twins at Target Field, outscoring them 29-6 in a three-game sweep, as fans endured snow, rain and chilly winds.
After a 15-3 thumping by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of a doubleheader, Michael Cuddyer challenged his Minnesota Twins teammates to start playing with more fire and energy. The message didn't hit home in time for the nightcap.
On the disabled list with another leg problem, Minnesota Twins All-Star catcher Joe Mauer says he has no plans to make a position change anytime soon.
Ben Zobrist set a Tampa Bay record with eight RBI, hitting a home run and two doubles Thursday as the Rays routed the Minnesota Twins 15-3 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
The Minnesota Twins put Delmon Young on disabled list on Wednesday night with a strained left oblique that caused him to pull himself from the lineup against the Tampa Bay Rays.
At snowy Target Field, Ben Zobrist tripled and drove in three runs Wednesday night as the Tampa Bay Rays pounded Francisco Liriano in an 8-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Delmon Young pulled himself out of the lineup against Tampa Bay on Wednesday after being unable to get warmed up on the chilly night and the Minnesota Twins started the game with just one healthy bench player.
It's only April and already the Minnesota Twins have had more rainouts than they did in all of 2010. So, when the Twins have a rainout, do they lose money?
The Minnesota Twins have postponed their game with the Tampa Bay Rays because of heavy rain in the Twin Cities.
