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Twins Top Sox With Big First Inning

Dave Overlund — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:37 +0000

Joe Mauer hit a two-run home run in the first inning to pace the Twins offense in a 7-5 win over the Chicago White Sox at Target Field. The Twins scored four first-inning runs and the bullpen held on for the win

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Tigers Earn Series Win With Sunday Victory Over Twins

Dave Overlund — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:51:58 +0000

Torii Hunter hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning against his old team Sunday in a 5-2 Tigers win over the Twins. The blast, off starter PJ Walters, was Hunter's 300th career homer

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Twins Take Game Two From Tigers Saturday

Dave Overlund — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:47:59 +0000

The Twins evened up a weekend series with the Detroit Tigers with a 6-3 win Saturday night at Target Field. Every hitter in Minnesota's lineup charted at least one hit in the victory.

Trevor Plouffe had a big game for the Twins in his return from the disabled list, going 3-4 with three RBI

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Tigers Shut Out Twins Friday At Target Field

Dave Overlund — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:13:50 +0000

The Twins were held to just three hits for a second straight game in a 4-0 loss to Detroit Friday at Target Field. The Twins fall to 29-35 on the season with the loss.

The Tigers scored all four of their runs in the sixth inning, with Prince Fielder breaking the ice on a two-RBI double

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Twins Drop Finale To Philly Thursday

Dave Overlund — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:26:56 +0000

The Twins fell 3-2 against the Phillies at Target Field Thursday night. Cliff Lee got the win for Philadelphia with seven strong innings.

The game was 1-0 in favor of Philly heading into the bottom of the seventh inning when Justin Morneau clubbed a two-run double that gave the Twins a 2-1 lead.

The Phils responde

Twins Win With Another Late Rally

Dave Overlund — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:14:39 +0000

The Twins topped the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 at Target Field Wednesday night. Clete Thomas drove in the game-tying run and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to secure the win.

Thomas finished the game 3-4, and Oswaldo Arcia was 4/4 with a double and three runs scored

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Brushback Pitches A Lost Art [VIDEO]

Dave Overlund — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:22:00 +0000

"Kid, you are digging your own (expletive) grave" - Cardinals catcher Tim McCarver to young batter digging in to the batter's box to face Bob Gibson.

Last night's Dodgers-Diamondbacks game at Chavez Ravine featured five beanballs, and two bench-clearing incidents. But it

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Morneau Single Leads To Twins Win Over Phillies

Dave Overlund — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:51:55 +0000

The Twins won a back and forth game with Philadelphia 3-2 at Target Field on Tuesday night. Justin Morneau's single with runners on the corners and two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning got the Twins the win

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Twins Swept By Nationals In Sunday Doubleheader

Dave Overlund — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:57:21 +0000

The Twins were shut out in game one and saw a three-run lead evaporate in a game two of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals Sunday.

The Twins lost game one 7-0 and were outhit in the game 14-3

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Twins Top Nats In Extra Innings Saturday

Dave Overlund — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:23:24 +0000

The Twins topped the Washington Nationals 4-3 in 11 innings Saturday at Nationals Park. Ryan Doumit stayed hot for Minnesota in the win by going 2-5 and hitting the winning single in the eleventh.

Joe Mauer had a solo home run for the Twins, Brian Dozier knocked a run-scoring single and Josh Willingham scored after a ball hit by Justin Morneau was flubbed by first baseman Adam Laroche to account for the Twins' runs

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Twins Blow Late Lead: Lose to Kansas City

Seth B. Toupal — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:27:25 +0000

The Minnesota Twins lost at the hands of the Kansas City Royals by a score of 7-3 Thursday night. The Twins lead 3-2 going into the 6th inning, but Mike Pelfrey surrendered the tying run on a Salvador Perez RBI single in the bottom of the 6th

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Braves' Pitcher Once Put Turds In Teammate's Glove Because Baseball Players Are Foul

Joe Student — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:21:33 +0000

Fans might think that Major League Baseball players — given all the money and fame that they have — would be above, say, pranking one of their teammates by filling his glove with human Hersey squirts. Fans don't know Tim Hudson.

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Twins Leave Small Army On Basepaths In Loss At KC

Dave Overlund — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:28:49 +0000

The Twins fell to the Royals 4-1 at Kauffman Stadium. The win snapped an eleven game home losing streak for Kansas City.

The Twins jumped on Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie for a quick run in the first inning on a Josh Willingham RBI single, but the Royals scored three in the bottom of the opening inning and never looked back.

Minnesota had p

Deduno Shuts Down Royals In Twins Win

Dave Overlund — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:22:57 +0000

The Twins opened a series at Kauffman Stadium by defeating the Royals 3-0 Tuesday night. The win improves the Twins to 26-29 on the season.

Sam Deduno pitched into the seventh inning to earn the win, finishing the game with only four hits allowed and five strikeouts

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Obscure Former Twins Fantasy Draft [Audio]

Dave Overlund — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:01:13 +0000

The First Annual Obscure former Twins Fantasy Draft was held on the Granite City Cafe Program Monday afternoon. Show host Dave Overlund was joined by the FAN's Seth Toupal and the Times' Andy Rennecke

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Twins Call up Clete Thomas

Jay Caldwell — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:41:24 +0000

The Twins called up outfielder Clete Thomas from triple-A Rochester Monday after optioning first baseman/outfielder Chris Colabello to triple-A Rochester on Sunday after the game against Seattle. Colabello was just 2-15 at the plate and appeared in only 6 games.

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Twins Sink Mariners In Sunday Drubbing

Dave Overlund — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:09:53 +0000

The MInnesota Twins dispatched the Seattle Mariners 10-0 Sunday at Target Field. The Twins scored three runs on a homer and two doubles in the third and never looked back.

Ryan Doumit was 1-5 with a home run, Josh Willingham went 2-5 including his team-high 10th home run and Brian Dozier was 3-4 with two runs scored and two RBI

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Twins Top Mariners On Walk-Off Hit

Dave Overlund — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:34:31 +0000

The Twins survived back-to-back Seattle home runs in the first inning and came back to win 5-4 Saturday at Target Field. The Twins rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn the win

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RECAP: Twins Fall To Mariners Friday

Dave Overlund — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:48:34 +0000

The Twins were shut out by the Seattle Mariners on Friday night at Target Field. Kendrys Morales hit a two-run home run off of Twins starter Mike Pelfrey in the sixth to account for the bulk of the Seattle runs

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Deduno Leads Twins To Third Straight Win

Dave Overlund — Thu, 30 May 2013 02:46:46 +0000

The Minnesota Twins topped the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 Wednesday night at Target FIeld. Samuel Deduno pitched into the eighth inning a day after the Twins used seven relievers in a 14 inning win in Milwaukee

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