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| Slowey hurls gem as Twins blank Brewers |
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06/29/2008 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - Kevin Slowey pitched his first career shutout and Delmon Young hit a two-run homer as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-0, in the rubber match of a three-game series at the Metrodome. Slowey (5-6) surrendered only three hits and struck out eight without allowing a walk. The 24-year-old righty, has won five of his last eight starts. "I think anytime you talk about a pitchers outing, the first batter, first pitch of the at bat are very important." Slowey sa |
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| Windy City Sweep: White Sox try to get the brooms out on Cubs |
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06/29/2008 |
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| ague series at U.S. Cellular Field. Guillen's team won, 6-5, on Saturday, making it two straight victories in the three-game set with the Cubs and upping their lead in the American League's tight Central Division to 1 1/2 games over the second-place Minnesota Twins. The Cubs, meanwhile, have dropped four of five overall and saw their lead in the National League Central trimmed to 3 1/3 games over the St. Louis Cardinals and 4 1/2 games on the third-place Milwaukee Brewers. Cubs manager Lou Piniella sends young |
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| Sheets tries to stay hot in Minnesota |
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06/29/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins will collide this afternoon in the rubber match of a three-game set at the Metrodome. Red-hot Ben Sheets will take the hill this afternoon for the Brewers, trying to collect his 10th win of the season. Sheets has been one of the top pitchers in the majors of late, winning five of his last seven outings, and has not suffered a setback since falling to Los Angeles back in the middle of May. The right-hander completely dominated the Atlanta Braves this |
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| Twins try to stretch run to 11 games vs. Brewers |
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06/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins will try to continue their remarkable play when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers in the second installment of a three-game interleague series at the Metrodome. The Twins have collected 10 consecutive wins and now sit just a half-game back of the AL Central leading Chicago White Sox. During this impressive stretch Minnesota swept National League opponents Washington, Arizona and San Diego, and are tied with the Kansas City Royals for the best record in interleague play |
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| Red-hot Royals target seventh straight win against Cards |
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06/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals try to continue their dominance of the National League this evening when they play the second of three games against the St. Louis Cardinals at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals are tied with the Minnesota Twins for the best record against the Senior Circuit this season at 13-3 and have won six straight and 11 of their last 12 games, all against the NL. That trend continued in the opener of this 1-70 rivalry on Friday, as Alex Gordon drove in four runs and Gil Meche tossed |
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| Windy City Series resumes on the Southside |
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06/28/2008 |
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| om last week when he takes the mound for the Chicago White Sox in game two of their three-game Windy City interleague series with the Chicago Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field. The White Sox won the opener, 10-3, and maintained a one-half game lead on the Minnesota Twins in the American League's Central Division. The Cubs, meanwhile, were able to keep their 4 1/2-game lead in the National League Central when second-place St. Louis lost, 7-2, at Kansas City. Vazquez, who's 5-1 at home this season, was touched for fiv |
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| American Creamed: Interleague play a nightmare for Padres |
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06/27/2008 |
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| league portion of the Padres' schedule has turned out to a killer stretch for Bud Black's squad, which had been showing signs of turning the corner prior to its current block of games against AL teams. After being dealt a 4-3 defeat by the scorching Minnesota Twins on Thursday, San Diego fell to a major league-worst 3-12 in interleague play this season. Thursday's setback was the Padres' fifth straight loss and ninth in their last 10 games, all of which have come against members of the AL. The particularly tro |
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| Windy City Series heads to the Southside |
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06/27/2008 |
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| Cubs and Chicago White Sox -- get together for a three-game weekend series at U.S. Cellular Field. The host White Sox enter the weekend with a tenuous grasp on the top spot in the American League's Central Division, where they lead the second-place Minnesota Twins by just one-half game. Meanwhile, the Cubs are slightly more comfortable with their place ahead of the pack in the National League Central, where they possess a 4 1/2-game lead on the second place St. Louis Cardinals in spite of having lost five of |
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| Twins try to stretch run to 10 games vs. Brewers |
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06/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins try to stretch their winning streak to 10 games tonight, when they begin a three-game interleague series with the Milwaukee Brewers at the Metrodome. The Twins have ripped off nine wins in a row, a run that includes sweeps of National League opponents Washington, Arizona and San Diego, and are an ML- best 12-3 in interleague play this season. That winning streak also has the Twins just a half-game back of the Chicago White Sox for first place in the AL Central. Minnesota |
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| Twins just keep piling up the W's |
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06/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - After spending much of the first half of the season hovering around .500, the Minnesota Twins have officially caught fire. Thanks to a season-high nine-game win streak, the Twins (43-36) are now nipping at the heels of the first-place Chicago White Sox. All of a sudden, a mere half-game separates the top two teams in the American League Central, a division that not long ago had the widest margin in the majors between first and second place. The real story has been just how easily Minnesota |
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