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| Twins crush White Sox, close gap to 1 1/2 games in AL Central |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - Jason Kubel clubbed a pair of homers and drove in three runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox in the opener of a critical three-game series at the Metrodome. Delmon Young finished 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI for the Twins, who trail the front-running White Sox by 1 1/2 games in the AL Central. Nick Punto and Carlos Gomez each had two hits and knocked in a run. Scott Baker (10-4) got the win after he allowed one run on five hits in s |
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| Twins, White Sox begin key series at the Metrodome |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox have a chance to put the pesky Minnesota Twins away for good when the two AL Central rivals begin an important three-game series this evening at the Metrodome. Chicago is clinging to a 2 1/2-game edge over the Twins for the lead in the Central standings and has won eight of the 15 matchups against them this season. Minnesota, however, has been nearly unstoppable at home in the season series, going 5-1 within the friendly confines of the Metrodome. The Twins have won th |
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| Playoff-hopeful BoSox face tough test in Indians' Lee |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| d Sox, who face a red-hot Indians team who will have American League Cy Young Award front-runner Cliff Lee on the hill. Lee, who is 22-2 with an AL-best 2.41 earned run average, is unbeaten in his last 13 starts and has not lost since falling to the Minnesota Twins back on July 6. He did not get a decision on Wednesday against the Twins, as he gave up four runs (3 earned) and 10 hits in 6 1/3 frames of his team's 6-4 win. The 30-year-old lefty, who is tied with Arizona's Brandon Webb for the major league lead |
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| Rays continue quest for division title against Twins |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Andy Sonnanstine begins the next era in Tampa Bay Rays baseball today when the playoff-bound Rays host the Minnesota Twins in the finale of a four-game series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Tampa Bay clinched at least a wild card berth in the American League's postseason with a defeat of the Twins in game three on Saturday, while also seeing its magic number for the AL East Division title trimmed to seven when the second-place Boston Red Sox lost in Toronto. The Rays have the second- |
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| Rays clinch franchise's first playoff spot in win over Twins |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| ore ending the game by inducing a foul out from Mauer. "Not much offense today," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. "We made Kazmir throw some pitches but it was pretty much their day." Game Notes The Rays became the first American League team since the 1990-91 Minnesota Twins to finish last in their division one year before clinching a playoff berth in the next...Tampa also has a chance to become the first team other than the Yankees or Red Sox to win the AL East title since Baltimore took the crown in 1997. |
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| Kazmir aims to pitch Tampa Bay into postseason versus Twins |
MLB Baseball |
09/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Ace left-hander and former first-round draft choice Scott Kazmir takes the ball this afternoon as the Tampa Bay Rays attempt to clinch their first outright playoff berth in game three of a weekend series with the Minnesota Twins at Tropicana Field. The Rays, who lead the American League's East Division by 1 1/2 games, assured at least a tie for the AL's wild card spot with an 11-1 defeat of the Twins on Friday night. A Tampa Bay victory today or in Sunday's finale would clinch the Rays' fir |
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| Rays try to inch closer to first-ever playoff berth versus Twins |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Sixth-year right-hander Edwin Jackson can all but finish off one of history's most unlikely turnarounds when the Tampa Bay Rays host the Minnesota Twins tonight in the second test of a four-game weekend series at Tropicana Field. The Rays, who lead the American League's East Division by 1 1/2 games over the defending world champion Boston Red Sox, find themselves even closer to securing at least a wild card playoff position by virtue of an eight-game bulge over the Twins and a nine-game edg |
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| Rays start up critical home set with struggling Twins |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of potential playoff opponents begin a crucial four- game series tonight, when the Minnesota Twins visit Tropicana Field to meet the Tampa Bay Rays. The upstart Rays enter the series with a two-game lead over Boston in the American League's East Division after defeating the Red Sox, 10-3, in the rubber match of a three-game set in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. The Twins are a bit more tenuous when it comes to the playoffs, as they trail the Chicago White Sox by 2 1/2 games in the AL C |
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| Mussina, Yanks try to dampen White Sox' playoff hopes |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| midst of their final homestand at the current ballpark and have tried their best here to derail Chicago's postseason chances. Despite losing two of the first three-games of this series, the White Sox still lead the AL Central by 2 1/2 games over the Minnesota Twins, who have stumbled themselves in Cleveland this weekend. On Wednesday, Alex Rodriguez made history as New York downed Chicago, 5-1. With a solo homer in the eighth inning, Rodriguez became the only player to have at least 35 homers and 100 RBI in 12 |
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| Twins fall again as Cleveland rallies in seventh |
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09/17/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Jhonny Peralta and Shin-Soo Choo finished with two RBI apiece, as the Cleveland Indians completed a three-game sweep with a 6-4 victory over the struggling Minnesota Twins. Travis Hafner added a solo homer, his first since May 16, for the Indians, who completed the sweep on the heels of a three-game skid. Cliff Lee was dealt just his sixth no-decision of the year after going 6 1/3 and yielding four runs -- three earned -- on 10 hits. His 2.41 ERA still leads the majors and the |
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