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| A's edge Twins in ninth |
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08/29/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (MySportsbook) - Kurt Suzuki had a pinch-hit, game-winning double in the ninth to lead the Oakland Athletics in a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a four-game set. With the contest knotted at 2-2, Ryan Sweeney opened the ninth with a single off Craig Breslow (0-2) and moved to second on Daric Barton's sac bunt. Jesse Crain was called in from the 'pen to face pinch-hitter Emil Brown, who worked a walk before being replaced at first by Cliff Pennington. Suzuki then belted a do |
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| Twins visit A's in next stop on grueling trip |
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08/28/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins continue their push towards the postseason this evening, when they continue their 14-game road trip with the first of four clashes against the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum. Minnesota, who will close the trip with a visit to Toronto after this series, is 3-4 thus far on the trek and enters tonight's tilt a game back of the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central and 2 1/2 behind the Boston Red Sox for the Wild Card. The Twins did not help their cause any e |
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| Twins turn to Perkins in finale with Mariners |
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08/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Glen Perkins has played a big part in the second-half resurgence of the Minnesota Twins. Now the rookie pitcher will be asked to play the role of stopper when his team wraps up a three-game series with the Seattle Mariners this afternoon at Safeco Field. The suddenly-struggling Twins suffered their fourth consecutive loss on Tuesday, coming out on the short end of a 3-2 decision to the American League West cellar-dwelling Mariners. With Chicago winning over Baltimore last night, Minnesota h |
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| With backs to the wall, Yanks continue battle with BoSox |
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08/27/2008 |
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| d-card chase. Jacoby Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis both drove in a run in the win, which pulled Boston within 3 1/2 games of Tampa Bay for the AL East lead after the Rays fell to the Blue Jays on Tuesday. The club still owns a 2 1/2 game lead over the Minnesota Twins in the Wild Card standings. Boston starter Tim Wakefield (8-8) lasted five innings and was touched for all three New York runs on eight hits. The knuckleballer, who was activated from the disabled list prior to the game, was winless in his last six |
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| Angels' Anderson has tendinitis in knee |
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08/27/2008 |
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| Anaheim, CA (MySportsbook) - Angels left fielder Garret Anderson underwent an MRI on Tuesday that revealed tendinitis in his left knee. Anderson injured the knee when he made an outfield assist in the first inning of Sunday's 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins. He is listed as day-to-day. In 118 games this season, he is batting .284 with 13 home runs and 71 RBI. |
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| M's shock Twins |
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08/27/2008 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Ryan Rowland-Smith threw seven strong innings to help the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win in the second of three games at Safeco Field against the Minnesota Twins. Adrian Beltre went 3-for-4 with a run scored while Jeff Clement drove in a pair of runs for the Mariners, who have won three straight. Rowland-Smith (3-2) gave up just two runs on five hits with a pair of walks and five strikeouts. "We had some timely hitting, some really good hitting today, a good game all around," sai |
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| MLB enacts instant replay for home run calls |
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08/26/2008 |
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| ll not cause a significant delay to the game." The replay will debut on Thursday in Chicago, where the Cubs host the Philadelphia Phillies, in Anaheim, where the Los Angeles Angels host the Texas Rangers, and in Oakland, where the Athletics host the Minnesota Twins. Replay will begin everywhere else starting on Friday. Technicians will be paired with either umpire supervisors or former umpires at Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLB.com) headquarters in New York, where they will view television broadcast |
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| Red Sox try to stay in playoff hunt at Yankee Stadium |
MLB Baseball |
08/26/2008 |
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| visit to the current Yankee Stadium this evening, as they kick off a critical three-game series with the New York Yankees in the Bronx. Boston enters this series trailing the Tampa Bay Rays by 4 1/2 in the AL East, but hold a 1 1/2-game edge on the Minnesota Twins in the wild card. New York, meanwhile, is 9 1/2 games back of the Rays and five behind the Red Sox. The Red Sox took two of three over the weekend from the Toronto Blue Jays, including a 6-5 win in 11 innings on Sunday. Jed Lowrie's solo homer was t |
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| Twins try to halt ill-timed slide in test with Mariners |
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08/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins' first three-game losing streak in a month hasn't come at a good time. Ron Gardenhire's club hopes to quickly right itself in tonight's matchup with the Seattle Mariners from Safeco Field. After dropping back-to-back tests against the American League West-leading Angels over the weekend, Minnesota fell in extra innings to the cellar- dwelling Mariners in Monday's opener of this three-game series. It's the Twins' longest skid since they lost five in a row from July 20-25. |
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| Beltre's extra-inning heroics lifts M's over Twins |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Seattle, WA (MySportsbook) - Adrian Beltre hit a two-run home run in the 11th inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, in the opener of a three-game set at Safeco Field. With Jesse Crain on the mound, Raul Ibanez worked a one-out walk and Beltre then slammed the first pitch he saw over the wall in left for the win. "To be able to get the big hit, it's great," Beltre said. "I was looking for a pitch so I could hit it in the gap so Raul could score. The pitch came to the middle of the |
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