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| Yanks' Mussina aims for win No. 14 vs. Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
07/28/2008 |
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| n the New York Yankees play the first of three games against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Mussina, who is one win behind Cleveland's Cliff Lee and Arizona's Brandon Webb for the major league lead, was sensational on Wednesday against the Minnesota Twins, as he scattered six hits over eight scoreless innings to run his record to 13-6, while lowering his earned run average to 3.25. The 39-year-old right-hander has now allowed three runs or less in 15 of his last 17 starts, while racking up a 12-3 mar |
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| Morneau, Twins edge Tribe with late rally |
MLB Baseball |
07/27/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Justin Morneau knocked in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning with a double to lift the Minnesota Twins over the Cleveland Indians, 4-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Progressive Field. Craig Monroe scored a run on two hits for the Twins, who won their second straight contest on the heels of a five-game slide. Grady Sizemore collected a team-high two hits for the Indians, who have dropped four of their last five outings. The game was knotted at two, but the Twins |
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| Twins close out series against Tribe |
MLB Baseball |
07/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins will try to keep pace in the AL Central when they take on the Cleveland Indians today in the finale of a three-game set at Progressive Field. Nick Blackburn will try to return to the win column when he heads to the hill for the Twins this afternoon. Blackburn has dropped his last two outings, and is winless in four of his last five starts. The last time Blackburn toed the rubber he did not last through the second inning, as the Yankees pounded the right-hander for six ru |
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| Lohse leads Cards against Santana, Mets |
MLB Baseball |
07/27/2008 |
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| a low-budget contract with the Cardinals in the winter, has won nine straight decisions and is unbeaten in 14 starts since dropping a 9-3 verdict at Colorado on May 8. He faces New York lefty Johan Santana, a two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Minnesota Twins in the American League. Santana is barely above .500 in his first season in the NL and has just one win in his last nine starts. Lohse defeated the Mets on June 30 in St. Louis, scattering just five hits and allowing an unearned run in seven innings |
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| Indians activate Carmona |
MLB Baseball |
07/26/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Indians activated pitcher Fausto Carmona from the 15-day disabled list on Saturday. He struggled in his return, allowing nine runs on seven hits with three walks in just 2 1/3 innings, as the Minnesota Twins battered the Indians, 11-4. Carmona was on the DL since May 24 after leaving his start the night before against Texas with a left hip strain. In 10 starts before going on the DL, his first visit to the DL in his career in the majors, he went 4-2 with a 3.10 E |
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| Buscher's blast, shaky start by Carmona lift Twins over Tribe |
MLB Baseball |
07/26/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Brian Buscher's three-run homer capped a six-run first inning, as the Minnesota Twins trounced the Cleveland Indians, 11-4, in the middle installment of a three-game set. Buscher finished 3-for-5 and knocked in a career-high five runs for the Twins, who snapped a five-game skid. Delmon Young had three hits, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs, while Jason Kubel was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Scott Baker (7-3) gave up three runs on five hits in five-plus inning |
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| Duchscherer leads A's versus Texas |
MLB Baseball |
07/26/2008 |
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| injury which landed the young hurler on the DL. Harrison's previous three starts were very rocky to say the least, as the southpaw collected a 1-1 mark with an atrocious 9.20 ERA. The last time the 22-year-old was on the hill, he was hammered by the Minnesota Twins, 14-2. In the setback Harrison surrendered eight runs on nine hits in five innings of duty. He also allowed two home runs, and posted three walks. Last night, Josh Hamilton, David Murphy and Chris Davis each recorded two-run home runs as the Rangers |
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| Indians try to top Twins again at Progressive Field |
MLB Baseball |
07/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins will try to bring their recent skid to a halt when they take on the Cleveland Indians tonight in the second game of a three-game set at Progressive Field. The Twins are coming off a beating from the New York Yankees in which they were outscored 25-7 in a three-game set. Hopefully for the Twins Scott Baker can bring the team back in the win column. Baker has been extremely consistent for Minnesota this year, and is currently holding a 6-3 ledger with a 3.26 ERA. The last |
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| Twins' Gomez leaves game with injury |
MLB Baseball |
07/25/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Minnesota Twins center fielder Carlos Gomez left Friday's 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians with a lower back injury suffered when running into the wall in center field. Gomez, who was taken to Lutheran Hospital for further examination, caught the ball, landed and slammed into the wall while holding on for the first out. He then got the ball to left fielder Delmon Young, who could not get the throw in before Grady Sizemore tagged up to home all the way from second base. Jason |
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| Lee wins league-leading 14th as Indians hold on to beat Twins |
MLB Baseball |
07/25/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Cliff Lee struck out 10 batters in eight innings as the Cleveland Indians hung on for a 5-4 victory in the three-game series opener with the Minnesota Twins. Lee (14-2) yielded two runs on six hits while Rafael Perez closed out the ninth for his first save. Franklin Gutierrez was 2-for-3 with a home run and a double while Grady Sizemore was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored to help snap Cleveland's two-game slide. Livan Hernandez (10-7) went eight innings allowing five ru |
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