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| Injury-plagued Angels take on Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/18/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Darren Oliver gets a spot start this evening when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim continue their three-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. The left-hander, who has not started a game since 2004, has been thrust into the rotation due to the tragic death of Nick Adenhart, as well as injuries to Ervin Santana, Kelvim Escobar and John Lackey. Oliver has appeared in two games this season and has allowed a run and three hits in 3 2/3 innings. Last year he was 7-1 with a 2.88 |
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| Twins claim Morillo from Colorado |
MLB Baseball |
04/17/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins claimed pitcher Juan Morillo off waivers from the Colorado Rockies on Friday and designated pitcher Philip Humber for assignment. Morillo has made six appearances in the majors and is 0-0 with four walks, seven strikeouts and 11 earned runs over 8 2/3 innings. In the minors, he is 33-38 with a 4.51 earned-run average in 216 appearances, which includes 101 starts. Humber, who was once one of the Mets' top prospects and was taken with the third overall pick |
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| Angels to begin series with struggling Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - One day after burying his teammate, Dustin Moseley takes the hill for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the opener of the team's three-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. On Thursday, Moseley, manager Mike Scioscia and some teammates attended the funeral services of Nick Adenhart, who was killed along with two friends in an automobile accident following the Angels' 6-4 loss to Oakland on April 8. Moseley defeated the Boston Red Sox in his first start after the tragedy, |
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| Jays trot out ace Halladay for finale with Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/16/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former American League Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay goes for his third win in as many 2009 starts tonight, when his Toronto Blue Jays visit the Metrodome for the finale of a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins. A 31-year-old native of Denver, Halladay opened his season on April 6 with an 12-5 defeat of Detroit before picking up a second win with a 5-4 victory at Cleveland last Saturday. Combined, he's given up 11 hits and six runs in 14 innings, striking out nine and walking thr |
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| Blue Jays crush Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/16/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - Scott Rolen, Aaron Hill, Vernon Wells, and Michael Barrett each homered, as the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Minnesota Twins, 12-2, in the third game of a four-game series at the Metrodome. Hill went 4-for-5 at the plate with three RBI for Toronto, which has won two of three overall. Rolen, Marco Scutaro, and Travis Snider knocked in two RBI apiece. Scott Richmond (1-0) gave up two runs -- one earned -- on four hits for the Blue Jays. The 29-year-old Richmond also fanned thr |
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| Twins activate Baker |
MLB Baseball |
04/15/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins activated pitcher Scott Baker off the 15-day disabled list in time to make Wednesday's start against the Toronto Blue Jays. Baker started the season on the disabled list with right shoulder stiffness. Last season with Minnesota, the 27-year-old right-hander went 11-4 with a 3.45 earned run average in 28 starts. In September during Minnesota's run for the Central Division, which the team lost in a one-game playoff against Chicago, Baker went 3-0 with a 2.5 |
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| Baker makes season debut for Twins versus Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
04/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Scott Baker makes his season debut this evening when the Minnesota Twins play the third contest of their four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at the Metrodome. Baker, who signed a four-year, $15.25 million contract this offseason, was originally slated to be the Twins' Opening Day starter, but he experienced soreness in his shoulder right before the season and started the year on the disabled list. The 27-year-old righty enjoyed a breakout 2008 campaign that saw him go 11-4 with a 3. |
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| Crede's RBI double lifts Twins over Blue Jays in 11 |
MLB Baseball |
04/14/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - Joe Crede doubled in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Minnesota Twins past Toronto, 3-2, and end a lengthy losing streak to the Blue Jays. Justin Morneau finished 3-for-5 with a double and a run batted in for the Twins, who had dropped 10 straight to the league's lone team from Canada. Glen Perkins gave up two runs on seven hits over eight innings, but came away with a no-decision. Jesse Crain (1-0) tossed the final two frames to collect the win. |
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| Blue Jays' Litsch lands on DL |
MLB Baseball |
04/14/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays placed right-hander Jesse Litsch on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with soreness in his pitching elbow and forearm. Litsch left Monday's 8-6 win against the Minnesota Twins due to tightness in the forearm after giving up seven hits and four runs over three-plus innings. The club had earlier called it a forearm strain. The 24-year-old Litsch dropped his first decision of the season, a 5-1 loss to Detroit on April 8. He was charged with seven hits and f |
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| Blue Jays aim for yet another win over Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/14/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays hope to continue their recent mastery of the Minnesota Twins this evening, when the teams continue their four-game set at the Metrodome. Toronto won all six of its games with the Twins last season and has won 10 in a row against them, as well as victories in six of its last eight visits to Minneapolis. That trend continued in the series opener on Monday, when Travis Snider belted a pair of homers, including the go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth inning, as Toronto ban |
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