A's find a way to beat Santana
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Barry Zito, Frank Thomas, and the Oakland Athletics proved it was possible to beat Johan Santana -- even at the Metrodome.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Florida He battled back from a debilitating injury to reach the pinnacle of his profession. But even on the most rewarding day of Johan Santana&#39;s career, the 2004 American League Cy Young Award
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NEW YORK - The Yankees went to work Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins wishing they could walk to the mound, pinch Johan Santana on the arm just to see if he&#39;s human.
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The Oakland Athletics swept away years of first-round futility, then partied hard enough to make up for all those missed chances and then some. Milton Bradley homered and threw out Torii Hunter in a disputed play at the plate as the A's snapped a stretch of nine straight losses in potential playoff clinchers, beating Minnesota 8-3 Friday to reach the ALCS for the first time in 14 years.
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(Sports Network) - Johan Santana continues his push for the American League Cy Young Award, as he takes the ball for the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game series against the visiting Chicago White Sox.
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Sammy Sosa told himself to be patient and wait for his pitch &#151; even if it wasn't a home-run pitch. Oakland intentionally walked Mark Teixeira to load the bases and get to Sosa, and the slugger broke through against Lenny DiNardo.
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When Johan Santana starts at home, the Minnesota Twins are just about a sure thing. His latest gem has them breathing down Detroit's neck in the American League Central.
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The Twins had won 23 consecutive starts at home by pitcher Johan Santana, who had gone 16-0 since a loss to Oakland on Aug. 1, 2006.
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An opponent could have a bat in his hands, and Johan Santana would nevertheless overpower him. Opponents could be fellow pitchers bringing impressive statistics to an award election, and Santana would whip them, too.
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The All-Star Game has passed, and that has meant one thing in the Minnesota Twins clubhouse over the last four years -- it's Santana time.
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Carlos Almanzar left the game with an apparent right forearm injury with two outs in the ninth...Texas beat the A&#39;s for only the seventh time in 18 outings this season, but have won three of four from Oakland...Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye had three hits
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Minneapolis, MN -- Johan Santana continued his push for the AL Cy Young Award, tossing eight shutout innings to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the finale of a three-game set at the Metrodome.
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Barry Zito, Frank Thomas and the Oakland Athletics proved it was possible to beat Johan Santana &#151; even at the Metrodome. Zito kept Minnesota off balance with his big curveball, Thomas hit two huge home runs and the Athletics defeated the Twins and their ace 3-2 Tuesday in the opener of their first-round AL playoff series.
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Johan Santana pitches a four-hitter for his first shutout in nearly two years, and the Twins take advantage of four early errors in a 9-0 rout of the Mets.
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There's trouble in River City, folks. Johan Santana, whose left arm has been flawless since mid-July, outdueled New York ace Mike Mussina last night. His Soul Patrol teammates in the outfield tracked down every ball between here and the Connecticut line.
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A lot of offense by the Angels helped Ervin Santana go a long way on a hot day.
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Frank Thomas put an emphatic end to a three-week power outage. Thomas homered twice to raise his total to 503 and pull within one of Eddie Murray for 20th place as the Blue Jays sent Johan Santana to a rare second-half loss, beating the Minnesota Twins, 6-4, last night in Toronto.