Morneau helps Twins close in on Tigers
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Justin Morneau's teammates gathered around the television showing the final moments of Detroit's loss that moved Minnesota within a half-game of the AL Central lead. He was too busy discussing how he helped the Twins get there to pay much attention.
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Brandon Ingeâs 10th-inning double against Joe Nathan yesterday drove in Timo PÃ©rez, giving the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 victory and a three-game sweep of the host Minnesota Twins.
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Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter   homered to help clinch the Minnesota Twins a playoff berth with   an 8-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday.
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The Minnesota Twinsâ Carlos Silva shut down host Detroit for seven and two-thirds innings in a 2-0 victory last night that put the Tigers on the brink of being eliminated from the playoff race.
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Rondell White and Michael Cuddyer each had four RBIs and Justin Morneau scored four times to help the Minnesota Twins extend their latest winning streak to eight games with a 14-6 victory over the struggling Cleveland Indians on Friday night.
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AL MVP Justin Morneau agreed Friday to a $4.5 million, one-year contract with the Minnesota Twins, who also settled their salary arbitration cases with third baseman Nick Punto and outfielder Lew Ford.
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The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins absorbed tough losses on Friday to leave the American League Central title up for grabs entering the final weekend of play.
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Cristian Guzman and Shannon Stewart homered to lead the Minnesota Twins over the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Saturday night. The Tigers lost their two all-stars to knee injuries.
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Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau was taken to a hospital for X-rays on his left hand after being hit by a pitch from Cleveland starter CC Sabathia in the sixth inning on Sunday.
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Baseball Justin Morneau agreed to meet the Minnesota Twins halfway. The AL MVP agreed yesterday to a $4.5 million, one-year contract with the Twins, who also settled their salary arbitration cases with third baseman Nick Punto ($4.2 million, two-year contract), reliever Juan Rincon ($2 million, one year), and outfielder Lew Ford ($985,000, one year). Morneau's agreement was at the midpoint ...
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Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter hit consecutive homers, and Terry Mulholland pitched six strong innings to lead the Minnesota Twins over the Cleveland Indians 8-1 Saturday.
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Lew Ford homered and drove in a pair  of runs and Brad Radke pitched seven strong innings to lead the  streaking Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 road win over the Detroit  Tigers in American League action on Monday.
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Justin Morneau hits the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning for his third walk-off homer of the season to lift the Twins to a 10-9 victory over the Brewers on Sunday.
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The Minnesota Twins are baseball&#039;s hottest team, winners of eight straight and 18 of 20. Yet they&#039;re still struggling to make up ground in the American League Central.
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MINNEAPOLIS - More than 26 hours after the oddly suspended game began, the Twins gave themselves a chance to open the AL playoffs at home by finishing a 6-5 victory over the Indians on Michael Cuddyer's two-out double in the 12th inning Sunday.    The teams were tied at 5-all after 11 innings Saturday when play was halted at 2:33 p.m...
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Forget the wild card, Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins are closing in on first place.
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There's a three-team race in the AL Central, and the Minnesota Twins are surging toward the lead with three weeks left in the regular season.