Athletics 5, Twins 2: Dive Comes Up Short, and Twins Land in a Hole
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Mark Kotsay's two-run inside-the-park homer proved to be the deciding hit Wednesday in OaklandÂs victory as the Athletics took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five division series.
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Turns out there is a clock in baseball. The Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians were tied, 5-5, after 11 innings yesterday in Minneapolis when the game was suspended because the Metrodome field needed to be changed over for the Penn State-Minnesota football game.
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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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For five innings Tuesday, it didn&#39;t feel like the Twins and White Sox were so far apart in the standings. Then the sixth inning became a microcosm of both club&#39;s seasons
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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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The Oakland Athletics caught Johan Santana on a rare off day. Nick Swisher, Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosby each drove in runs to help Chad Gaudin to his fifth straight win, and the A's beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Sunday to take the series.
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The Minnesota Twins once again couldn't score for Johan Santana. In the ninth inning, they more than made up for it. Mike Redmond's RBI single capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning against Atlanta closer Bob Wickman, ruining Tim Hudson's strong start and lifting the Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Braves on Thursday night.
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The Detroit Tigers gave themselves   some breathing room in the American League Central with a 7-2   win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.
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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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Frank Thomas belted a pair of home runs and Barry Zito delivered eight sparkling innings as the Oakland Athletics edged the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Tuesday to draw first blood in their American League division series.
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Justin Morneau homered three times in the second game of a doubleheader and the Minnesota Twins capped a huge day on offense by routing the Chicago White Sox 12-0 on Friday night.
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The Twins are in. As for Oakland &#151; not yet.
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NEW YORK Torii Hunter slammed a clutch two-out, solo homer in the 12th inning for the Minnesota Twins last night. But the New York Yankees turned that homer into an afterthought by scoring twice in the bottom
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Corey Koskie hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning, and the Minnesota Twins overcame a two-run deficit to beat Cleveland 4-2 Sunday and prevent the Indians from pulling within a percentage point of the AL Central lead.
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Justin Morneau homered three times in the second game of a doubleheader and the Minnesota Twins capped a huge day on offense by routing the Chicago White Sox, 12-0, last night.
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Justin Morneau hit a three-run homer, Torii Hunter also connected, and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees, 6-1, yesterday in a game called during the eighth inning because of rain.
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The Tigers fell again to a manufactured Minnesota run Saturday night, but what they needed more was manufactured health. While the Tigers lost a 3-2 decision to the Twins