Twins make it 3 straight
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The Minnesota Twins clinched on a bus in 1991. They clinched in a plastic-covered clubhouse in Cleveland in 2002, watching television.
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Justin Verlander breezed past the Minnesota Twins, giving the struggling Detroit Tigers a bit more room in the three-team AL Central race.
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A three-run homer in the 11th inning by Torii Hunter led the home-field Minnesota Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Texas Rangers. Hunter finished with three hits and six RBI
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Terry Mulholland pitched six strong  innings as Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter hit back-to-back  home runs to power the Minnesota Twins to an 8-1 home win over  the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
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Torii Hunter and the Minnesota Twins are used to celebrating in September. The playoff party never gets old, though. The Twins clinched their third straight AL Central title Monday night with an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox, then topped it off with a raucous celebration in the visitor's clubhouse.
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Michael Cuddyer homers and drives in four runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics, 9-4, to move within 1 1/2 games of idle Detroit in the AL Central.
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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.
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Levale Speigner surprises his old organization by cruising through six innings, Ryan Zimmerman hits a three-run homer, and the Nationals beat the Twins, 3-1, on Saturday.
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The Minnesota Twins' latest win had a postseason feel and moved them a little closer to a better position for the playoffs. A dramatic 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night lifted the Twins into a tie for first place in the AL Central with the Detroit Tigers.
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The Minnesota Twins finished off a three-game sweep of the visiting Cleveland Indians, then hoped the victory wouldn&#39;t prove to be too costly.
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Johan Santana pitched seven crisp innings to win his fourth straight start and Jason Kubel hit a tiebreaking homer that helped the Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees on Wednesday.
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Michael Cuddyer and Lew Ford homered and drove in three runs apiece to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 8-5 Saturday.
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It is 4:30 pm on Tuesday, the day after the Minnesota Twins clinched their third consecutive American League Central Division title.
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Johan Santana and Nick Punto led the   Minnesota Twins to a 12-1 win over the jittery Detroit Tigers   in American League action on Sunday.
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The Minnesota Twins have wrapped up their third straight AL Central crown by routing the Chicago White Sox 8-2. The Twins banged out four homers in the clincher and helped Carlos Silva pick up his 13th win.
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Torii Hunter and Rondell White homered on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning to help the surging Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 9-4 Thursday night and pull within one game of first place.
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Justin Morneau's two-run double highlighted a four-run eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 7-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.