Twins wild card hopes dealt double blow in 1-0 loss
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The Oakland Athletics eked out a 1-0   road win at Minnesota on Wednesday, in a game where the Twins'   playoff hopes were dealt a severe blow after pitcher Francisco   Liriano aggravated an elbow injury.
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The Minnesota Twins once again made the most of their chances. Twice as much, really.
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The Minnesota Twins are finding their form from last season when they made an unlikely playoff run. Second-half success for the Oakland A's, meanwhile, has yet to be found.
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The game between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees on Tuesday night was postponed by rain.
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After being on the wrong end of several records in a 26-5 loss to the visiting Kansas City Royals, the Detroit Tigers went out and won 8-0 in the second game of the doubleheader.
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The Minnesota Twins fell flat on the first night of their three-game push for the AL Central title. A night after tying Detroit for first place, the Twins' bats went dormant Friday against Freddy Garcia in a 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
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Minnesota turned a season-high five double plays and Scott Baker pitched six strong innings as the Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 6-1 Sunday, keeping pressure on Detroit and Chicago in the race for postseason play. The Twins came in two games behind the Tigers in the AL Central and three games ahead of Chicago in the wild-card chase.
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CHICAGO - One strike from an important victory, the Chicago Cubs ended up with another agonizing defeat that damaged their drive to the playoffs.
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Terry Tiffee hit a go-ahead two-run double in his major league debut to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers Wednesday night.
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Because their delayed flight home from Detroit didn&#39;t land until 4 am CT on Tuesday, the bleary-eyed Twins were admittedly dragging entering their series opener with the White Sox.
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The Cubs fall behind early and lose their second straight game to the lowly Mets 3-2, putting a dent in their playoff chances.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Just like that, the White Sox&#39; little statement game went up in flames against the Minnesota Twins. The Twins ended Freddy Garcia&#39;s no-hitter in the sixth and then scored nine runs in the inning on their way to an eventual 10-2 victory.
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This was the third straight postseason series in which the Twins won the opening game. But with Saturday&#39;s elimination, they&#39;re now a collective 0-10 in every other game of those last three series.
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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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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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With two robust swings on Tuesday, Frank Thomas almost single-handedly negated the Minnesota TwinsÂ Johan Santana/Metrodome advantage in this American League division series.
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Minnesota's Torri Hunter scores three runs Sunday as the Nats fail to complete a sweep of the Twins thanks to a 6-3 loss.