Hunter's Bases-Loaded Walk Lifts Twins
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Torii Hunter walked with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, forcing in the winning run and lifting the Minnesota Twins over the struggling Chicago White Sox 7-6 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
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Joe Mauer hit a three-run, inside-the-park homer in the eighth inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
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The Minnesota Twins put on an offensive display unlike any seen in a doubleheader in nearly 70 years, and Justin Morneau was a big part of it. Morneau went deep three times in the second game of a day-night doubleheader and the Twins capped a huge day on offense by routing the Chicago White Sox 12-0 Friday night.
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Minnesota's Johan Santana continues his home unbeaten streak in aÃÂ 12-1 win over DetroitÃÂ on Sunday, pulling the Twins within two games of the first-place Tigers
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Torii Hunter drove in two runs and   scored twice as the Minnesota Twins eased past the Cleveland   Indians 6-1 to trim Detroit's lead atop the AL Central to a   single game on Sunday.
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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 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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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 Sunday.
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Torii Hunter homered, Jason Kubel hit a grand slam, and the Minnesota Twins handed Jon Garland one of the worst beatings of his career while outscoring the Chicago White Sox 20-14 in the first game of Friday's day-night doubleheader.
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The surging Cleveland Indians completed another sweep of Minnesota and left the Twins barely clinging to their playoff hopes. Victor Martinez had two hits and two RBIs to back a quality start from Fausto Carmona, and Cleveland beat Minnesota 6-2 on Wednesday for its second sweep of the Twins in the last 10 games.
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Gary Matthews Jr. had four hits, including his third career grand slam, and Orlando Cabrera matched his career high with four hits to help the Los Angeles Angels rout the Minnesota Twins 16-3 on Monday night.
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Alex Rodriguez's ground-rule double tied the game and Hideki Matsui's line-drive sacrifice fly scored the winning run in a rollicking, 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Twins.
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The Cleveland Indians completed a three-game sweep of the reeling Twins on Wednesday, beating Minnesota 6-2 for their 11th win in 12 games.
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Brad Radke pitched seven solid innings, Corey Koskie drove in three runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees in the regular season for the first time since 2001 with an 8-2 victory Tuesday night.
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If the Minnesota Twins couldn't win the AL Central title at home, Chicago was the next-best place for a party. Torii Hunter and Corey Koskie each hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the Twins clinched their third straight division crown on their main rivals' home turf, beating the Chicago White Sox 8-2 Monday night.
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Nearing a third straight division title, Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins aren&#39;t short on motivation. Their rivals, the fading Chicago White Sox, gave them a little more.
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Johan Santana took a shutout into the eighth inning Wednesday night to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 7-2 victory over the Yankees.