Thomas hits 500th homer but Blue Jays fall to Twins
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Toronto's Frank Thomas hit his 500th career home run on Thursday but it was not enough for the Blue Jays to avoid an 8-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
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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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com. Just when the Blue Jays seemed to be making it a game on Saturday, the Yankees sprinted away with a three-homer barrage. New York scored nine times in the ninth inning, cashing in an 18-6 win over Toronto.
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Frank Thomas hit three home runs to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Monday night, raising his total to 512 and tying Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews for 18th on the career list.
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Vernon Wells cracked a two-run triple  in the seventh inning to earn the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-4 win  over the New York Yankees in the American League Wednesday.
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Frank Thomas put an emphatic end to a three-week power outage. Thomas homered twice to raise his total to 503 and pull within one of Eddie Murray for 20th place as the Blue Jays sent Johan Santana to a rare second-half loss, beating the Minnesota Twins, 6-4, last night in Toronto.
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A.J. Burnett came within one out of a complete game and Russ Adams drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double in the eighth inning, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the faltering Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night.
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Frank Thomas hit one out of the park for the 500th time. Eight innings later, he was sent out of the park himself.
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The Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers both had a chance to grab the lead in the AL Central with two games left. Neither team could take advantage of the opportunity.
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Even the hitters who do well against Josh Beckett don&#039;t want to face him. Vernon Wells hit three homers in a game for the first time in his career &amp;#151; two off Beckett &amp;#151; and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-5 on Tuesday night.
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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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The Detroit Tigers passed up a golden opportunity to clinch the AL Central on Saturday, losing 9-6 to Kansas City after co-leaders Minnesota fell to the Chicago White Sox.
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Lyle Overbay drove in four runs, including a two-out, two-strike single in the top of the 13th inning that gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 9-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins on a back-and-forth Saturday night.
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Frank Thomas hits his 500th career home run Thursday and then gets ejected in an 8-5 loss to the Twins.
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Slugger Frank Thomas crushed a second-inning grand slam to register career home run No. 497 on Wednesday, powering the Toronto Blue Jays to a 12-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Kansas City hits three home runs in the top of the 11th inning to down the Tigers, 9-7. Detroit remains tied atop the AL Central as the Twins also lose.
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Aaron Hill hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday.