MLB: Anaheim 9, Minnesota 6
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Adam Kennedy homered and scored three times as Anaheim topped Minnesota 9-6 Friday nught. The Angels have tied a season high with their ninth straight victory.
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Paul Konerko hit a game-winning RBI single in the ninth to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 7-to-6 victory over Minnesota. Joe Roa takes the loss for the Twins to fall to 2-and-3.
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ANAHEIM -- Do the math. That&#39;s what Anaheim spent Saturday morning doing. And with or without No. 2 pencils, it wasn&#39;t looking good.
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Chone Figgins didn&#039;t have to steal a base to set up the winning run. Just taking his lead off first base was enough to unnerve reliever Jesse Crain. Crane&#039;s errant pickoff throw allowed Figgins to advance to third and Orlando Cabrera followed with an RBI single on an 0-2 slider in the 11th inning to give the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
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Brandon Inge's 10th-inning double off Joe Nathan pushes Detroit past Minnesota, 4-3, on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.
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Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox got the jump on Anaheim in the AL playoffs. Perhaps that's how the Angels prefer it. Schilling pitched 6 2-3 effective innings, Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered during a seven-run burst, and the Red Sox beat the Angels 9-3 Tuesday in Game 1.
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Carlos Silva pitched one-hit ball into the sixth inning Wednesday night before leaving with a bruised right ankle, and the Minnesota Twins won their eighth in a row with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
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Johan Santana won his eighth straight decision Saturday, Jacque Jones and Augie Ojeda homered, and the Minnesota Twins kept rolling toward a third straight AL Central title wit ha 7-1 victory that ended the Anaheim Angels' nine-game winning streak.
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The game unraveled in the sixth inning when errors on consecutive plays and a mental gaffe by Jorge Sosa turned a 5-4 Washington lead into a 9-4 advantage.
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Undaunted by the loss of Francisco Liriano, the Minnesota Twins got a big game from longtime leader Torii Hunter and pulled within one game of first place. Hunter homered and drove in four runs Thursday night in a 9-4 victory at Cleveland that left the surging Twins right on the heels of AL Central-leading Detroit. The last time Minnesota was only one game out was the second day of the season, April 5.
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Anaheim moved a game ahead of Oakland in the American League West race Wednesday night while New York moved within a victory of the AL East title.
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Anaheim, Calif. - There is a decidedly right lean to the three-time champions of the American League Central. In a span of 26 days, the Minnesota Twins lost the left side of their infield to free agency.
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Johan Santana won his eighth straight decision, Jacque Jones and Augie Ojeda homered and the Minnesota Twins ended the Anaheim Angels' nine-game winning streak, 7-1 Saturday.
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
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Johan Santana's star became the latest to go dark in Minnesota. The departure of baseball's most dominant pitcher, in a deal agreed to with the New York Mets for four prospects, was hardly surprising.
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MINNEAPOLIS - 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.    Koskie and Justin Morneau each homered for Minnesota, which won for only fourth time in its last 12 games and handed the Yankees their second straight loss...
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Carlos Silva pitched one-hit ball into the sixth inning last night before leaving with a bruised right ankle, and the Minnesota Twins won their eighth in a row with a 6-1 victory against the Chicago White Sox.