Twins' Mauer continues home stretch
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Baseball AL batting champion Joe Mauer's agent represented Cal Ripken and Kirby Puckett , Hall of Famers who spent their entire careers with the same team. Perhaps another client of Ron Shapiro will do the same. Mauer and the Twins agreed yesterday to a $33 million, four-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration and giving one of the team's young stars the ...
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The Minnesota Twins once again made the most of their chances. Twice as much, really.
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Joe Mauer hit a three-run homer, and Michael Cuddyer and Justin Morneau also connected to lead the surging Minnesota Twins past the slumping Chicago White Sox 7-4 Monday night.
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Derrick Turnbow&#039;s bases loaded walk to Shannon Stewart in the eighth forced home the go-ahead run and helped the Minnesota Twins extended their winning streak to nine games with a 10-7 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.
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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.
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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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Minneapolisâ The Minnesota Twins were in great shape just two days ago. Now they&#39;re on the brink of being eliminated by the New York Yankees for the second straight year.
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The guy going to the mound for the Minnesota Twins tonight may not be the best player on the team, but he is the most important.
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Joe Mauer singled home the winning run in the ninth inning after Justin Morneau hit a tying homer in the eighth, and the Minnesota Twins completed a four-game sweep of the slumping Oakland Athletics with a 4-3 victory Sunday.
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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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Home-grown Twins star Joe Mauer is as humble as the fans who root him on. He even drinks milk.
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It's now up to the ace to extend the Twins' season. Putative Cy Young winner Johan Santana will get the call and the ball today, working on only three days' rest to keep Minnesota alive in their Division Series with the Yankees.
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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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Justin Morneau, whose breakout season helped the Minnesota Twins claim their fourth Central Division title in five years, was named the American League's Most Valuable Player on Tuesday.
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AL batting champion Joe Mauer and the Minnesota Twins agreed Sunday to a four-year contract worth at least $33 million, avoiding salary arbitration and ensuring one of the team's young stars will be in uniform for the long term.
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Justin Morneau drove in three runs and   Joe Mauer scored three times to help the Minnesota Twins thump   Detroit 9-5 and keep the heat on them in the AL central title   battle on Friday.
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Kyle Lohse pitched seven sharp innings, Michael Cuddyer went 3 for 4 with a homer, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox, 10-1, at Minneapolis for their ninth straight victory.