Twins Send Tigers to Brink of Elimination
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DETROIT -- Minnesota's Carlos Silva shut down Detroit over 7 2-3 innings in a 2-0 victory Monday night that put the Tigers on the brink of being eliminated from the playoff race.
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A five-run sixth dooms Washington as the Detroit Tigers complete a punishing sweep of the Nationals with an 8-4 win Wednesday.
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The Twins finally catch the Tigers and take home another AL Central championship on SundayÃÂ with aÃÂ 5-1 victory over the White Sox.
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Zach Miner won a matchup of impressive rookies and the Detroit Tigers roughed up Francisco Liriano again in a 9-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
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A year ago, Mike Mussina lost to the Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of the American League Division Series. Pessimist&#39;s panic swept through the Bronx.
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(Sports Network) - The Minnesota Twins will try to lock up their third consecutive AL Central title tonight, when they begin a three-game set against the second-place Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field.
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Detroit, MI -- Jacque Jones&#39; single in the seventh scored Pat Borders with the go-ahead run and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.
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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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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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Frank Thomas belted a pair of home runs and Barry Zito delivered eight sparkling innings as the Oakland Athletics edged the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Tuesday to draw first blood in their American League division series.
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The Red Sox' 6-0 victory may have been little more than a footnote for the home team, but it was still a matter of some urgency for the Minnesota Twins, who took the field knowing the Detroit Tigers had lost that afternoon, giving them a chance, with a victory last night, to vault ahead of the Tigers into first place ...
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Lew Ford homered and drove in a pair of runs and Brad Radke pitched seven strong innings to lead the streaking Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 road win over the Detroit Tigers in American League action on Monday.
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They play to the last out in the Bronx, you know. The Minnesota Twins were agonizingly close to heading home with a 2-0 series lead. But funny things can happen when ballgames reach the 12th inning and pitchers are out there doing things they don't ordinarily do. And so after watching the Twins reach their tiring reliever ...
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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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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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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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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.