Yankees rally after Santana leaves mound
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For all the consternation about the Yankees having to play the Minnesota Twins, a potential playoff foe, less than a week before the postseason is scheduled to begin, there was indeed a positive side.
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Johan Santana, a two-time Cy Young award winner acquired last week from the Minnesota Twins, spoke with poise and confidence during a Mets welcoming event at Shea Stadium.
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He battled back from a debilitating injury to reach the pinnacle of his profession. But even on the most rewarding day of Johan Santana&#39;s
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Johan Santana was so dominant, even the guy who managed the Devil Rays' only two hits off him had to feel lucky.
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The Twins hesitated not a whit in sending Johan Santana to the mound yesterday on three days&#39; rest. The Yankees refused to do the same with Mike
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The Oakland Athletics caught Johan Santana on a rare off day. Nick Swisher, Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosby each drove in runs to help Chad Gaudin to his fifth straight win, and the A's beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Sunday to take the series.
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Johan Santana boosted the Minnesota Twins to a 1 1/2-game lead in the AL wild-card race.
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The eminently resourceful Yankees played long ball and short ball last night, got six more-than-serviceable innings from Kevin Brown, and pushed the Twins to the
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The New York Yankees put runners on, fouled off pitches, and did everything they could to get to Johan Santana.
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NEW YORK - Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins' dazzling defense had the New York Yankees seeing double. Santana and the Twins escaped trouble with the help of a record-setting five double plays, Jacque Jones homered in his first start since the death of his father, and the Twins beat the Yankees 2-0 Tuesday night to win their eighth straight opener in a postseason series...
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Gary Sheffield homered twice and keyed a four-run rally in the ninth inning last night, sending the New York Yankees to a seesaw 13-10 win over the Minnesota Twins at Minneapolis.
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Baseball-crazed Venezuelans celebrated pitcher Johan Santana&#39;s award as the American League Cy Young winner on Thursday. Honking car horns as they heard the news on the radio and glued to television
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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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Johan Santana continued his dominating season, pitching six no-hit innings en route to a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins hesitated not a whit in sending Johan Santana to the mound yesterday on three days' rest. The Yankees refused to do the same with Mike Mussina and, as a result, it will be a well-rested Moose for Game 1 against the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.
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It&#39;s going to take more than one good start by Johan Santana for the Twins to reach the New York Yankees&#39; radar screen.
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The overwhelming chants of âLetâs go, Yan-kees!â and the standing ovations for Yankees pitchers made it clear that opposing fans were out in full force in Tampa Bay this past weekend.