Showalter edges Twins&#39; Gardenhire in AL
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Texas&#39; Buck Showalter and Atlanta&#39;s Bobby Cox were named managers of the year Wednesday in balloting by the Baseball Writers&#39; Association of America.
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Johan Santana pitched seven shutout  innings to claim his 10th straight victory and lead the  Minnesota Twins to a 9-0 thumping of the Baltimore Orioles in  the American League (AL) Wednesday.
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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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MINNEAPOLIS - Gary Sheffield homered twice and keyed a four-run rally in the ninth inning Thursday night, sending the New York Yankees to a seesaw, 13-10 win over the Minnesota Twins.    Down 9-3 and minus Gold Glove center fielder Torii Hunter after he crashed into the fence, the Twins came back and almost swept the three-game series between AL division leaders...
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MINNEAPOLIS (Sports Network) - After guiding the Minnesota  Twins to three consecutive American League Central titles,  manager Ron Gardenhire was rewarded with a two-year contract  extension, through the 2007 season.
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Jake Westbrook got his fourth win of August, rookie Asdrubal Cabrera drove in the go-ahead run and the Cleveland Indians kept a tight grip on the AL Central lead with a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
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Johan Santana pitched seven strong  innings to win his fifth straight start and Shannon Stewart  homered, had three hits and two RBI to lead the Minnesota Twins  to a 7-2 home win over the New York Yankees.
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MINNEAPOLIS - More than 26 hours after the oddly suspended game began, the Twins gave themselves a chance to open the AL playoffs at home by finishing a 6-5 victory over the Indians on Michael Cuddyer's two-out double in the 12th inning Sunday.    The teams were tied at 5-all after 11 innings Saturday when play was halted at 2:33 p.m...
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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.
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The Minnesota Twins moved within a   game of the faltering Detroit Tigers in the American League   Central with a 9-4 win over Cleveland on Thursday.
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Torii Hunter and Corey Koskie hit two-run homers to help the Minnesota Twins clinch their third straight AL Central title with an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday.
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Jason Bartlett's 10th inning single lifted Minnesota into a share of top spot in the American League Central after his bases loaded RBI gave the Twins a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
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The Minnesota Twins are baseball&#039;s hottest team, winners of eight straight and 18 of 20. Yet they&#039;re still struggling to make up ground in the American League Central.
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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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(Sports Network) - Johan Santana continues his push for the American League Cy Young Award, as he takes the ball for the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game series against the visiting Chicago White Sox.
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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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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Johan Santana threw seven  shutout innings and Jacque Jones homered to lead the Minnesota  Twins to a 2-0 victory over New York in the opener of a  best-of-five American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium.