Silva pitches Twins to another win
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There's a three-team race in the AL Central, and the Minnesota Twins are surging toward the lead with three weeks left in the regular season.
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Johan Santana pitches a four-hitter for his first shutout in nearly two years, and the Twins take advantage of four early errors in a 9-0 rout of the Mets.
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Miguel Tejada homered twice and drove in five runs, rookie Daniel Cabrera threw six strong innings, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins, 12-3, yesterday in Minneapolis.
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Joe Blanton and Carlos Silva kept pounding the strike zone inning after inning. Finally in the sixth, Oakland got to Silva. Blanton pitched a career-best three-hitter, Shannon Stewart broke a scoreless tie with a double play groundout, and the Athletics snapped the Twins' season-best five-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Saturday night.
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When Johan Santana starts at home, the Minnesota Twins are just about a sure thing. His latest gem has them breathing down Detroit's neck in the American League Central.
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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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The Minnesota Twinsâ Carlos Silva shut down host Detroit for seven and two-thirds innings in a 2-0 victory last night that put the Tigers on the brink of being eliminated from the playoff race.
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Johan Santana outpitched Jose Contreras, and Jason Bartlett hit a three-run homer as the surging Minnesota Twins pulled within a game of the slumping Chicago White Sox with a 4-3 victory on Tuesday night.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- 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 as the A's beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, yesterday to take the series.
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Mark Teixeira and Gary Matthews Jr. hit two-run homers off All-Star left-hander Johan Santana and the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 Sunday in the teams&#039; last game before the break.
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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.
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A strikeout led to three runs for the Minnesota Twins, who got a homer from Torii Hunter and four hits from Rondell White in an 8-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
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A three-run homer in the 11th inning by Torii Hunter led the home-field Minnesota Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Texas Rangers. Hunter finished with three hits and six RBI
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With slugger Justin Morneau sidelined for the first time in 192 games, the rest of the Minnesota Twins' lineup picked up the slack &#151; and then some. Joe Mauer and Jason Bartlett drove in three runs apiece, and the Twins totaled 17 hits to beat the Florida Marlins 11-1 Saturday night.
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Daniel Cabrera pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning, and Jose Leon and Melvin Mora had two RBIs apiece to lead the surging Baltimore Orioles past the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Monday.
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Johan Santana and Nick Punto led the   Minnesota Twins to a 12-1 win over the jittery Detroit Tigers   in American League action on Sunday.
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Nearing a third straight division title, Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins aren&#39;t short on motivation. Their rivals, the fading Chicago White Sox, gave them a little more.