Topic: Francisco Liriano

Tigers' patience rewarded in win over Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Patience paid off for the Detroit Tigers as they capitalized on erratic pitching by the Minnesota Twins for a 5-2 win Sunday that strengthened their hold on first place in the American League Central Division.The win by Detroit (54-47) ...

Liriano loses no-hitter but Twins win

Francisco Liriano flirted with his second no-hitter of the season on Sunday and even after Adrian Beltre broke it up with a single in the eighth inning Liriano's Twins defeated Texas 6-1.Liriano, who held the Chicago White Sox hitless on May 3, ...

Liriano puts struggles aside to deliver no-hitter

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Francisco Liriano seemed like the least likely candidate to pitch Major League Baseball's first no-hitter of 2011.But the Minnesota Twins left-hander with a 9.13 earned run average somehow did just that on Tuesday in defeating the Chicago White Sox ...

Twins' Liriano pitches no-hitter against White Sox

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Minnesota left-hander Francisco Liriano pitched the first no-hitter of the Major League Baseball season on Tuesday to give the Twins a 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox.In his first complete-game, Liriano survived six walks and an unsteady ninth ...
The Twins have a limited about of money and spend it wisely. Joe Mauer is a Twin Cities native and was one of the best players going into the 2001 draft. The Twins passed on a highly-touted Mark Prior and picked the ...

The 2010 Minnesota Twins

The Twins ended the 2009 season as the Central Division Champions. They will start the year with Nick Blackburn, Scott Baker, Francisco Liriano, Carl Pavano, and Kevin Slowey in their starting rotation. In 2006, Liriano was lights out, he was almost impossible ...
Braves RHP Tim Hudson, Twins LHP Francisco Liriano voted comeback players of the yearPitchers Tim Hudson of the Braves and Francisco Liriano of the Twins have been the voted the comeback players of the year.Hudson had elbow ligament-replacement surgery in 2008 and ...
Bautista hits Nos. 53 and 54, including grand slam, Blue Jays hit 6 HRs in 13-2 win over TwinsJose Bautista hit home runs No. 53 and 54, including a grand slam, and the Toronto Blue Jays went deep six times in a ...
Justin Verlander, Jhonny Peralta help Tigers rout Twins 10-1Justin Verlander struck out 11 in a complete game and Jhonny Peralta drove in four runs to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 10-1 rout of the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.Miguel Cabrera had ...

Twins name Liriano as starting pitcher for playoffs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Left-hander Francisco Liriano will pitch the opening game of the playoffs for the Minnesota Twins next month, the Major League Baseball team said on Wednesday.Liriano (14-8), who leads all Minnesota pitchers with the lowest ERA and most strikeouts, ...
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