Topic: Minnesota Twins
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 ...
TAMPA BAY (Reuters) - Johnny Damon struck his second walk-off hit against Minnesota in three days to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 win over the Twins on Saturday.With two-outs, Damon hit a bases-loaded single off Jose Mijares to drive in ...
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - The Minnesota Twins have placed catcher Joe Mauer on the 15-day disabled list with "bilateral leg weakness" following the team's 4-3 loss in 10 innings to the Tampa Bay Rays, the team said on their website.The move would ...
Minnesota second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka won't need surgery or have to wear a cast on his broken left leg, but the Twins said they don't know when their star Japanese import will be back.Twins team doctors examined Nishioka on Friday prior to ...
Minnesota's heralded Japanese import Tsuyoshi Nishioka suffered a broken left leg in the Twins' 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees Thursday after Nick Swisher slid into him at second base.Nishioka had to be helped off the field in the seventh inning, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka of Japan broke his left leg on a hard slide by New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher during their game Thursday.The injury in a 4-3 loss to the Yankees came in Nishioka's ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Catcher J.P. Arencibia smashed two home runs and drove in five runs to lead the big-hitting Toronto Blue Jays to a ruthless season-opening 13-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins on Friday.Toronto picked up where they left off from last ...
The Twins and Carl Pavano agreed on a two-year, 16.5 million-dollar deal to keep the popular mustachioed pitcher in Minnesota.Pavano, 35, had several offers on the table but on Wednesday opted to stay with the club where he enjoyed a career resurgence ...
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Minnesota Twins agreed to a $16.5 million, two-year contract with right-handed pitcher Carl Pavano, the Major League Baseball team said on Wednesday.Pavano, who helped the Twins clinch the American League Central division title last season, went 17-11 in ...
Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew said on Wednesday that the support of fans has buoyed him as he undergoes chemotherapy for esophageal cancer.The 74-year-old issued a statement through the Minnesota Twins, saying his doctors remain hopeful he will make a full ...
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