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| Twins P Slowey leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (Best E Casino) - Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Kevin Slowey departed Thursday's 7-6, 10-inning wing against the Chicago White Sox after being hit on his right wrist by a line drive. The victory left the Twins with a half-game lead on Chicago going into the final weekend of the regular season. The Twins let up six runs in the fourth inning to fall behind. It was during that inning when Slowey suffered a contusion of his right wrist. He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center for x-rays, |
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| Twin killing: Minnesota aims for division lead, sweep of White Sox |
MLB Baseball |
09/25/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Minnesota Twins have a chance to sweep the Chicago White Sox right out of first place in the American League Central division tonight, when the two ballclubs wrap up a three-game series at the Metrodome. Minnesota has won three in a row, including the first two tests of this set, and recorded a 3-2 victory on Wednesday. Joe Mauer knocked in a pair of runs and Denard Span added the other RBI, as the Twins pulled within a half game of the White Sox for the top spot in the Central standings. |
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| White Sox, Twins to resume crucial Central clash |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Nick Blackburn will try to put a pair of horrid outings behind him and pull the Minnesota Twins closer to the top of the AL Central standings tonight, when he toes the rubber in the second test of a three-game series versus the Chicago White Sox at the Metrodome. Blackburn, who is 10-10 with a 4.15 earned run average in 31 starts, allowed six runs and nine hits in four innings of a 7-3 loss at Baltimore on September 14. He then permitted six more runs and 13 hits in only 1 1/3 frames of his t |
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| Eliminated Yanks continue series in Toronto |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2008 |
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| four losses and a 9.00 ERA for Hughes by the end of the month. He spent the next four months either injured or in the minors and didn't return until September 17, when he allowed four hits and a run in four innings of the Yankees' 5-1 defeat of the Chicago White Sox. Hughes is 1-1 in four career starts against Toronto with a 4.22 ERA in 21 1/3 innings. For the Blue Jays, right-hander A.J. Burnett makes the final start of his best major-league season. The 31-year-old Arkansas native, whose previous best single-s |
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| Slumping Tigers try to avoid sweep by Royals |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2008 |
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| y a percentage point ahead of the basement-dwelling Tigers in the AL Central. Brian Bannister gets the nod for the Royals on Wednesday and he is only 1-10 in his last 15 starts. He fell to 8-16 in 31 starts this season after a performance versus the Chicago White Sox on September 19, when he yielded seven runs in five innings of a 9-4 loss. Bannister has pitched fairly well against the Tigers this season, going 1-1 in two starts. He last faced them on August 22 and gave up four runs in eight innings of a 4-3 los |
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| Twins crush White Sox, close gap to 1 1/2 games in AL Central |
MLB Baseball |
09/24/2008 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (Best E Casino) - Jason Kubel clubbed a pair of homers and drove in three runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox in the opener of a critical three-game series at the Metrodome. Delmon Young finished 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI for the Twins, who trail the front-running White Sox by 1 1/2 games in the AL Central. Nick Punto and Carlos Gomez each had two hits and knocked in a run. Scott Baker (10-4) got the win after he allowed one run on five hits in sev |
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| Blue Jays try and put Yanks out of their misery |
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09/23/2008 |
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| 39-year-old right-hander reached 19 victories in both 1995 and 1996 with the Baltimore Orioles and got as high as 18 in 1992, 1999 and 2002. He'll pitch once more on the season's final weekend. Mussina won his last start, on September 18 against the Chicago White Sox, after dropping two straight to Seattle and Tampa Bay. The Pennsylvania native held Chicago to five hits and one run over six innings of a 9-2 Yankees win. He is 24-12 in 43 career starts against Toronto and is 7-2 on the road in 2008 with a 3.53 ea |
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| Twins, White Sox begin key series at the Metrodome |
MLB Baseball |
09/23/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Chicago White Sox have a chance to put the pesky Minnesota Twins away for good when the two AL Central rivals begin an important three-game series this evening at the Metrodome. Chicago is clinging to a 2 1/2-game edge over the Twins for the lead in the Central standings and has won eight of the 15 matchups against them this season. Minnesota, however, has been nearly unstoppable at home in the season series, going 5-1 within the friendly confines of the Metrodome. The Twins have won thre |
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| Royals begin set with Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
09/22/2008 |
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| the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The Royals come into this series residing in last place in the division, two games back of the fourth-place Tigers. They have played well of late, though, but lost two of three this weekend to the Central-leading Chicago White Sox. On Sunday KC dropped the rubber match to the White Sox, 3-0, at Kauffman Stadium. Alex Gordon doubled for the Royals, who lost for only the second time in their last 10 tries. KC starter Brandon Duckworth (3-2) took the loss, tagged for five hits a |
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| White Sox set for rubber match with Royals in KC |
MLB Baseball |
09/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) -- Although the Chicago White Sox are still in good shape in the American League playoff picture, the current AL Central leaders haven't been playing like a postseason participant on their current road trip. Chicago will try for a swift rebound from Saturday's loss to the Kansas City Royals when the clubs play the rubber match of a three-game series this afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City belted three home runs to back a strong start from Kyle Davies in last night's 5-2 decision over th |
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