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Hardy, Span help Twins rally past Rangers
7 hours ago - sportsnetwork.com
... stiffness, and is considered day-to-day. Span opened the bottom of the first with a double and later scored on a Joe Mauer groundout to put the Twins on the scoreboard. Mitch Moreland's sacrifice fly for the Rangers in the second made it a - game, and the contest remained tied after both teams scored a run in the sixth. David Murphy hit an RBI single for Texas, while Michael Cuddyer plated a run with a groundout. The Rangers edged back in front in the seventh thanks to Julio Borbon's bunt, which he executed with runners on the corners and one out. But the Twins ... Read More »
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Twins' Fox defeats Rangers in Major League debut
8 hours ago - cbssports.com
... "We never gave into them and heck of a ballgame for us." Fox's debut was more impressive considering it came on a night when of the Twins all-time greats were in attendance. The game started a half hour later than usual so the Twins could honor the greatest players in team history during a pregame ceremony. Twins legends such as Harmon Killebrew, Kent Hrbek and Tony Oliva were introduced and gathered around home plate as video tributes played on the big screen and fans cheered. "I was definitely surprised, but it was a good surprise," he said. ... Read More »
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Fox pitches in as Twins rally past Rangers
9 hours ago - minnesota.twins.mlb.com
... - Twins win over the Rangers and pitching in a situation that even he might not have been able to envision hours earlier. With the Twins holding a /-game lead over the White Sox in the American League Central race, Fox was called upon to start for Minnesota out of pure necessity after the team used eight pitchers in a -inning loss to the Tigers on Thursday, including Friday night's originally scheduled starter, Nick Blackburn. So Fox took the mound, facing the AL West-leading Rangers in the middle of a pennant race and on a night when the Twins had gathered of their greatest ... Read More »
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Justin Morneau's transfer to 60-day DL is strictly procedural ...
9 hours ago - twincities.com
... roster is not hindered by the move to the DL, was at Target Field on Friday after following doctor's orders to stay away during the Detroit series, but the Twins had no other update on his status. Asked if Morneau, who suffered a concussion July , will hit on the field as he did during the team's last homestand, manager Ron Gardenhire said: "I haven't even really talked to him about it. He just came in today, wanted to be in here, came in and wanted to hang out. I didn't talk to him about his workload or anything like that. Leave it up to him. I asked him how he's doing, and he said, ... Read More »
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Holland, Rangers edged out by Twins
9 hours ago - texas.rangers.mlb.com
... world, we would have runners on first and third with one out. I know the safe play is runners at first and second, but you've got to be aggressive. As soon as I saw the ball, I made the decision to go from first to third." That's the way it went for the Rangers on a night when two first-place teams sent a couple of young starting pitchers to the mound in improvised starts. Derek Holland made his first start for the Rangers since replacing Rich Harden in the rotation, and Matt Fox made his Major League debut for the Twins. Both did admirable jobs, and in the end, the Twins simply did ... Read More »
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Matt Fox thrown right into the fire as Twins' starting pitcher
9 hours ago - twincities.com
... arrived at Target Field, his relative anonymity and hurried arrival to the big leagues was displayed above his locker, where his nameplate had yet to be hung. A player making his big-league debut in September is common, but Fox's situation was different before Thursday he wasn't even on the team's radar for a September call-up. No matter the circumstance or the unexpectedness, Fox had an important job to do Friday night suppress all the nerves and all the jitters while simultaneously suppressing the American League West-leading Rangers. Not much about the night would be familiar to ... Read More »
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Baker gets cortisone shot in right elbow
12 hours ago - mlb.mlb.com
... elbow until Thursday night. He started to feel his elbow in the first inning, but it wasn't the discomfort that forced him out of the start early. "It started to affect my pitches," Baker said. "I wasn't able to finish my pitches or get the ball down. So once that was the case, I wasn't doing the team any good or I wasn't doing myself any good. I felt that I had to say something." Baker said the plan is not to have him throw at all for three days, and manager Ron Gardenhire said the team will likely keep Baker out for at least two starts. With the expanded roster in September, the team can ... Read More »
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X-rays on Kubel's wrist come back clean
12 hours ago - mlb.mlb.com
... the wrist wrapped on Friday afternoon, and he had already taken some swings in the cage, his first since he was hit in the wrist by a pitch from Tigers left-hander Phil Coke on Tuesday night. He planned to take a few more in the cages during Friday's game and then take batting practice with the team before Saturday's contest. If everything goes well, Kubel said he hopes to be back in the lineup for Sunday's series finale with the Rangers. The Twins also got good news on two of their other injured players -- Jim Thome (back) and Orlando Hudson (right ankle) -- as they both were back in the ... Read More »
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Twins call up three pitchers for depth
12 hours ago - mlb.mlb.com
... the Rangers. Delaney and Burnett will give the Twins two relievers that can both throw multiple innings if needed. It was a bit of a whirlwind trip for the pitchers, who all got the phone call from Rochester manager Tom Nieto telling them of their promotion around : or a.m. CT. Rochester's team had just traveled by bus back from Syracuse, N.Y., late on Thursday night, but Burnett and Delaney had gotten home in time to watch some of the Twins' game on TV with their fellow teammates. Since so many pitchers were used in Minnesota's game, the players admitted there was some consideration ... Read More »
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Live game thread: Rangers at Twins
12 hours ago - rangersblog.dallasnews.com
MINNEAPOLIS - What better way to kick off the long Labor Day weekend than to sit down with a nice cold beverage and a red hot laptop and participate in a little live game thread action. We'll be here all night with periodic updates on the Rangers and Twins as they battle for home field advantage in Read More »
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Minnesota Twins right-hander Scott Baker likely to miss two starts
13 hours ago - sports.espn.go.com
... the Detroit Tigers and had to leave after having problems locating his pitches in the second inning. "I can deal with the discomfort," Baker said. "But when it started to affect my pitches, I wasn't able to finish them and able to get the ball down. Once that was the case, I wasn't doing my team any good and I wasn't doing myself any good." Outfielder Jason Kubel , who has been out for three days after being hit on the left wrist by a pitch on Tuesday, had an MRI and X-ray and said neither test revealed significant damage. Kubel planned to take part in batting practice on Saturday ... Read More »
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Rangers take on Twins in battle of first-place clubs
17 hours ago - dallasnews.com
... gain home-field advantage in the division series. Both clubs lead their respective divisions, with Texas (-) up by games in the AL West and Minnesota (-) leading Chicago by / games in the Central. The Twins hold a - lead in the season series, with the home team winning every game but one. The Rangers were for with runners in scoring position and outscored - in a three-game sweep in Minnesota from May -. It seems likely the winner of the AL East - New York or Tampa Bay - will gain home-field advantage ... Read More »
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First-place teams collide as Rangers visit Twins
18 hours ago - sportsnetwork.com
... teams collide as Rangers visit Twins (Sports Network) - While the Texas Rangers appear to be headed to their first American League West title since , the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins still have some work to do. The two division leaders will square off tonight in the opener of a ... Read More »