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The Minnesota Twins make their first-ever appearance at Colorado's Coors Field tonight for the opener of a three-game interleague series with the badly-struggling Rockies.
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a-grounded out for Everett in the 9th. b-struck out for Scutaro in the 10th. c-walked for Barajas in the 11th. d-singled for Velandia in the 11th. 1-ran for Kubel in the 10th. E: Tolbert (4). LOB: Toronto 10, Minnesota 11. 2B: Rolen (8), Morneau (6), Monroe (7). RBIs: Rios (16), Rolen (9), Inglett (5), Morneau (32). SB: Tolbert (4).
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The Toronto Blue Jays shoot for their first three-game sweep of the Twins in Minnesota in more than five years today, as the two clubs end a three-game series at the Metrodome.
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ST. LOUIS - Andy Sonnanstine carried a shutout into the eighth inning and added two singles to a 12-hit outburst in the streaking Tampa Bay Rays' 3-1 victory over the sagging St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.Akinori Iwamura had three hits and an RBI for the AL East leaders, who are eight games above .500 for the first time in franchise history. Iwamura is on a 9-for-21 tear for the Rays (25-17),...
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ARLINGTON, Texas - Houston's Shawn Chacon set a major league record by making his ninth consecutive start without a decision to begin the season.Chacon lasted just 3 1-3 innings against the Texas Rangers on Friday night. He left with the Astros trailing 8-2 after giving up a three-run homer to Josh Hamilton in the fourth.But Houston rallied with five runs in the fifth and another run in the sixth to...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Joe Saunders bounced back from his lone loss of the year and Vladimir Guerrero drove in two runs without a hit to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 Friday night.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Alexei Ramirez hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot in the seventh inning that sent the Chicago White Sox to a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.San Francisco had a baserunner aboard in every inning against White Sox starter Gavin Floyd (4-2), who withstood each threat and bounced back from a May 11 loss at Seattle in which he lasted only 3 2-3 innings.The...
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MIAMI - Brett Tomko pitched six innings Friday night for his first victory in nearly six weeks, and two unearned runs helped the Kansas City Royals extend their winning streak to five games by beating the slumping Florida Marlins 7-6.
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SEATTLE - Oft-injured pitcher Mark Prior has another shoulder problem that will delay his debut with the San Diego Padres.Prior's agent, John Boggs, confirmed Friday that the pitcher has a tear in his right shoulder capsule. Prior, who had surgery on the shoulder last year, will be kept from throwing for at least two weeks and then be re-evaluated."We don't know exactly to what severity," Boggs said,...
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PHOENIX - Eric Byrnes broke out of a monthlong slump with a homer and two RBIs, Dan Haren pitched seven innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied past the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-3 Friday night.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants.The team called a news conference for Friday to reveal Magowan would retire from his duties at the end of this season, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke...
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DENVER - Nick Blackburn pitched seven strong innings and Delmon Young doubled twice and scored two runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.Clint Barmes had three hits for the Rockies, who have lost six straight and eight of 11.Blackburn (4-2) struck out five and didn't walk a batter to help the Twins end a three-game skid. Joe Nathan remained perfect...
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DENVER -- Nick Blackburn pitched seven strong innings and Delmon Young doubled twice and scored two runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.
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DENVER - Nick Blackburn allowed only two runs in seven inningsas the Twins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory against Colorado.The Twins grabbed a 2-0 lead and scored single runs in the sixth and eighth innings after the Rockies rallied to tie the score with two runs in the fourth.Joe Nathan pitched the ninth inning and picked up the save.The Twins announced during the game that...
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SEATTLE - Brian Giles had his third four-hit game of the season, Tadahito Iguchi had a homer among his three hits and the San Diego Padres opened interleague play with a 6-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.San Diego rebounded from being shut out for the fourth time this season on Thursday against the Cubs, by jumping on Seattle starter Miguel Batista for three runs in the first and another...
