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Scott Baker isn’t necessarily known as a control pitcher, but his performance on June 30 against the Kansas City Royals left much to be desired. While expecting him to be on top of his game may have been too much to expect considering his recent string of four consecutive quality starts, an outing this wild [...]
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Via Over The Baggy
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July 01, 2009
Facing the Royals, a team who struggled to score runs (4.05 per game) and strikes out in hearty portion of their plate appearances (15%) it would be assumed that Scott Baker would slice through them like a butter-knife in melted Velveeta. After all, Baker's most recent start bucked a trend in which he had gone at least six innings with a minimum of five strikeouts in his...
Via Babes Love Baseball
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July 01, 2009
Joe Mauer has enough at bats to earn another American League batting championship, and pretty soon, he'll have enough plate appearances.After going 3-for-3 with two walks Wednesday afternoon in the Minnesota Twins’ 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals, he spiked his batting average to .392, making him just eight plate appearances short of the 3.1 per game needed to qualify...
Via Twins Fix
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July 01, 2009
The month of June say many promotions and demotions throughout the Minnesota Twins’ minor league organization. A handful of Top-Ten prospects were promoted this past month, as well as other key minor-leaguers. As a whole, the Minnesota affiliates went 50-56 in the month of June; not poor enough to statistically boot any team from their [...]
Via Baseball Musings
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July 01, 2009
Joe Mauer went 1 for 4 Tuesday night to lower his batting average to .383. Right now, he sits 10 plate appearances short of qualifying for the AL batting title lead. Ichiro collected two hits in four at bats against the Yankees, raising his batting average to .373. Right now, Ichiro leads [...]
Via Star Tribune
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June 29, 2009
Minnesota almost had its entire lineup back until just before gametime when Joe Crede's back acted up.
Via Miami Herald
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June 30, 2009
Justin Morneau homered for the third straight game and Scott Baker labored through five tough innings, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 2-1 victory over the hapless Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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July 02, 2009
The Twins released Luis Ayala after failing to trade him, according to La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He was designated for assignment after struggling on the mound and failing to get along with manager Ron Gardenhire.Ayala's name came up in trade talks with the Pirates, and there are indications that Eric Hinske was part of the discussions until he was dealt...
Via CBSSports.com
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July 01, 2009
Joe Mauer went 3-for-3, raising his average to .392 and backing pitcher Glen Perkins in the Minnesota Twins' 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
Via MSNBC
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July 01, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Joe Mauer went 3-for-3, raising his average to .392 and backing pitcher Glen Perkins in the Minnesota Twins' 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
Via Twins Fix
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July 01, 2009
TwinsFix reviews the past month in the Minnesota Twins' minor league organization, telling you who's hot and who's not.
Via kansascity.com
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June 30, 2009
Twins 2, Royals 1
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