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Diamond unable to make adjustments against Orioles
MINNEAPOLIS This wasn't characteristic for a Scott Diamond start.As the Minnesota Twins' best pitcher last year, Diamond was essentially immune from pitching a clunker. Sunday against Baltimore, though, he finally had one. Minnesota's left-hander matched gave up six runs on nine hits including three home runs in just 5 23 innings of work in the Twins' 6-0 loss...
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Twins seek to close series with Baltimore on an upswing
Scott Diamond has been solid since coming off the disabled list last month.
The Minnesota Twins left-hander, though, continues to struggle at home.
Diamond will try to win a career high-tying third consecutive start - and his first in Minneapolis in nine outings - in Sunday's rubber game against the Baltimore Orioles.
Since coming off the DL on April 13 following offseason...
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Video: Diamond's Gem Helps Twins Past Red Sox, 6-1
Minnesota Twins starter Scott Diamond spun a gem on the mound and his offense got five late runs to ensure a 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night at historic Fenway Park.
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Twins 6, Red Sox 1
The Minnesota Twins aren't taking any chances with Scott Diamond's surgically repaired left elbow.
On Tuesday night, he didn't give the Boston Red Sox many.
Diamond allowed three hits in seven shutout innings, Ryan Doumit hit his first homer of the season and the Twins beat the Red Sox 6-1.
Diamond said he still felt strong when he left the game but understands the...
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Recap: Diamond shuts down Sox in 6-1 loss
In a pretty boring 6-1 game in which the Sox got just four its and made three errors, you might expect me to be negative in the post, but I'm going to focus on the positive.
With just-decent starts out of staff leaders Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz, uncertainty out of the rest of the rotation, and injuries depleting an otherwise good bullpen, the Red Sox really needed a good...
Q&A: Scott Diamond, Twins Control Artist
Scott Diamond throws strikes. The Minnesota Twins left-hander walked just 1.61 batters per nine innings last year, lowest in the American League among qualified pitchers. After beginning the current campaign on the disabled list, his rate is a puny 1.2 in four starts.
The 26-year-old control artist also doesn’t log many strikeouts. In 173 innings last year, his K-rate was 4.68...
Tigers unable to sweep Twins with 6-2 loss
DETROIT (AP) -- Scott Diamond pitched six solid innings, and the Minnesota Twins got to Anibal Sanchez early in a 6-2 win over Detroit on Wednesday that snapped the Tigers' five-game winning streak. Sanchez (3-2) was coming off a 17-strikeout performance against Atlanta, and he fanned five in the first two innings against the Twins -- but Minnesota scored two runs in the first...
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Twins' Diamond shows slight rust in debut
MINNEAPOLIS Through four innings, Scott Diamond's 2013 debut was about as smooth as the left-hander could have asked for.
Then, Diamond hung a pitch to Marlon Byrd to lead off the fifth inning and things unraveled for the 26-year-old pitcher. He wound up allowing four runs in the inning and recorded just one out in the fifth before his season debut was over. Diamond took the...
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April 13, 2013
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Twins Wednesday: Diamond ready for debut
Left-hander Scott Diamond was Minnesota's best pitcher in 2012, but he's missed the first two weeks of the 2013 season after recovering from offseason elbow surgery.
He'll be returning to the mound soon.
Manager Ron Gardenhire told reporters Wednesday in Kansas City that Diamond will make his season debut Saturday against the New York Mets at Target Field. Diamond has...
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April 10, 2013
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Twins’ Scott Diamond to begin season on DL
Minnesota Twins left-hander Scott Diamond made a minor
league start yesterday, but following his outing he told reporters, including
Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com, that he won’t be ready for the start of the regular
season.
Diamond said his starts will continue to be on the Minor League side. Will go on DL to open year with April 12 as targeted return date.
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