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Twins OF Span hits mom with foul ball

Thu, 04/01/2010 - 10:13 by Rakhi

Tampa, Fla. -- Minnesota Twins outfielder Denard Span hit his mother with a foul ball Wednesday as she was sitting in the stands at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.

Batting in the first inning of a Twins-New York Yankees spring training game, Span lined a foul off a pitch by Phil Hughes into the stands next to the Twins dugout, where it struck his mother, Wanda Wilson, in the upper chest.

Span immediately sprinted from the batter's box and climbed the railing into the stands to tend to his mother as security and paramedics approached. Umpires halted the game as the scene unfolded.

Wilson, wearing a Twins jersey with her son's name and number on it, was examined and later returned to watch from a different seat, The New York Times reported.

MLB: Minnesota 11, Kansas City 6

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 12:42 by Inderjit Singh

Kansas City -- Denard Span had four hits and a career-high six RBI Saturday, leading Minnesota's 11-6 win over Kansas City, its fifth straight.

Span's biggest hit, a three-run triple, gave Minnesota a 5-2 lead with two outs in the top of the fourth.

He also hit a two-run sixth-inning single and an RBI single in the eighth.

Joe Mauer had two hits and two RBI.

Brendan Harris had two hits and one RBI.

A run scored on Yuniesky Betancourt's fourth-inning throwing error.

Orlando Cabrera hit an RBI single, while Matt Tolbert added three hits for the Twins, who remained two games back of AL Central-leading Detroit.

The winner was starter Scott Baker (14-9).

MLB: Minnesota 11, Kansas City 6

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 12:42 by Inderjit Singh

Kansas City -- Denard Span had four hits and a career-high six RBI Saturday, leading Minnesota's 11-6 win over Kansas City, its fifth straight.

Span's biggest hit, a three-run triple, gave Minnesota a 5-2 lead with two outs in the top of the fourth.

He also hit a two-run sixth-inning single and an RBI single in the eighth.

Joe Mauer had two hits and two RBI.

Brendan Harris had two hits and one RBI.

A run scored on Yuniesky Betancourt's fourth-inning throwing error.

Orlando Cabrera hit an RBI single, while Matt Tolbert added three hits for the Twins, who remained two games back of AL Central-leading Detroit.

The winner was starter Scott Baker (14-9).

MLB: Toronto 6, Minnesota 3

Wed, 09/09/2009 - 11:22 by preet_20

Toronto, Sept. 8: John McDonald hit a three-run homer in a six-run sixth inning outburst Tuesday to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win over Minnesota.

Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run single and Randy Ruiz drove in the other run for the Blue Jays.

Winning pitcher Ricky Romero (12-7) gave up three runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings.

Jason Kubel drove in two runs and scored once and Orlando Cabrera and Denard Span each had two hits and a run scored for the Twins, who have lost four of their last six games.

Twins starter Brian Duensing allowed three runs on six hits in five-plus innings. Jon Rauch (4-3) was charged with the loss.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Minnesota 5, Texas 4

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 10:34 by preet_20

Arlington, Texas Aug. 19: Doubles by Michael Cuddyer and Joe Crede to open the sixth touched off a four-run inning Wednesday and rallied the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over Texas.

The Twins came back from a five-run deficit to down the Rangers Tuesday climbed out of a four-run hole Wednesday.

The setback dropped the Rangers out of a share of the lead with Boston in the American League wild-card race and pushed them 6 ½ games behind the hot Los Angeles Angels for the top spot in the AL West.

Minnesota's rally spoiled the return to the Texas roster of catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who spent the first 12 seasons of his 19-year career with the Rangers. Rodriguez got the start Wednesday and had three hits.

MLB: Kansas City 14, Minnesota 6

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:03 by preet_20

Minneapolis, Aug. 12: Miguel Olivo had three hits, including a home run, drove in three runs and scored three Tuesday in the Kansas City Royals' 14-6 pounding of Minnesota.

Alex Gordon, Yuniesky Betancourt and Mitch Maier had two hits and two RBI apiece for the Royals, who won for the third time in their last five games.

Kansas City starter Kyle Davies (4-8) went five innings, allowing one run on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts to get the win.

Denard Span drove in two runs and Delmon Young and Brendan Harris homered for the Twins.

Minnesota starter Nick Blackburn (8-7) lasted just 1 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on six hits in the Twins' eighth loss in their last 10 games.

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Buehrle sets record for consecutive outs

Wed, 07/29/2009 - 11:54 by surajdogra

Minneapolis, July 28: Mark Buehrle set a major league record Tuesday with 45 consecutive batters retired before his streak was halted by a walk.

The Chicago White Sox star pitcher, who had a perfect game in his last previous start, retired the first 17 batters Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins before Alexi Casilla took a low 3-2 fastball for a walk with two outs in the sixth inning.

Denard Span followed with a single to center and Joe Mauer hit a tying ground-rule double to left field before Buehrle retired Justin Morneau on a grounder to end the inning.

MLB: Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 10:49 by surajdogra

Minneapolis, July 27: Michael Cuddyer hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning Monday to pace the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox.

Glen Perkins (6-6) got the win after working seven innings and giving up three runs on six hits.

Joe Nathan pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his 27th save.

Denard Span had a triple for the Twins.

John Danks (8-7) took the loss after allowing four runs on six hits in seven innings.

Paul Konerko had a two-run homer and Gordon Beckham had a solo shot for Chicago.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.