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MLB: Minnesota 10, Kansas City 3

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 10:34 by Rakhi

Minneapolis -- Francisco Liriano went seven innings and Delmon Young drove in four runs Tuesday in the Minnesota Twins' 10-3 win over Kansas City.

Liriano (13-7) surrendered two runs on seven hits, walking none and striking out four, to notch his seventh straight win and lift the Twins to their fifth consecutive victory.

Coupled with a loss by the Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tuesday, the win lengthened Minnesota's lead in the American League Central to 4 1/2 games over the Sox.

Young's two-run single highlighted a six-run Twins outburst in the third inning. He added a two-run double in the fourth while J.J. Hardy contributed three RBI in the Twins win.

MLB: Minnesota 6, Cleveland 0

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 02:09 by Pankaj Damin

Minneapolis -- Francisco Liriano tossed seven shutout innings and Delmon Young drove in three runs Wednesday in the Minnesota Twins' 6-0 win over Cleveland.

Liriano (8-7) held the Indians to six hits, striking out eight and surviving four walks to improve to 4-0 against Cleveland this season and break the Tribe's six-game winning streak.

Jesse Crain and Anthony Slama, making his major league debut, each threw a scoreless inning to complete the shutout and enable the Twins to salvage one win in their three-game series with the Indians at Target Field.

Young went 3-for-5, including a third-inning RBI double to put the Twins up 1-0 and a bad-hop single past Cleveland shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera that drove in two more in the eighth.

Twins put Liriano on DL

Tue, 08/18/2009 - 23:22 by surajdogra

Arlington, Texas -- The Minnesota Twins put left-hander Francisco Liriano on the 15-day disabled list because of fatigue in his throwing arm after he got roughed up by Texas.

Liriano gave up seven runs in just two innings Monday night, dropping his record to 5-12 with a 5.80 earned-run average in 23 starts.

After starting out 12-3 as a rookie in 2006, he had Tommy John surgery and missed the 2007 season. He was 6-4 in 2008, offering hope for a solid 2009 season.

The Twins are bringing up Philip Humber from Class AAA Rochester to fill Liriano's roster spot. Humber was 7-7 with a 5.28 ERA in 21 games for Rochester.

MLB: Texas 8, Minnesota 5

Tue, 08/18/2009 - 10:54 by Jaspreet Virk

Arlington, Texas Aug. 18: Marlon Byrd had two hits and three RBI Monday in the Texas Rangers' 8-5 victory over Minnesota.

Michael Young, Kevin Richardson and Josh Hamilton had two hits each for the Rangers, who have won three straight games and five of their last six.

Richardson was making his MLB debut.

Texas starter Tommy Hunter (6-2) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts to get the win.

Francisco Liriano (5-12) got the loss for Minnesota, after giving up seven runs on seven hits with two walks and one strikeout in just two innings.

MLB: Minnesota 7, Kansas City 1

Thu, 08/13/2009 - 10:32 by preet_20

Minneapolis, Aug. 12: Francisco Liriano allowed three hits in his longest outing of the season Wednesday, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 7-1 victory over Kansas City.

Liriano (5-11) went seven innings, giving up a run and striking out eight. It was his first win since June 28.

Joe Crede had three hits, one of them a three-run homer in the first that gave Minnesota a 5-1 lead. The Twins had lost eight of their previous 10 games.

Orlando Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a fourth-inning double that drove in a run.

Brian Bannister (7-9) gave up seven runs on nine hits in six innings to take the loss. The Royals had just four hits overall.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Cleveland 8, Minnesota 1

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:26 by preet_20

Cleveland, Aug. 5: Aaron Laffey allowed just one unearned run in the longest outing of his career Wednesday, boosting the Cleveland Indians to an 8-1 victory over Minnesota.

Laffey (5-3), who is in his third major league season, and was making his 34th career start, went eight innings while giving up six hits. He struck out five and walked one in bringing the Indians their eighth win in 12 games.

The Twins slipped 3 ½ games behind division-leading Detroit in the American League Central.

Cleveland built a 4-1 lead through 5 ½ innings and then broke the game open in the sixth with four runs.

Grady Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-Soo Choo all had RBI doubles in the sixth.

MLB: Minnesota 3, Chi. White Sox 2

Thu, 07/30/2009 - 10:27 by surajdogra

Minneapolis, July 29: Alexi Casilla singled in the deciding run in the sixth Wednesday, allowing Minnesota to finish off a series sweep with a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.

The Twins moved a game in front of Chicago for second place in the American League Central, two games behind division-leading Detroit. Minnesota has won 14 of its last 16 home games.

Brian Duensing got the start for Minnesota after Francisco Liriano was a late scratch with swelling in his pitching forearm. Duensing allowed two runs on three hits over five innings, but the win went to Jesse Crain (3-4) after he threw two scoreless frames.