Wed, 09/29/2010 - 04:00 by harsheeb
Kansas -- Minnesota's injured all-star Joe Mauer may be used as a designated hitter until he's ready to resume his regular job as catcher, Manager Ron Gardenhire said.
The Twins, who clinched the American League Central Division title nearly a week ago, were in Kansas City Tuesday for the second contest in a three-game series. The Royals took the opener Monday 10-8.
"Mauer swung ... and ran around," Gardenhire said in a report on the Twins' Web site. "He feels a lot better. I don't know if he's going to play here [in Kansas City] or not. He might want to DH [Tuesday] or the next day."
There were "no guarantees" that Mauer would get into the Royals series, Gardenhire said.
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Tue, 09/28/2010 - 23:28 by harsheeb
Kansas -- Minnesota's injured all-star Joe Mauer may be used as a designated hitter until he's ready to resume his regular job as catcher, Manager Ron Gardenhire said.
The Twins, who clinched the American League Central Division title nearly a week ago, were in Kansas City Tuesday for the second contest in a three-game series. The Royals took the opener Monday 10-8.
"Mauer swung ... and ran around," Gardenhire said in a report on the Twins' Web site. "He feels a lot better. I don't know if he's going to play here [in Kansas City] or not. He might want to DH [Tuesday] or the next day."
There were "no guarantees" that Mauer would get into the Royals series, Gardenhire said.
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Tue, 09/21/2010 - 07:24 by harsheeb
Minneapolis -- Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer will miss at least a couple of games with a sore left knee, the all-star catcher and his manager say.
Mauer, who left during Sunday's game, a 6-2 loss to Oakland, says he doesn't know how bad his injury is, MLB.com reported Monday. It's the same knee in which he tore the meniscus in 2004, his rookie season.
"I don't know. They say it's day to day. I really don't know a whole lot right now," he said.
"I'm just trying to get back on the field. I don't know a whole lot right now. I'm just trying to do whatever I can to get back there."
Mauer said he hurt his knee running out a groundout in the sixth inning.
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Thu, 09/16/2010 - 09:45 by Rakhi
Chicago -- Joe Mauer broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the fifth Wednesday, igniting the Minnesota Twins to a 9-3 whipping of the Chicago White Sox.
The Twins took another step toward the American League Central title, moving eight games in front of the second-place White Sox and reducing their magic number for clinching the crown to 10.
Minnesota has defeated Chicago in 12 of their 17 meetings this season, including nine of the last 11. The Twins have 11 victories in their 13 September games.
Mauer's homer started a streak of three straight three-run innings for the Twins.
A sacrifice fly and two infield singles delivered Minnesota's sixth-inning runs and Jim Thome highlighted the seventh with a two-run single.
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Wed, 09/01/2010 - 10:27 by Prince damin
Minneapolis -- Delmon Young singled home Joe Mauer with the go-ahead run during a seventh-inning rally Tuesday and the Minnesota Twins edged Detroit 4-3.
Trailing 3-2 entering the seventh, the Twins began their comeback when Phil Coke (7-4) walked J.J. Hardy and hit both Mauer and Jason Kubel with pitches to load the bases with two outs.
Ryan Perry came in to pitch and issued a walk to Michael Cuddyer, forcing in the tying run, and Young followed with a bloop to left, chasing home Mauer and helping the Twins to post their 12th win in 14 home games.
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Tue, 07/27/2010 - 09:24 by Prince damin
Kansas City, Mo. -- Joe Mauer homered, went 5-for-5 and drove in a career-high seven runs Monday and the Minnesota Twins decimated Kansas City 19-1.
The second five-hit game of Mauer's career was highlighted by a three-run blast to left field that put the Twins up 17-0 on a night when they pounded out a season-high 20 hits.
Danny Valencia socked a grand-slam homer -- his first major-league round-tripper -- went 4-for-4 and scored four times and Delmon Young collected four hits to raise his average to .328 in the Minnesota onslaught.
Francisco Liriano (9-7) allowed only three hits in seven shutout innings, the second straight start in which the Minnesota lefty hasn't yielded a run.
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Sat, 07/17/2010 - 10:08 by Rakhi
Minneapolis -- Joe Mauer produced a key two-run single in the eighth Friday and Minnesota capitalized on a sloppy effort by Chicago in the field to defeat the White Sox 7-4.
Only two of the Twins runs were earned in a much-needed win that moved Minnesota within 3 1/2 games of the division-leading White Sox in the American League Central. Minnesota had captured only two of its previous nine games.
The Twins took a 4-0 lead in the fourth -- three of the runs unearned, through a combination of a fielding error by third baseman Dayan Viciedo and a throwing error by second baseman Gordon Beckham.
Chicago climbed within 4-2 before the Twins gave themselves some insurance with three runs in the eighth.
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Mon, 03/22/2010 - 07:24 by harsheeb
Fort Myers -- The Minnesota Twins have signed all-star catcher Joe Mauer to an 8-year, $184 million contract, team sources say.
The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune reported Sunday that the deal, which would keep the hometown hero and reigning American League MVP under contract through 2018, includes a full no-trade clause.
The newspaper said an official announcement is planned for 6 p.m. Monday during a press conference at the team's Fort Myers, Fla., spring training facility.
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Tue, 11/24/2009 - 06:51 by harsheeb
New York -- Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, who led the league in batting, was voted the American League Most Valuable Player, it was announced Monday.
Mauer missed the first month of the season with back problems but once he joined the lineup quickly made up for lost time. He ended with a .365 batting average in winning his third AL batting title and added 94 runs and 96 runs batted in over 138 games. He was the first player since Kansas City's George Brett in 1980 to lead the league in batting average, on-base percentage (.444) and slugging percentage (.587).
He is just the second catcher in 33 years, joining 1999 winner Ivan Rodriguez, to be voted AL MVP. Mauer also collected his second Gold Glove for defensive excellence this fall.
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Sat, 09/26/2009 - 13:00 by shalini.bahadur
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 26: Joe Mauer drew the first of three straight bases-loaded walks in a four-run fifth inning Friday and Minnesota went on to down Kansas City 9-4.
Minnesota won its fourth in a row and moved within two games of division-leading Detroit in the American League Central, adding further drama to a four-game series between the Twins and Tigers next week. Detroit will host the series beginning Monday.
Minnesota held a 2-1 lead going into the fourth before loading the bases against Robinson Tejeda (2-4).
Orlando Cabrera then drove in a run with a single, after which Mauer, Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer worked consecutive walks. Tejada walked seven batters overall in 4 1/3 innings.
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Wed, 09/16/2009 - 11:37 by shalini.bahadur
Minneapolis, Sept. 16: Nick Punto drove in two runs and Orlando Cabrera had a solo home run Tuesday in Minnesota's 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
Joe Mauer went 2-for-3 to drive in a run and raise his batting average to .373, the best in the majors.
Joe Rauch (3-1) picked up the win in relief of starter Scott Baker, who lasted 5 1/3 innings. Joe Nathan earned his 40th save.
Fausto Carmona (3-11) took the loss after giving up five runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Matt La Porta had two RBI for Cleveland, including a solo home run in the ninth inning. Jamey Carroll had two hits and an RBI.
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Mon, 09/14/2009 - 05:42 by harsheeb
Minneapolis, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Joe Mauer, Orlando Cabrera and Michael Cuddyer each drove in a pair of runs Sunday in the Minnesota Twins' 8-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics
Mauer hit an RBI single and a solo homer. Cabrera hit a two-run double. And Cuddyer had three hits -- one a two-run single.
Denard Span had two hits and an RBI.
A run scored on Delmon Young's first-inning double-play groundout for the Twins, who avoided a three-game sweep.
Winner Brian Duensing (3-1) scattered eight his over seven innings with three walks and six strikeouts.
Relievers Bobby Keppel and Joe Nathan gave up one hit apiece in the final two innings.
Rajai Davis had three of the 10 hits and Bobby Crosby had two hits for the Athletics, who had won five of six.
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