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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Social media has really changed things for professional athletes. Putting aside for the moment the problems it has caused athletes who like to "tweet" their thoughts and emotions to the...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Twins 4, Indians 2 Twins 4, Indians 2: Mike Pelfrey shook free from a slump with six strong innings as visiting Minnesota snapped Cleveland's six-game winning streak. Pelfrey (3-3), who gave up 19 runs in 17 innings over his...

The Sports Xchange Twins 4, Indians 2 CLEVELAND -- After watching Cleveland score 14 runs in the last two games, Minnesota Twins starter Mike Pelfrey gave his team exactly what it needed -- a well-pitched game. Pelfrey pitched six strong innings to get...

The Sports Xchange Pelfrey dominant as Twins top Indians CLEVELAND -- Good pitching usually stops good hitting, and Sunday at Progressive Field, Minnesota's Mike Pelfrey proved it. The big right-hander limited a red-hot Cleveland Indians' lineup to one...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH In baseball, fans pay more attention to players not on the roster than in any professional sport. In football, for instance, no one matters unless they are on the game-day roster and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Joe Mauer's hitless streak finally ended. In the third inning of the second game of the road series against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, Mauer pulled a sharp single to right to halt...

The Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Diamond, Twins take down Tigers DETROIT -- It was a good matchup for Scott Diamond -- a two-game losing streak and the Detroit Tigers. "We didn't want to get swept at all," Diamond said...

DETROIT (AP) — Anibal Sanchez struck out the first two hitters he faced — then the trouble began. A walk. A double. Then another walk and a single. Suddenly, the Detroit right-hander was struggling to get out of the first inning. Sanchez...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Perhaps the most scrutinized player on the Twins roster is Aaron Hicks. The reduction of his batting average to .047 has been documented at length, and his high number of strikeouts --...

The Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Twins 6, Tigers 2 DETROIT -- Left-hander Scott Diamond checked Detroit on four hits in six innings Wednesday and Justin Morneau and Chris Parmelee drove in two runs each to pace the Minnesota...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Twins manager Ron Gardenhire likes to get everyone on his roster into the games to keep them fresh -- so starters often get a rest from time to time. But he doesn't often have...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH There are utility players and then there is Eduardo Escobar. Utility players are often listed as utility infielders or utility outfielders -- Escobar must be listed as a utility...