TWINS
Valencia comes through for Twins
Danny Valencia is a rookie who doesn't lack confidence. Consider the T-shirt the proud University of Miami product was wearing after the game, blaring "The 'U' invented swagger" on the front.By Dave Campbell , September 02, 2010
Tigers bullpen falters in loss to Twins
Sluggish throughout a homestand opener against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night, the Minnesota Twins never needed their bullpen more.By Jon Krawcznski , September 01, 2010
Blackburn shuts out Seattle in Twins' win
Nick Blackburn kept the Seattle Mariners crossed up all day. Newly acquired reliever Brian Fuentes met the Minnesota Twins’ expectations.By The Associated Press , August 28, 2010
Twins take down Mariners
Mauer’s 3 hits lead Baker, Minnesota over SeattleJoe Mauer had three hits and drove in two runs to lead Scott Baker and the first-place Minnesota Twins to a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
By Gregg Bell , August 28, 2010
Liriano outpitches Lee in Twins’ win
Cliff Lee insists there’s no reason to panic despite his recent struggles.By The Associated Press , August 27, 2010
Guerrero, Hamilton lead Texas past Twins 
Vladimir Guerrero hit a tiebreaking homer and a patchwork bullpen made that hold up over the last three innings, giving the Texas Rangers a 4-3 victory over Minnesota as C.J. Wilson won his sixth consecutive decision.
By Stephen Hawkins , August 26, 2010
Hamilton, Young push Rangers past Twins and Pavano
The miscues in the field had no effect on Michael Young when he came to the plate.
By Stephen Hawkins , August 25, 2010
Angels’ Bourjos does it all in win over Twins
The Los Angeles Angels had a need for speed, so they called up center fielder Peter Bourjos earlier this month to inject some electricity into an outfield filled with tired veteran legs.
By Jon Krawczynski , August 22, 2010
Kubel powers Twins’ win
The Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Angels were both in the market for a starting pitcher as the trade deadline approached.
By Jon Krawczynski , August 21, 2010
White Sox solve Pavano, stop skid
Paul Konerko had five hits and four RBIs and Mark Buehrle pitched seven shutout innings to help the Chicago White Sox slow surging Minnesota with an 11-0 victory on Thursday night.
By Jon Krawczynski , August 20, 2010
Twins’ AL Central lead up to 5
Joe Mauer put his smooth batting-title swing on a fifth-inning fastball from Gavin Floyd and watched it soar to left field, as it has so many times this season at Minnesota’s new ballpark.
By Dave Campbell , August 19, 2010
Thome hits Target Field’s first walk-off home run
Jim Thome hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning against the team that decided not to bring him back this season, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night to stretch their AL Central lead to four games.
By Dave Campbell , August 18, 2010
Duensing stellar for Twins
Brian Duensing has done it all on the mound for the Minnesota Twins except be their closer, a remarkable versatility that helped stabilize the rotation when it was needed most.
By Dave Campbell , August 15, 2010
Striving ahead
Minnesota takes care of Oakland in series opener to remain in firstCarl Pavano pitched into the seventh inning for his 15th win, Danny Valencia had two hits and two RBIs and the Minnesota Twins held on to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Friday night.
By The Associated Press , August 14, 2010
Twins beat Chicago, move into first in AL Central
CHICAGO — Jason Kubel hit a three-run home run and Francisco Liriano pitched in and out of trouble to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 and move into first place in the American League Central on Thursday night.
By The Associated Press , August 12, 2010
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