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SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Twins 5, Red Sox 3 Twins 5, Red Sox 3: Rookie Oswaldo Arcia homered and recorded his first career triple as visiting Minnesota won its third straight to take the series from Boston. Fellow rookie Aaron Hicks added an RBI double...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Twins 5, Red Sox 3 BOSTON -- On Monday night, the Twins dropped an 11-inning decision to the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a four-game series coming at the end of a three-city, 10-game road trip....

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Twins win last three in series at Boston BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox's stranglehold on first place is slipping thanks to the feisty Minnesota Twins. On Monday night, the Twins dropped an 11-inning...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Twins catcher Joe Mauer is not a streaky hitter. He carries a .332 career batting average and has been a pretty consistent hitter throughout his career -- until the 2013 season anyway....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH The tarp was covering the Fenway Park field as rain fell when the Minnesota Twins were scheduled to take batting practice Wednesday. After what then happened in the game, the Twins may...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Josh Willingham has been getting sporadic duty recently. He has been in the lineup as a designated hitter more than playing left field of late. Inquiring minds want to know if he is...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Right fielder Chris Parmelee hit his second home run of the season on May 1 against Detroit. It was a clout to deep center and was his second hit of the game, helping the Twins to a 6-2...

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...