Ron Gardenhire

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Managing a baseball roster is not an exact science. Ask general manager Terry Ryan if every move he and the Twins have made has worked out as expected and he will be the first to say...

MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH At 30-36 and with a constant stream of new players debuting at Target Field, the Twins season is starting to look like a rebuilding season in which the team takes a long look at what they have...

Part 2 : continues.... ----------------------------------------------- MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Jackson, Edwin RHP Edwin Jackson won his second straight start Friday by allowing one run on five hits and three walks while striking out seven over six...

LHP Scott Diamond allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out one in 5.2 innings -- all four runs came in the sixth inning. Diamond is now 1-5 with a 6.40 ERA (32.1 IP, 23 ER) in six starts at Target Field this season. He is also 0-2...

Tigers' Hunter haunts Twins MINNEAPOLIS -- In a way, Torii Hunter came full circle during the Tigers' 5-2 win over the Twins on Sunday. Hunter hit his 300th career homer in the first inning to give the Tigers a lead they wouldn't give up. His first...

Twins' offense comes alive in win over Tigers MINNEAPOLIS -- Before the Minnesota Twins' game against Detroit Tigers on Saturday, Twins general manager Terry Ryan bemoaned the lack of hitting by his team after finally getting quality pitching earlier in...

Porcello, Tigers shut out Twins 4-0 MINNEAPOLIS -- What started as an old-fashioned pitchers' duel Friday at Target Field ended up being a one-sided win for the Detroit Tigers. Detroit's Rick Porcello and Minnesota's Scott Diamond took shutouts into...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Justin Morneau busted out of a slump this week. On Tuesday at Target Field, he went 3-for-4 and had two RBIs in the Twins' 3-2 win over the Phillies. One of those RBIs came on a two-out...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a day that had already featured a pair of marathon games elsewhere in baseball and a doubleheader the next day, the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals needed to end extra innings in a hurry. Ryan Doumit made sure they...

WASHINGTON -- On a day that had already featured a pair of marathon games elsewhere in baseball and a doubleheader the next day, the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals needed to end extra innings in a hurry.  Ryan Doumit made sure they did....

The Sports Xchange By David Driver, The Sports Xchange Twins 4, Nationals 3 (11 innings) WASHINGTON -- Hot-hitting Ryan Doumit drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th as the Minnesota Twins beat the slumping Washington Nationals 4-3 on...

The Sports Xchange By Joe Oberle, The Sports Xchange Two-run eighth pushes Phillies past Twins MINNEAPOLIS -- The Philadelphia Phillies finally got some timely hits and avoided a sweep by the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night at Target Field with a 3-2...