Ron Gardenhire

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 By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Tigers 6, Twins 1 DETROIT -- Justin Verlander, buoyed by Miguel Cabrera's powerful finish to a record-setting April, won his third game of the month Tuesday night in Detroit's 6-1 victory...

The Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Tigers' Verlander, Cabrera, Hunter cap strong April DETROIT -- April was very good to Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Torii Hunter. Cabrera put his name in one spot in the Detroit...

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...

David Meyer, umpiring a high school game in Indiana, saw something he'd never seen before, an unusually sharp-breaking curveball. "My dad wasn't sure what it was," Alex Meyer said, "so he asked [the pitcher], 'What are you throwing?' and he showed him...

The Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Tigers 4, Twins 3 DETROIT - Small ball was parlayed into big ball by the Detroit Tigers on Monday night as they fought back from a 3-1 deficit to take a 4-3 victory from the Minnesota Twins...

The Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Fielder homer completes Tigers' rally vs. Twins DETROIT -- What started with a little pop ended with a big bang. Andy Dirks started a rally with a bunt single on the first pitch of the sixth...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH Former Minnesota closer Joe Nathan returned to Minneapolis, where he saved many a Twins game in years past. But now he is a Texas Ranger, and saving games for them against the Twins....

The Sports Xchange By Joe Oberle, The Sports Xchange Twins 5, Rangers 0 MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins used strong starting pitching and timely hitting to gain a split of their home series with the Texas Rangers on Sunday at Target Field with a 5-0...

The Sports Xchange Correia sharp again as Twins shut out Rangers MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins used strong starting pitching and timely hitting to gain a split of their home series with the Texas Rangers on Sunday at Target Field. Twins starter...

The Sports Xchange Twins make hits count against Rangers MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins had been missing clutch hitting in their series with the Texas Rangers, but they found plenty on Saturday in a 7-2 win at Target Field. Both teams received...