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Phil Miller

Reporter | University of Minnesota football

Phone: 612-839-3827

Phil has covered college football, basketball, the NBA (Utah Jazz) and major-league baseball (Minnesota Twins) since for more than 20 years.
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Thomas surprised to be back with Twins

Clete Thomas, whose last major league game was 13 months ago, is back with the Twins to back up Aaron Hicks in center.

Updated: June 05, 2013, - 12:32 AM

New draft rules work well for Twins

Baseball’s year-old “slotting’’ rules mesh with the team’s approach — even in a case like Joe Mauer’s.

Updated: June 03, 2013, - 11:58 AM

Thielbar's family too busy for Minnesota native's first victory

“A few friends” were in the Target Field crowd to witness Caleb Thielbar’s first major league victory Saturday, the lefthander from Randolph, Minn., said.

Updated: June 02, 2013, - 09:03 AM

Doumit delivers walk-off victory for Twins with two-run triple

Filling in at cleanup, he made Seattle’s Tom Wilhelmsen pay for his ninth-inning wildness.

Updated: June 01, 2013, - 11:56 PM

Walk-off: Twins come back to beat Seattle 5-4

Ryan Doumit laced a triple to the right-centerfield wall in the bottom of the ninth Saturday, scoring two runners to rally the Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Updated: June 01, 2013, - 04:00 PM

Bounces don't go Twins' way in loss to Mariners

Mike Pelfrey couldn’t match Hisashi Iwakuma’s outing for Seattle. The Twins win streak stopped at four.

Updated: June 01, 2013, - 12:38 AM

Twins make an error Friday, but defense is improved in their eyes

They entered Friday with only 20 errors on the season, fewer than all other major league teams but St. Louis and Baltimore, which had committed 19 apiece.

Updated: June 01, 2013, - 12:34 AM