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Santana's history says to expect strong start tonight vs. White Sox
Twins' righthander Ervin Santana has followed up each of his previous bad starts this season with a shutout performance. He will be backed up with another shuffled lineup, this one featuring Joe Mauer batting fifth.
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Latest call-up Busenitz gave Twins some hope in MLB debut
At no point in his major league debut Saturday did Alan Busenitz calm down. "I couldn't tell if I was breathing," the Twins reliever said about coming in to face Cleveland.
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Twins minor leaguer gets 50-game suspension
Twins minor league reliever Cam Booser has been suspended 50 games because of a second positive test for a drug of abuse.
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Twins-Chicago White Sox series preview
The Twins are 9-7 against lefthanded starting pitchers, and they'll face three of them in this series.
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'Learn from it.' Molitor looks ahead after Cleveland finishes off sweep
Cleveland spent the weekend offering multiple reasons why it is superior to the Twins, finishing off a four-game sweep during the weekend takover of first place.
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Top overall pick Lewis signs $6.7 million contract with Twins
Lewis signed at a news conference between games of the Twins' doubleheader, and he will soon report to the Twins' Gulf Coast League rookie team in Fort Myers, Fla.
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Sano comes up short all weekend against Cleveland
Migeul Sano was 2-for-15 with a walk in the four-game series with the Indians, hitting a handful of balls to the warning track.
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Rand: The Twins' lost weekend: You could see it coming
They also went into the Indians series, because of injuries and a compressed schedule, with a four-game starting pitching rotation that looked as hopeless as the starters of recent seasons.
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Cleveland 5, Twins 2
Edwin Encarnacion drove in every run for Cleveland on Sunday as the Indians held off the Twins 5-2 to complete a four-game sweep of the weekend series.
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Sunday's Twins-Cleveland game recap
Cleveland designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion homered twice and drove in all five Indians runs, finishing 3-for-4.
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Postgame: Despite lost weekend, Twins' Gibson pitched better
The Twins will take Monday off to lick their wounds before facing the White Sox on Tuesday.
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Dozier gets brief break as Twins try to avoid being swept by Cleveland
Kyle Gibson will start for the Twins, who are 0-6 at home against Cleveland this season.
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Twins swept by Indians in doubleheader, fall from division lead
Now 14-23 at home, the Twins fell out of first place for the first time since May 9. They will try to avoid a four-game sweep Sunday with Kyle Gibson on the mound against Trevor Bauer.
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Sunday interview with the Twins' Joe Mauer
The second annual Mauer and Friends Kids Classic was held Friday at Target Field, an event benefiting Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare. Local stars Zach Parise (Wild), Kyle Rudolph (Vikings) and several current and former Twins teammates participated.
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Many MLB draft picks must decide between money or college
The option to go to college gives teenagers far more leverage than college players, particularly seniors, who have nowhere else to go.
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Saturday's Twins-Cleveland doubleheader recap
Cleveland's Jose Ramirez homered from both sides of the plate in Game 1, and the Indians' Lonnie Chisenhall had four RBI (including two homers) in Game 2.
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Scoggins: Twins' Gimenez takes 'much-traveled' status in stride
He's been good enough to play for five organizations but expendable enough as a backup catcher to never feel completely settled.
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Reusse: Boras' career as agent started in contract battle with Twins in 1983
Scott Boras, baseball's super agent, represented Royce Lewis. It went better with No. 1 this time with Twins than with Tim Belcher.
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Pressly optioned, Wimmers and Wilk added as Twins play doubleheader
Today's doubleheader requires a lot of roster maneuvering to make sure there's enough pitching behind two rookie starters.
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