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MINNEAPOLIS — Josmil Pinto’s three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth erased the Tampa Bay Rays’ lead and brought the Minnesota Twins back to a 6-4 win on Sunday. Pinto, in just the 11th game of his big league career after being called up this month by Minnesota, hit...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Tampa Bay Rays stung the Minnesota Twins with a 3-0 win at Target Field on Friday night. The temperatures dipped into the low 60s and the Minnesota bats cooled along with them, as the Twins collected just five hits in the game. Tampa starter Chris Archer...

MINNEAPOLIS — One day after the Oakland Athletics pounded the Minnesota Twins, they kept the bats going on Thursday at Target Field. This time, the A’s came out with an 8-2 victory. Oakland routed Minnesota 18-3 on Wednesday. The A’s had 22 hits in that game and they banged...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Plouffe went 2 for 3 and drove in the tying and go-ahead runs as the Minnesota Twins snapped a 10-game home losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night. Plouffe’s two-run, two-out double in the fifth inning tied the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Esmil Rogers pitched well into the eighth inning and Jose Reyes’ late double broke a scoreless tie that led the Toronto Blue Jays past the Minnesota Twins 2-0 Sunday for a three-game sweep. Rogers (5-7) allowed three hits and a walk while striking out four...

By Dave Campbell, AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — R.A. Dickey has found a rhythm late in this lost season for Toronto. The Blue Jays are buried in last place, but Dickey hasn’t given up. Dickey pitched into the seventh inning, and the Blue Jays hung on for a 6-5...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Minnesota Twins spoiled what had been a masterful performance by Yu Darvish with two home runs and beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Friday night at Rangers Ballpark. Texas (78-56) saw its three-game winning streak end in the opener of a brief three-game homestand....

MINNEAPOLIS — Personal temperatures boiled in the 92-degree heat at Target Field on Thursday afternoon. But the Kansas City Royals cooled off the Minnesota Twins with a 3-1 victory to sweep the three-game series. The Royals built an early lead as Twins starter Samuel Deduno...

MINNEAPOLIS — James Shields was nearly untouchable and Alex Gordon broke open the game with a bases-loaded double to give the Kansas City Royals a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on a steamy night in Minneapolis. The Royals wasted several prime chances to score but finally got...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Drew Stubbs hit a tiebreaking, two-out homer in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians overcame four errors to beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 Sunday. Stubbs homered to dead center on a 0-1 pitch from Jared Burton (2-7) to snap a 1-all tie and lift the Indians...

CLEVELAND (AP) — All-Star catcher Joe Mauer is not going to be activated from the seven-day concussion list when the Minnesota Twins begin a homestand next week. “The doctors advised him to lay low and rest right now,” Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said Saturday....