Twins 6 - 2 Mets
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Perez takes mound for Mets in rubber game vs. Twins

Jun 20, 2007 - 2:17 PM Minnesota (35-34) at Ny Mets (38-31) 7:10 pm EDT

FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- The struggling New York Mets will turn to Oliver Perez to win their first series in six tries on Wednesday.

Perez and the Mets aim for their fourth win in their last 16 games when they host the Minnesota Twins in the rubber game of a three-game interleague series.

Perez (7-5, 2.93 ERA) has been a pleasant surprise and will look to build on a dominant performance in which he shut out a potent New York Yankees lineup for 7 1/3 innings on Friday.

But the Mets have fallen upon hard times. Despite having won the series opener, 8-1, on Monday, the club has lost five straight series.

However, there is hope in the form of Perez, who outdueled Roger Clemens by allowing just five hits and striking out six as the Mets won, 2-0, on Friday.

The lefthander will try and help New York rebound after they committed four errors - the most since 2003 - and lost, 9-0, on Tuesday.

Scott Baker (1-2, 7.33) takes the mound for the Twins, hoping to extend New York's recent woes. However in order to do so, Baker will have to much better than his last outing in which he allowed six runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings against Milwaukee on Friday.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 6 7 0
    NY METS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: MIN - SCOTT BAKER, DENNYS REYES (6TH), MATT GUERRIER (6TH), PAT
    NESHEK (8TH), JOE NATHAN (9TH) AND JOE MAUER
    NYM - OLIVER PEREZ, JOE SMITH (6TH), SCOTT SCHOENEWEIS

    Jun 20 10:10 PM


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    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOE MAUER SCORED JASON TYNER AND LUIS CASTILLO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J MAUER ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6
    NY METS 2 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: M CUDDYER (.297, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB)

    Twins vs. MetsJun 20 9:06 PM


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    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE REDMOND SCORED LEW FORD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M REDMOND ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 4
    NY METS 2 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: L CASTILLO (.307, 1-FOR-3)

    Twins vs. MetsJun 20 8:59 PM


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    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY TORII HUNTER (15) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF OLIVER PEREZ SCORED JOE MAUER.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 3, NY METS 2
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J CIRILLO (.258, 1-FOR-2)

    Twins vs. MetsJun 20 8:37 PM


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    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID WRIGHT SCORED PAUL LO DUCA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D WRIGHT ON FIRST, C BELTRAN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 1
    NY METS 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR NY METS: C DELGADO (.226, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins vs. MetsJun 20 8:08 PM


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    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY JUSTIN MORNEAU SCORED MICHAEL CUDDYER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J MORNEAU ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 1
    NY METS 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: T HUNTER (.299, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins vs. MetsJun 20 7:52 PM


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    AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CARLOS BELTRAN SCORED PAUL LO DUCA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C BELTRAN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0
    NY METS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR NY METS: D WRIGHT (.286, 12 HR, 38 RBI)

    Twins vs. MetsJun 20 7:26 PM

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