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Twins look to hold onto AL Central lead

Aug 4, 2008 - 1:49 PM Minnesota (62-49) at Seattle (42-69) 10:10 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Twins hope to maintain their new position atop the American League Central Division when they visit the Seattle Mariners on Monday.

The Twins benefited from the return of starter Francisco Liriano, who tossed six scoreless innings during Sunday's 6-2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.

The win, coupled with a loss by the Chicago White Sox (61-49) on Sunday, gave Minnesota a half-game lead in the division standings. It marks the first time the Twins occupied the top spot in the AL Central since May 13.

Minnesota's Glen Perkins (8-3, 4.20 ERA), who will start Monday, has won six of his last seven decisions. The lefthander gave up four runs over six frames in Tuesday's 6-5 triumph over the White Sox.

The Mariners, who are coming off Sunday's 8-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles, will send righthander Miguel Batista (4-11, 6.43) to the mound.

Batista has just one win since May 11, posting a 1-7 record in 18 appearances over that span.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 2
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 x 11 18 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: MIN - GLEN PERKINS, BRIAN BASS (7TH), CRAIG BRESLOW (7TH), MATT
    GUERRIER (7TH), BOOF BONSER (8TH) AND JOE MAUER
    SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, JAKE WOODS (4TH), ROY CORCORAN

    Aug 5 1:11 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RAUL IBANEZ SCORED YUNIESKY BETANCOURT AND ICHIRO
    SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 10 RUNS IN, 1 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6
    SEATTLE 11 END BOTTOM, 7TH

    Twins 6, Mariners 11  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:49 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED MIGUEL CAIRO. ERROR BY
    BRENDAN HARRIS ALLOWED JEFF CLEMENT TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 8 RUNS IN, Y BETANCOURT ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6
    SEATTLE 9 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.305, 2-FOR-3, BB)

    Twins 6, Mariners 9  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:44 AM
  • 38
    roots
    RUWTbot Took away 35 roots

    Twins 6, Mariners 9  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:44 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY DENARD SPAN ALLOWED JOSE LOPEZ TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 6 RUNS IN, J CLEMENT ON SECOND, M CAIRO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6
    SEATTLE 7 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: Y BETANCOURT (.256, 1-FOR-3)

    Twins 6, Mariners 7  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:39 AM
  • 73
    roots
    RUWTbot Took away 37 roots (Close Finish)

    Twins 6, Mariners 7  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:39 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE LOPEZ SCORED ADRIAN BELTRE.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, J LOPEZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6
    SEATTLE 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.232, 1-FOR-3)

    Twins 6, Mariners 6  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:26 AM
  • 110
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 75 roots (Close Finish)

    Twins 6, Mariners 6  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:26 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY RAUL IBANEZ (16) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    7TH OFF GLEN PERKINS SCORED YUNIESKY BETANCOURT, ICHIRO SUZUKI AND
    WILLIE BLOOMQUIST.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6, SEATTLE 5
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.255, 2-FOR-3)

    Twins 6, Mariners 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:19 AM
  • 35
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Twins 6, Mariners 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 5 12:19 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    JOSE VIDRO HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING RAUL IBANEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A BELTRE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6
    SEATTLE 1 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: B LAHAIR (.300, 0-FOR-2)

    Twins 6, Mariners 1  Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 5 12:02 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JUSTIN MORNEAU SCORED DENARD SPAN AND NICK PUNTO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J MORNEAU ON SECOND, J MAUER ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 6
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: M LAMB (.236, 2-FOR-2, RBI)

    Twins 6, Mariners 0  Top 4, 0 OutsAug 4 11:15 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY BRIAN BUSCHER SCORED JUSTIN MORNEAU.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M LAMB ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 4
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: B HARRIS (.259, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 4, Mariners 0  Top 3, 0 OutsAug 4 10:56 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY DELMON YOUNG SCORED JOE MAUER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M LAMB ON SECOND, J MORNEAU ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 3
    SEATTLE 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: B BUSCHER (.311, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 3, Mariners 0  Top 3, 0 OutsAug 4 10:55 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK PUNTO (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    3RD OFF MIGUEL BATISTA.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 2, SEATTLE 0
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MAUER (.315, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 2, Mariners 0  Top 3, 0 OutsAug 4 10:46 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 1 1 1 0
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: MIN - GLEN PERKINS
    SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA

    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.303, 4 HR, 29 RBI)
    W BLOOMQUIST (.282, 0 HR, 9 RBI)
    R IBANEZ (.281, 15 HR,

    Twins 1, Mariners 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 4 10:20 PM

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