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Slowey helping Twins keep pace atop AL Central

Sep 4, 2008 - 10:11 AM Minnesota (77-62) at Toronto (72-66) 7:07 p.m. EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) -- Kevin Slowey has done his part to keep the Minnesota Twins in the thick of the playoff race.

Slowey goes for his fifth straight win on Thursday when the Twins wrap up their series against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The 24-year-old righthander, Slowey (11-8, 3.70 ERA) has allowed two runs or less in each of his last five starts, leading Minnesota to victory in four of those outings.

The performance of the second-year starter has helped the Twins keep pace with the the Chicago White Sox (78-61), who own a one game lead in the American League Central.

Minnesota entered Wednesday's contest against the Blue Jays tied with the White Sox for the division lead, but committed three errors en route to a 5-4, 11-inning loss. Chicago defeated the Cleveland Indians, 4-2, earlier in the day.

Jesse Litsch (9-8, 4.01) tries to lead Toronto to its fifth straight win. Litsch has lost four of his last five decisions, including his last start when he allowed three runs and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out two and did not surrender a walk, suffering a hard-luck 3-2 setback to the Tampa Bay Rays last Thursday.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
    TORONTO 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 x 9 17 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: MIN - KEVIN SLOWEY, CRAIG BRESLOW (6TH), JESSE CRAIN (7TH), DENNYS
    REYES (7TH), BOBBY KORECKY (8TH), PHILIP HUMBER (8TH) AND MIKE
    REDMOND
    TOR - JESSE LITSCH AND RO

    Sep 4 9:54 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ALEX RIOS SCORED TRAVIS SNIDER AND JOE INGLETT.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, A RIOS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0
    TORONTO 8 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: V WELLS (.298, 1-FOR-3, SF, HR, 2 RBI)

    Twins 0, Blue Jays 8  Bot 8, 0 OutsSep 4 9:45 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOE INGLETT SCORED ROD BARAJAS AND SCOTT ROLEN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J INGLETT ON SECOND, T SNIDER ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0
    TORONTO 6 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: M SCUTARO (.264, 1-FOR-3, SAC)

    Twins 0, Blue Jays 6  Bot 8, 0 OutsSep 4 9:40 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY VERNON WELLS (16) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF JESSE CRAIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, TORONTO 4
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A LIND (.301, 2-FOR-3)

    Twins 0, Blue Jays 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 4 9:17 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TRAVIS SNIDER SCORED ADAM LIND.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T SNIDER ON FIRST, S ROLEN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0
    TORONTO 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: J INGLETT (.302, 1-FOR-2, HBP)

    Twins 0, Blue Jays 3  Bot 6, 0 OutsSep 4 8:57 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TRAVIS SNIDER (1) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF KEVIN SLOWEY.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, TORONTO 2
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: J INGLETT (.300, 0-FOR-1, HBP)

    Twins 0, Blue Jays 2  Bot 5, 0 OutsSep 4 8:34 PM
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    Twins 0, Blue Jays 1  Bot 5, 0 OutsSep 4 8:32 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY VERNON WELLS SCORED JOE INGLETT.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A RIOS ON FIRST, M SCUTARO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0
    TORONTO 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A LIND (.296, 9 HR, 37 RBI)

    Twins 0, Blue Jays 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 4 7:26 PM

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