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Twins aim to sweep of Orioles, keep pace in division

Sep 14, 2008 - 7:27 AM Minnesota (82-66) at Baltimore (65-82), 1:35 p.m. EDT

BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Mother Nature - and the hapless Baltimore Orioles - has helped the Minnesota Twins move into a first-place tie atop the American League Central.

Minnesota looks to complete a three-game sweep of Baltimore on Sunday.

The Twins won both games of a doubleheader with Baltimore on Saturday and moved into a tie atop the division with the Chicago White Sox (81-65), who had their first two games with the Detroit Tigers washed out. Chicago and Detroit are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Sunday.

Playing the Orioles has proved to be beneficial for the Twins, who handed Baltimore its 19th loss in the last 23 games with a 12-6 victory in the nightcap.

Nick Blackburn (10-8, 3.67 ERA) looks to continue Minnesota's momentum. The 26-year-old righthander was strong in his last outing, giving up two runs over seven innings in a win against Kansas City on Tuesday.

Baltimore will counter with Radhames Liz (5-5, 7.75), who has not made it past the sixth inning in each of his last eight starts. The righthander, who has walked 44 batters in 65 innings, lasted 4 2/3 against Cleveland on Tuesday, giving up four runs - three earned and eight hits to suffer his second straight loss.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 0
    BALTIMORE 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 7 11 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: MIN - NICK BLACKBURN, PHILIP HUMBER (5TH), JOSE MIJARES (7TH) AND
    JOE MAUER
    BAL - RADHAMES LIZ, GEORGE SHERRILL (9TH), JIM MILLER
    (9TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ

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    Sep 14 4:20 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CARLOS GOMEZ SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, N PUNTO ON FIRST, B HARRIS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 3
    BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: D SPAN (.305, 0-FOR-4)

    Twins 3, Orioles 7  Top 9, 0 OutsSep 14 4:20 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY NICK PUNTO SCORED JASON PRIDIE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, N PUNTO ON FIRST, B HARRIS ON SECOND, D
    YOUNG ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 2
    BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: C GOMEZ (.254, 0-FOR-3)

    Twins 2, Orioles 7  Top 9, 0 OutsSep 14 4:19 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED RANDY RUIZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HARRIS ON FIRST, D YOUNG ON SECOND, J
    PRIDIE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 1
    BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: N PUNTO (.285, 2-FOR-3)

    Twins 1, Orioles 7  Top 9, 0 OutsSep 14 4:12 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK MARKAKIS (20) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF PHILIP HUMBER.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, BALTIMORE 7
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A HUFF (.314, 1-FOR-2)

    Twins 0, Orioles 7  Bot 5, 0 OutsSep 14 3:05 PM
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    Twins 0, Orioles 6  Bot 5, 0 OutsSep 14 3:00 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY LUIS MONTANEZ (2) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF NICK BLACKBURN.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, BALTIMORE 6
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: J CASTRO (.200, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 0, Orioles 6  Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 14 2:44 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY OSCAR SALAZAR (5) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF NICK BLACKBURN.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, BALTIMORE 5
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: L MONTANEZ (.317, 1-FOR-1)

    Twins 0, Orioles 5  Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 14 2:43 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY NICK MARKAKIS (19) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 1ST OFF NICK BLACKBURN SCORED ADAM JONES.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, BALTIMORE 2
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A HUFF (.313, 31 HR, 104 RBI)

    Twins 0, Orioles 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 14 1:50 PM

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