AM 1240 WJON » Joe Benson http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Twins Rout Tigers 7-3 http://wjon.com/twins-rout-tigers-7-3/ http://wjon.com/twins-rout-tigers-7-3/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:10:58 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=85529 The Twins defeated the Tigers 7-3 in Lakeland, Florida Wednesday afternoon. Luke Hughes was 2-3 with a 3-run homerun, Joe Benson had 2 hits, a homerun and 2 RBIs and Chris Parmalee was 2-5 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Liam Hendriks threw 4 innings with 2 earned runs allowed to get the win for Minnesota.

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]]> http://wjon.com/twins-rout-tigers-7-3/feed/ 0 Getty Images Twins Beat Yankees 5-1; Play Tampa Bay http://wjon.com/twins-beat-yankees-5-1-play-tampa-bay/ http://wjon.com/twins-beat-yankees-5-1-play-tampa-bay/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:26:34 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=82312 The Twins defeated the New York Yankees 5-1 in exhibition play in Florida Sunday afternoon. Joe Benson and Danny Valencia each hit solo homeruns and Mike Hollimon hit a 3-run homerun for Minnesota. Nick Blackburn threw 3 shutout innings with 3 hits allowed and 1 strikeout.

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]]> http://wjon.com/twins-beat-yankees-5-1-play-tampa-bay/feed/ 0 Getty Images Twins Lose To White Sox; Recall Benson And Parmelee http://wjon.com/twins-lose-to-white-sox-recall-benson-and-parmelee/ http://wjon.com/twins-lose-to-white-sox-recall-benson-and-parmelee/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:38:52 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=31188 The Twins lost their 5th straight game Tuesday night 3-0 to the Chicago White Sox. Rookie Liam Hendriks from Perth, Australia allowed 4 hits and 3 earned runs in 7 innings to take the loss in his major league debut. Jake Peavy allowed 4 hits and no runs in 6 1/3 innings to get the win for Chicago. Trevor Plouffe and Chris Parmelee were each 2-4 for the Twins.

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]]> http://wjon.com/twins-lose-to-white-sox-recall-benson-and-parmelee/feed/ 0 Getty Images Twins Win Exhibition Opener http://wjon.com/twins-win-exhibition-opener/ http://wjon.com/twins-win-exhibition-opener/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:35:14 +0000 Jay Caldwell http://wjon.com/?p=8867 The Twins won their exhibition opener in Fort Myers, Florida 8-4 over the Boston Red Sox Sunday night. Joe Benson tripled in 3 and Tsuyoshi Nishioka added an RBI single for the Twins. Non-roster invitee Jeff Bailey added a solo homerun for the Twins and Carl Pavano threw 2 shutout inning to begin the game.

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