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Yankees, Pettitte Top Twins 6-3; Activate Capps

Jay Caldwell — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:34:20 +0000

The Yankees defeated the Twins 6-3 Monday night behind the pitching of veteran Andy Pettitte. Pettitte threw 7 shutout innings with 7 hits allowed to get the win and improve to 5-3. Liam Hendriks allowed 8 hits, 4 homeruns, and 6 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings to take the loss and drop to 1-8. Pedro Florimon went 2-4 with a solo homerun for the Twins. Chris Parmelee hit a 2-run triple for the Twins.

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Twins Edge Cleveland For Hendriks' First Win

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:25:58 +0000

The Twins defeated Cleveland 6-4 Wednesday night and pitcher Liam Hendriks earned his first major league win after numerous trys. Hendriks threw 6 innings with 2 hits and 2 earned runs allowed. He improves to 1-7 this season. Glen Perkins threw a scoreless 9th inning to grab his 13th save this year. Josh Willingham was 4-5 with a 2-run homerun with 4 RBIs. He has 35 homeruns and 110 RBIs this season.

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Seattle, King Felix Down Twins 1-0

Jay Caldwell — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:19:22 +0000

The Twins lost 1-0 at home to the Seattle Mariners Monday night. Felix Hernandez out-dueled Liam Hendriks to get the win. Hernandez allowed just 5 hits in 9 innings with 5 strikeouts and 1 walk. Hendriks made his best start as a Twin. He allowed 3 hits and 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks to take the loss and drop to 0-7. Eric Thames hit a solo homerun off Hendriks in the 8th inning to break the scoreless tie. Justin Morneau tripled to lead off the 7th inning but the Twins couldn't get him in.

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Oakland, Crisp Beat Twins 5-1

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:49:04 +0000

The Twins lost the rubber game of the 3-game series at Oakland against the Athletics Wednesday afternoon. CoCo Crisp went 3-3 with a homerun and 2 RBIs for the Athletics. Tommy Millone threw 8 innings with 2 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. Liam Hendriks allowed 6 hits and 4 earned runs allowed in 5 innings to take the loss and drop to 0-6. Matt Carson had 2 of the 3 Twins hits.

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Twins Recall Hendriks; He'll start Wednesday

Jay Caldwell — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:03:49 +0000

The Twins have recalled righthander Liam Hendriks from triple-A Rochester to replace Nick Blackburn in the starting rotation. This will be his 3rd stint with the Twins this season. He was 0-5 with a 7.04 in 38 1/3 innings while with Minnesota. For triple-A Rochester he was 9-3 with a 2.20 ERA in 106 1/3 innings. Hendriks is expected to start against the A's on Wednesday afternoon.

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White Sox, Floyd Down Twins 3-2

Jay Caldwell — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:30:50 +0000

The Chicago White Sox downed the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Tuesday night. Gavin Floyd threw 7 shutout innings with 5 hits allowed and 9 strikeouts to get the win. Jamey Carroll had a 2-run single in Minnesota's 2-run 9th inning but Denard Span grounded out to 2nd base to end the game. Liam Hendriks thew 6 1/3 innings with 5 hits and 3 earned runs allowed to take the loss and drop to 0-5. Alex Rios hit a 2-run homerun off Hendriks.

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Pirates Rout Twins 9-1

Jay Caldwell — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:47:40 +0000

The Twins lost 9-1 at Pittsburgh Thursday night. James McDonald threw all 9 innings with 6 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win and improves to 6-3. Liam Hendriks allowed 8 hits and 3 earned runs to take the loss and drop to 0-4. His ERA is 7.39. Justin Morneau was 2-3 and Ryan Doumit went 1-4 and drove in the lone Twins' run.

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Angels, Weaver Blank Twins 9-0

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:32:35 +0000

The Twins lost 9-0 in Anaheim in Jared Weaver and the Angels Wednesday night. Weaver threw the 2nd no-hitter of the 2012 season and the second no-hitter of his career. He struckout 9 and walked just 1. Liam Hendriks allowed 9 hits and 6 earned runs in 2 1/3 innings to take the loss and drop to 0-2. Hendriks' ERA swells to 9.00. Howie Kendrick went 4-4 with a homerun, 3 runs scored and 3 RBIs for the Angels.

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Red Sox Edge Twins 7-6

Jay Caldwell — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:33:27 +0000

The Twins lost 7-6 at home to the Boston Red Sox Wednesday night despite a feverish comeback. Minnesota fell behind 7-1 before scoring 5 runs in the 6th inning to cut the lead to 7-6. Sean Burroughs grounded into a double-play to end the inning and end the rally. Joe Mauer went 2-5 at the plate with 2 RBIs, Alexi Casilla was 3-4 with a run and 1 RBI, Ben Revere was 2-5 with 2 runs scored and Justin Morneau added 2 hits including a RBI double for the Twins.

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Twins Edge Rays 5-4

Jay Caldwell — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:11:19 +0000

The Twins edged the Rays 5-4 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida Friday night. The Twins went out to a 2-0 lead before scoring 4 straight runs to lead 4-2 after 6 innings. Minnesota got a bases clearing double from Josh Willingham in the 7th inning to take a 5-4 lead. Joe Mauer went 2-3 with 2 RBIs and Jamey Carroll was 2-3 with 2 runs scored. Matt Maloney threw 1 inning of scoreless relief to get the win. Liam Hendriks threw 5 2/3 innings with 5 hits and 4 earned runs allowed. Matt Capps threw a scoreless 9th inning to get the save.

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