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Twins shake sweep
Tuesday, 21 August 2012 - 12:42pm
“We were due,” Gardenhire said.
Josh Willingham drove in two runs against his former team, and Joe Mauer hit a two-run single, as the Twins snapped Oakland’s four-game winning streak and a five-game skid of their own with a 7-2 victory over the Athletics last night.
Duensing (3-8) struck out seven and walked one in six innings to win for the first time in three starts after consecutive losses, helping the Twins bounce back from a three-game weekend sweep at Seattle to begin a 10-game road trip.
Darin Mastroianni had an RBI single and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth while No. 9 hitter Pedro Florimon joined Willingham and Mauer with three hits apiece for Minnesota, which went 4-for-11 with runners in scoring position a day after missing in all 10 such chances in the series finale at Seattle.
Coming off a series sweep in Seattle that dropped them a season-low 15 games out of first place in the AL Central, the Twins came through with the big hits when it mattered.
“Right from the get-go,” said Gardenhire. “We got some runs in there early, had a little bit of a lead, and kept getting some base hits and quality at-bats.
“And ‘Duens’ did his thing.
“It was a nice night,” he added. “We got to run around the bases a little bit. Some guys had some good nights.”
Oakland also had its five-game home win streak snapped with just the club’s 11th loss in 37 games at the Coliseum since June 6. But the A’s will have a new addition to their lineup come tonight’s middle game of the series.
The team announced in the seventh inning it had acquired veteran shortstop Stephen Drew from Arizona for minor-league infielder Sean Jamieson.
Oakland’s players found out when the swap was announced over the public address system.
“He plays the same position, so I guess we’ll see what happens,” current shortstop Cliff Pennington said.
A’s starter Brandon McCarthy (6-5) surrendered three-straight one-out hits in the first, including Willingham’s RBI double.
Trevor Plouffe also drew a bases-loaded walk as the Twins took a quick 2-0 lead.
Elsewhere in the AL, Chicago dumped New York 9-6, Tampa Bay beat Kansas City 5-1, Texas upended Baltimore 5-1, and Seattle downed Cleveland 5-3.
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OAKLAND, Calif.—Manager Ron Gardenhire ran down the list of everything that went right for his Minnesota Twins this time.
Timely hitting and a solid outing from Brian Duensing to start.
Josh Willingham drove in two runs against his former team, and Joe Mauer hit a two-run single, as the Twins snapped Oakland’s four-game winning streak and a five-game skid of their own with a 7-2 victory over the Athletics last night.
Duensing (3-8) struck out seven and walked one in six innings to win for the first time in three starts after consecutive losses, helping the Twins bounce back from a three-game weekend sweep at Seattle to begin a 10-game road trip.
Darin Mastroianni had an RBI single and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth while No. 9 hitter Pedro Florimon joined Willingham and Mauer with three hits apiece for Minnesota, which went 4-for-11 with runners in scoring position a day after missing in all 10 such chances in the series finale at Seattle.
Coming off a series sweep in Seattle that dropped them a season-low 15 games out of first place in the AL Central, the Twins came through with the big hits when it mattered.
“Right from the get-go,” said Gardenhire. “We got some runs in there early, had a little bit of a lead, and kept getting some base hits and quality at-bats.
“And ‘Duens’ did his thing.
“It was a nice night,” he added. “We got to run around the bases a little bit. Some guys had some good nights.”
Oakland also had its five-game home win streak snapped with just the club’s 11th loss in 37 games at the Coliseum since June 6. But the A’s will have a new addition to their lineup come tonight’s middle game of the series.
The team announced in the seventh inning it had acquired veteran shortstop Stephen Drew from Arizona for minor-league infielder Sean Jamieson.
Oakland’s players found out when the swap was announced over the public address system.
“He plays the same position, so I guess we’ll see what happens,” current shortstop Cliff Pennington said.
A’s starter Brandon McCarthy (6-5) surrendered three-straight one-out hits in the first, including Willingham’s RBI double.
Trevor Plouffe also drew a bases-loaded walk as the Twins took a quick 2-0 lead.
Elsewhere in the AL, Chicago dumped New York 9-6, Tampa Bay beat Kansas City 5-1, Texas upended Baltimore 5-1, and Seattle downed Cleveland 5-3.
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