Kevin Slowey kept throwing, and Scott Rolen just kept fouling them off. It took Slowey 15 pitches before he finally got Rolen to groundout to shortstop in the kind of patient, hard-working at-bat Blue Jays manager John Gibbons has been looking for to jumpstart his woeful offense. Two pitches later, Matt Stairs sent a changeup soaring into the upper deck in right field, and the Blue Jays were on...

Minutes into the game, Livan Hernandez and the Minnesota Twins watched another ball sail over the wall for the other side. Boston's Manny Ramirez made it a league-most 42 home runs allowed by the Twins, who just shrugged off the early deficit and went back to playing the way they always have. Hernandez won again, Craig Monroe contributed another big hit, and the Twins beat the Red Sox 7-3 to win...

Joe Nathan wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke breathlessly about his latest, and most harrowing, save of the season. Minnesota's normally unhittable closer usually makes things look so easy when he steps to the mound to blow away another overmatched opponent. But the heavy-hitting Boston Red Sox never go quietly, and Sunday night was a prime example.

Has Daisuke Matsuzaka's mythical gyroball finally made an appearance stateside? The Japanese right-hander had a pitch slip out of his hand in the third inning and land about five feet from the mound before rolling to the plate, one of the few things he did wrong in Boston's 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

Mike Lamb was looking for a hit like this. Jonathan Papelbon? He's not used to this. The struggling Lamb lifted the Minnesota Twins past the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Friday night with a two-run single in the ninth inning against Papelbon, who blew his second consecutive save opportunity. On Wednesday in Detroit, he gave up two unearned runs due to Julio Lugo's error and Placido Polanco's broken-bat...

Juan Uribe's homer put the White Sox ahead and his old-fashioned hard slide that busted up a double play had his teammates and manager buzzing. Jermaine Dye homered for the third straight game and Uribe added a two-run drive in the fifth to help struggling Chicago beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Thursday.

Carlos Gomez couldn't believe his name was in the same sentence as Kirby Puckett's. Gomez became the first Twins player since Puckett 22 years ago to hit for the cycle, Livan Hernandez took a shutout into the ninth and Minnesota beat the Chicago White Sox 13-1 on Wednesday night. "It's amazing," Gomez said.

Another near miss for Gavin Floyd. Toying with a no-hitter for the second time in a month, the Chicago White Sox's right-hander watched his latest effort sail away with one out in the ninth. Joe Mauer hit a high drive into the gap in left-center for a double, ending Floyd's no-hit bid and his outing Tuesday night.

Another near miss for Gavin Floyd. Toying with a no-hitter for the second time in a month, the Chicago White Sox's right-hander watched his latest effort sail away with one out in the ninth. Joe Mauer hit a high drive into the gap in left-center for a double, ending Floyd's no-hit bid and his outing Tuesday night.

The Minnesota Twins began their first day in full possession of first place this year by promptly falling behind 6-0 in the top half of the first inning. Then they came back and won. "I think it just proves that you can't count us out," right-hander Boof Bonser said after giving up those early runs in Sunday's 7-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers.