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Chicago White Sox captain Paul Konerko was out of the starting lineup for a second consecutive game against the Minnesota Twins despite all indications that he is fine physically. Konerko has been off to a slow start this season, taking a .214 bat...

Rookie Aaron Hicks hit two home runs and made a leaping catch in center field to take a home run away from Adam Dunn in the Minnesota Twins' 10-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

Tristan H. Cockcroft offers up his hitter rankings and looks at the rather unimpressive crop of rookie hitters so far, but says the bigger bats are still on the way.

BOSTON -- No one called Clay Buchholz a cheater Monday night in Fenway Park, but for the first time in 2013 he was not declared the winner, either. And so far, no one has accused Dustin Pedroia of corking his bat after the Red Sox second baseman h...

Scott Kazmir earned his first victory in three seasons, Nick Swisher homered in his first at-bat since missing three games with a sore shoulder and the Cleveland Indians beat Minnesota 7-3 Saturday for their sixth straight victory.

Pedro Hernandez pitched five shutout innings for his first major league win, Josh Willingham homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 Saturday to end a three-game slide.

MINNEAPOLIS -- His arms flexed at his sides, Tanner Scheppers let out a yell one part excitement, one part relief. The Texas Rangers right-hander had just induced a sharp ground ball off the bat of Minnesota Twins cleanup hitter Josh Willingham -...

CHICAGO -- Despite Sunday's 5-3 defeat to the Minnesota Twins, two Chicago White Sox hitters in deep slumps showed signs of life. Adam Dunn snapped a 31 at-bat hitless streak with a solo home run in the seventh inning, while Jeff Keppinger managed...

Twins-Royals Preview

Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire might not want to admit it, but rookie outfielder Aaron Hicks is clearly overmatched at the plate. I caught a few of Hicks' at-bats over the weekend and again Monday, with each of them ending in strikeouts,...

Blog | April 09, 2013

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy highlights from Monday's games, including rookie Aaron Hicks' continued struggles and Wei-Yin Chen's outing versus the Red Sox.

Blog | Conversation | April 09, 2013

Twins 6, Rays 4(10)

Twins 8, Marlins 7

With the fate of their season hanging on almost every at-bat, the Chicago White Sox kept one eye on the scoreboard and the other on the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. The Tigers' magic number was five before Friday's action, and as the innings progress...

BALTIMORE -- In a city of row houses, it makes sense that the Orioles' success this year has been built game by game, at-bat by at-bat, pitch by pitch, brick by brick. They have one pitcher with more than 20 starts, a staff with one complete gam...

Blog | September 27, 2012

Buster Olney writes that the Orioles badly needed a jump-start, and it was Jim Thome that gave it to them Wednesday night.

Blog | Conversation | September 27, 2012