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Ichiro Suzuki stopped Kevin Slowey's no-hitter with a two-out infield single in the sixth inning and added an RBI double in the seventh, spurring the Seattle Mariners to a 5-4 victory Wednesday night in Minnesota, the 11th straight defeat for the Twins....

As erratic as the Detroit Tigers have looked at times this season, when Justin Verlander takes the mound, they seem like World Series contenders....

Phil Hughes pitched seven shutout innings, Marcus Thames hit a two-run homer and the Yankees beat the Twins 6-1 Saturday night to complete a three-game sweep and return to the ALCS.

Lance Berkman homered and drove in a pair of runs, leading the New York Yankees to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday and to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five American League Divisional Series.

Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning to rally the New York Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 6-4 Wednesday night in Game 1 of the AL division series.

Sean Rodriguez and B.J. Upton hit three-run homers as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 Tuesday night, winning for the 10th time in 11 games and taking over the AL East lead.

AL MVP catcher Joe Mauer was the fan's favorite with 5,372,606 votes, the third- highest total ever. Albert Pujols earned the most votes in the National League.

AL MVP Joe Mauer has agreed to an eight-year, $184 million contract extension to stay with the Minnesota Twins.  The deal announced Sunday covers the 2011-2018 seasons and includes a full no-trade clause.

The Minnesota Twins have signed center fielder Denard Span to a five-year, $16.5 million contract extension.

The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of their division series and set up an AL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Angels.