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Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been ejected from Saturday's game at Detroit while arguing a call at second base.

Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been ejected from Saturday's game at Detroit while arguing a call at second base.

The scene at Comerica Park about four hours prior to first pitch today. The Detroit Tigers face the Minnesota Twins at 4:08 p.m. at Detroit Tigers .

As we are seeing with Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols, greatness doesn't last forever, so we need to enjoy Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera's dominance at the plate while we still have it.

The Tigers rallied for a Game 1 win and watched Anibal Sanchez bid for history while winning Game 2. Can the Tigers take step three toward a weekend whitewash of the visiting Twins? The Twins have had a rough go with starting pitching over the last week and changes are afoot.

Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Minnesota's Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out single, and that was the only hit the Detroit right-hander allowed in the Tigers' 6-0 victory over the Twins on Friday night.

Add another near miss in this 2013 baseball season - this time it was Detroit's Anibal Sanchez falling just short of a no-hitter. Sanchez's bid was broken up with one out in the ninth inning Friday night when Minnesota's Joe Mauer hit a clean single up the middle.

Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Minnesota's Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out single, and that was the only hit the Detroit right-hander allowed in the Tigers' 6-0 win over the Twins on Friday.

Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the ninth inning for the Tigers only to be spoiled by a base hit from Joe Mauer but the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-0 Friday night.

Less than four weeks removed from setting the Tigers' strikeout record, Anibal Sanchez came within two outs of making history again.

Episode 39 of the Twins baseball podcast, Talk To Contact , is now available for download via iTunes or by clicking here .

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"Mauer's taking up almost a third of the team's payroll and look at my goddamn roof.

There is still an awful lot of baseball to be played in 2013, and the playoff picture won't begin to really take shape until after the All-Star break.

At first you just try to attack it in the easiest manner possible. If that does not work, you pick another course.

The enigmatic Twins right-hander lasted just 53 pitches last Sept. 22 and recorded just seven outs while allowing seven earned runs on seven hits in an 8-0 loss to the Tigers.

La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 . Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs.

When it comes to generating excitement around baseball prospects one attribute jumps off the page: power.

The Detroit Tigers ended their road trip with two big victories over the first-place Cleveland Indians and their reward is 12 of the next 17 at home.

With a quarter of the MLB season in the books, Memorial Day on the horizon and All-Star ballot boxes stuffed with candidates for the spectacle at Citi Field, the 2013 campaign is far from young at this point.