Joe Mauer News

The Mariners went to huge extremes in an attempt to beat the Twins Saturday. As usual, it didn't pan out.

Kirk Saarloos was thrown right into the fire after his call up from the minors in place of early-departed Justin Duchscherer, as Oakland slipped past Minnesota, 3-2, in the first of a three- game set at the ...

Posted on August 17th, 2008 10:38 AM By Joe Christensen Joe Mauer will start at catcher again today, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said on his Sunday morning radio show on KSTP, AM-1500. Gardy also said Alexi ...

Posted on August 12th, 2008 3:42 PM By Joe Christensen Joe Mauer is not in the Twins' lineup tonight, and I'm guessing with a noon start on Wednesday, Gardy figured he'd give him a break against Mike Mussina.

Joe Mauer homered and scored three times, sliding home in the ninth inning on Brian Buscher's sacrifice fly to lead the Minnesota Twins over the Seattle Mariners 7-6 Saturday.

Posted on August 13th, 2008 11:48 AM By La Velle Twins catcher Joe Mauer took a few swings before the game and declared himself fit to play.

Posted on August 13th, 2008 12:16 AM By Joe Christensen We are less than 12 hours from Wednesday's first pitch, so it will be a tough turnaround for everyone after the Yankees defeated the Twins 9-6 in 12 ...

Delmon Young hit a three-run homer for the second straight day, pushing the Minnesota Twins past the Yankees 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon.

The Twins' Denard Span, left, slides safely past the Yankees catcher Ivan Rodriguez to score on a Joe Mauer sacrifice fly in the sixth inning Monday night.

All-Star catcher Joe Mauer sat out Tuesday night against the New York Yankees with a stiff neck, leaving the Minnesota Twins to face Mike Mussina without one of their best hitters.

Nick Blackburn was able to save face for the boys in Seattle today to cap a morbid series.

Joe Mauer drove in two runs for the Minnesota Twins, who escaped a ninth-inning Kansas City threat Friday and beat the Royals 4-1. Mauer singled in a run in a three-run third inning and got another RBI with a ...

Kevin Slowey limited Kansas City to one run on seven hits in six innings, Joe Mauer drove in two runs and the Minnesota Twins took advantage of eight walks to beat the Royals 4-1 on Friday night.

Posted on August 6th, 2008 2:45 PM By La Velle nothing. Colorado made a waiver claim earlier this week and the Twins have simply assigned Hernandez's contract to the Rockies.

Francisco Liriano will make his next start Saturday at Kansas City, Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson said after Liriano tossed six shutout innings in Sunday's 6-2 victory over Cleveland.

Clubhouse confidential: It seems like the Twins' lineup would be vulnerable to a left-handed starter or reliever because Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, their No.3 and No.4 hitters, are left-handed. A look at the ...

We have a David Dellucci sighting! The Indians' forgotten but not gone, spare outfielder/sometime DH was the DH Saturday night, and actually did some "H"-ing. Dellucci had a single, double and home run to help ...

Nick Blackburn showed why the Minnesota Twins think their young guns are ready for the heat of a pennant race.

Gardenhire is tossed, Guillen pulls White Sox White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen pulled his team off the field at the Metrodome in the seventh inning after fans threw hats and baseballs onto the field following ...

Joe Mauer's two-run homer in the seventh inning spoiled another strong start by Jeremy Sowers against the Twins in Minnesota's 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.