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Article: Gradual progress; Cuddyer recovers from lousy April to hit deciding homer.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 19, 2005
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Byline: La Velle E. Neal III; Staff Writer
TWINS 3, TORONTO 2
Series is tied 1-1
Take the good with the bad. Michael Cuddyer told himself that constantly in April, when his average and confidence dipped and questions about him blowing his chance to be the Twins' everyday third baseman started.
Now it's May, Cuddyer is banging hits to all fields and Twins manager Ron Gardenhire is saying things like, "It's something we're not looking too awful hard at anymore. We're just letting him go out and play."
That statement came after the Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 at the Metrodome on Wednesday night. Cuddyer went 3-for-3, and his homer next to the end ...