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Article: TORONTO 5, TWINS 3; It's giveaway day for Twins; The Blue Jays, who have had trouble scoring, took advantage of missed plays by the home team.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 14, 2008
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Byline: LA VELLE E. NEAL III; STAFF WRITER
The Twins had little problem taking three of four games from Boston, which has one of the best lineups in baseball, in a series that ended Monday.
Things were much different on Tuesday vs. Toronto, a team that has one of the worst lineups in baseball.
The Twins were shut down by righthander Jesse Litsch and were done in by a couple missed plays in the field in a X-X loss at the Metrodome. The Blue Jays scored at least five runs for only the second time in 10 games.
Litsch held the Twins to two runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings before the bullpen came in and limited the Twins to one run -- a ...