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Article: A little ninth-inning magic; Twins rally for five runs to end Tropicana losing streak.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 26, 2002
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Byline: Jim Souhan; Staff Writer
St. Petersburg, Fla. -- TWINS 6, TAMPA BAY 2
For the first 26 innings of their three-game series at Tropicana Field, the Twins have looked as lifeless as one of the denizens of horror author Stephen King's novels.
Thursday afternoon, King observed the team from behind the Twins' dugout, courtesy of tickets provided by Twins pitcher Matt Kinney, and watched the Twins, like one of his characters, rise from the grave.
Down by a run in the top of the ninth, having just had pinch runner Cristian Guzman thrown out stealing, the Twins rallied for five runs in five batters to earn a 6-2 victory over Tampa Bay, ...