{"id":44322,"date":"2014-04-24T16:34:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T21:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=44322"},"modified":"2014-04-27T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T16:14:03","slug":"hicks-suzuki-pace-twins-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=44322","title":{"rendered":"Hicks, Suzuki Pace Twins Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/twonslogo.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1312\" alt=\"twinslogo\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/twonslogo.gif\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>By MARK DIDTLER<br \/>\n\u00a0Associated Press<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) &#8211; Aaron Hicks hit a three-run homer, Kurt Suzuki drove in three runs, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-7 Thursday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Fuld had a pair of run-scoring doubles for the Twins, who won two of three for their first road series win against the Rays since Sept. 4-6, 2006. Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire moved past Chuck Dressen into sole possession of 59th place on the career victory list with 1,009.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After having a four-run lead cut to one, Minnesota went ahead 8-3 in the fifth on a run-scoring double by Fuld and Hicks&#8217; shot off reliever Heath Bell. It was Hicks first homer since July 14 against New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ricky Nolasco (2-2) allowed six runs and 10 hits over six-plus innings. Glen Perkins pitched the ninth for his fifth save.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Erik Bedard (0-1) gave up four runs, five hits and five walks in four innings. It was the eighth time in 10 games that Tampa Bay&#8217;s starter went five or less innings.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Twins took a 3-0 lead in the first with the help of four walks and two hits off Bedard. Suzuki had a two-run single and Fuld hit an RBI double.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James Loney drove in the first of his two runs with a double before David DeJesus got the Rays within 4-3 on a two-run homer in the second. After seventh-inning sacrifice flys by Desmond Jennings and Matt Joyce, Tampa Bay cut the deficit to 9-7 in the eighth on pinch-hitter Logan Forsythe&#8217;s RBI single off Jared Burton.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bell departed after Suzuki&#8217;s RBI infield single went off his leg in the sixth. Juan Carlos Oviedo, coming back from elbow ligament replacement surgery, replaced Bell and went 1 1-3 scoreless innings in his first major league appearance since Sept. 21, 2011 with Miami when he was known as Leo Nunez.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOTES: Minnesota C Joe Mauer and Hall of Famer Dave Winfield will co-host the Players Trust All Star Golf Tournament at Windsong Farm Golf Club in Independence, Minn., July 16 to raise funds for area children&#8217;s charities. &#8230; Twins RHP Kevin Correia (0-2) and Detroit RHP Rick Porcello (2-1) will pitch in the opener of a three-game series Friday night. &#8230; Tampa Bay begins a four-game series Friday night at the Chicago White Sox with RHP Chris Archer (2-1) going against RHP Erik Johnson (1-1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0By MARK DIDTLER \u00a0Associated Press \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) &#8211; Aaron Hicks hit a three-run homer, Kurt Suzuki drove in three runs, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-7 Thursday. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Fuld had a pair of run-scoring doubles for the Twins, who won two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44407,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44322\/revisions\/44407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}