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MINNEAPOLIS, June 17 (UPI) -- Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday to give the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 inter-league victory over the Washington Nationals.
Joe Mauer went 2-for-3 and scored a run for the Twins, who have won three of their last four games.
Livan Hernandez (7-4) got the win after giving up just one run on five hits in seven innings. Hernandez snapped a six-game winless streak and is now 5-0 at home this season. Joe Nathan earned his 18th save with a scoreless ninth.
Cristian Guzman, a former Twin, had the only RBI for the Nationals. Paul Lo Duca had a double and scored Washington's lone run in his first game back from the disabled list.
John Lannan (4-8) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on five hits in seven innings.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Remaining members of the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA will merge to form a new superconference, college sports officials said Monday.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Actor Matt Bomer, star of the U.S. television series "White Collar," confirmed during the weekend he is gay and has a longtime partner.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Electric cars in China are having an impact on pollution more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles, U.S. researchers say.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it will not disturb a black bear that picked a drain tunnel to hibernate.
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