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Serena Williams rolls into Italian Open semifinals
DETROIT, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Joe Mauer knocked in four runs and Ben Revere added three hits Sunday, pacing Minnesota to a 10-4 win over Detroit in the first game of a doubleheader.
Mauer finished 3-for-4, Revere scored three runs and Eduardo Escobar added two hits, an RBI and a run scored as the Twins won for only the third time in eight games.
Scott Diamond (12-8) tossed seven solid innings to gain the victory, yielding two runs on four hits.
Tigers starter Max Scherzer (16-7) was tagged with the loss after surrendering three runs on six hits in five-plus innings.
Avisail Garcia knocked in a pair of runs for second-place Detroit, which came into the contest one-half game behind the American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox.
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ROME, May 19 (UPI) --
Serena Williams collected her fifth title of the year with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Victoria Azarenka in the finals of the Italian Open Sunday.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 19 (UPI) --
Alexei Balabanov, a prominent Russian film director in the 1990s and 2000s, has died in a village near St. Petersburg, a colleague said. He was 54.
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DETROIT, May 18 (UPI) --
An invasive insect from Asia first spotted in Michigan two years ago could pose a major threat this year to fruit growers, officials say.
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GREENWICH, Conn., May 19 (UPI) --
A giant anteater at a Connecticut conservation center gave birth even though she had been separated from her mate for several months, zoo officials said.
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