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Doumit, Twins take down front-leading Tigers

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Ryan Doumit had four RBIs for Minnesota, including the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning to help the Twins beat Detroit 4-2 on Friday and keep the Tigers from moving any closer to the AL Central title.

CNNSI.com

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins released Tsuyoshi Nishioka on Friday, ending their experiment with the Japanese middle infielder after two rough seasons.

Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com

How badly did Tsuyoshi Nishioka want to quit playing baseball in America? Bad enough that he told that Minnesota Twins on Friday that they could keep the $3.25 million the team still owed him if it released him from his contract. It's unclear if any mem…