Twins are no longer basement dwellers

Published 10:01 am Monday, June 20, 2011

For the first time since in, well, a long time, the Twins are no longer in last place in the American League Central division. See standings below:

All times Eastern

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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East Division

Boston 43 28 .606 —

New York 41 29 .586 1½

Tampa Bay 39 33 .542 4½

Toronto 36 36 .500 7½

Baltimore 32 37 .464 10

Central Division

Cleveland 39 31 .557 —

Detroit 39 33 .542 1

Chicago 35 38 .479 5½

Minnesota 31 39 .443 8

Kansas City 31 41 .431 9

West Division

Texas 38 35 .521 —

Seattle 37 35 .514 ½

Los Angeles 35 38 .479 3

Oakland 33 40 .452 5

Sunday’s Games

Cleveland 5, Pittsburgh 2, 11 innings

L.A. Angels 7, N.Y. Mets 3

Cincinnati 2, Toronto 1

Baltimore 7, Washington 4

Boston 12, Milwaukee 3

Atlanta 4, Texas 2

Tampa Bay 2, Florida 1

Minnesota 5, San Diego 4

St. Louis 5, Kansas City 4

Detroit 9, Colorado 1

Oakland 2, San Francisco 1

Chicago White Sox 8, Arizona 2

Seattle 2, Philadelphia 0

N.Y. Yankees 10, Chicago Cubs 4

Monday’s Games

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore (Guthrie 2-8) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Chacin 8-4) at Cleveland (Talbot 2-4), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Fister 3-8) at Washington (L.Hernandez 4-8), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (E.Santana 3-7) at Florida (Vazquez 3-7), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (B.Gordon 0-0) at Cincinnati (Tr.Wood 5-4), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Outman 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 7-0), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Latos 4-8) at Boston (Beckett 6-2), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Z.Stewart 0-0) at Atlanta (Minor 0-2), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Lyles 0-2) at Texas (C.Wilson 7-3), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (J.Saunders 3-7) at Kansas City (Hochevar 4-7), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Garza 3-6) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-5), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 7-5) at Milwaukee (Greinke 6-2), 8:10 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 9-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 5-6), 10:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 4-5) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-8), 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.

San Diego at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Arizona at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.