Souhan: Mauer sacrifices sweet swing for Twins

Fantasy Facts - Mauer Red Hot Inside

Joe Mauer is 21 for 41 (.512 BA) over his past 10 games. He is 19 for 30 in at-bats ending with a pitch inside or down the middle, but 2 for 11 in at-bats ending with a pitch away.

Back stiffness keeps Mauer out of starting lineup

Fantasy Facts - Mauer's hard contact is paying off

Joe Mauer has hit a line drive on 44 percent of the balls he has put in play since May 9, tied for the second-best rate in the league. Mauer is batting a league-best .519 during that span.

Minnesota's M-and-m Boys Get 3 Hits Each

From Elias: Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau collected three hits apiece and the Twins, after spotting the Orioles three runs in their first time at bat, came back to win, 8-5. It was the 11th time that the Twins' two biggest stars had stroked at least three hits in the same game, but only the second time over the last three seasons. Minnesota is now 9-2 when the M-and-M Boys each get three hits.

Round Number For Mauer

From Elias: Joe Mauer collected the 1300th hit of his career as the Twins topped the Indians. Mauer is one of 11 players who have at least 1300 hits for their current team, but none of the ten other players in that group have a career batting average for their team as high as Mauer's .322 mark with the Twins.

Evolution Of The Catcher

Baseball Tonight's Nomar Garciaparra and Rick Sutcliffe rank their top five catchers.

Arcia The Ace For Twins

From Elias: Oswaldo Arcia, a 21-year old rookie, hit the first home run of the season by a Twins designated hitter in Minnesota's afternoon win over Miami. That leaves Detroit as the only American League team without a home run by a designated hitter this season. Over the last 10 years, the only other player to hit a home run for the Twins before turning 22 is Joe Mauer (7 times).

Mauer "slumping," Gets Only 2 Hits Vs. White Sox

From Elias: Joe Mauer cooled off: he went only 2-for-4 in the Twins' 2-1 victory over the White Sox in 10 innings in Chicago. Mauer had gone 4-for-5 in each of his last two games, against the Angels, and so he now has 10 hits over his last three games. Believe it or not, that's not Mauer's career high for hits over a three-game span; he had 11 hits over three games in June 2006.