The last time the Minnesota Twins had a successful weekend against a winning team, they stumbled against the Oakland Athletics.After taking two of three from the American League West-leading Texas Rangers, the Twins will hope to avoid more losses to the Athletics on Monday afternoon when the teams begin a three-game series at Target Field in Minneapolis.The Twins have seven series victories, and five have been against teams with winning records.Two of those series victories have preceded meetings with the Athletics.On May 27-29, the Twins scored 18 times and took three straight in Seattle. The follow-up was scoring seven times during a three-game sweep in Oakland.Heading into their second series with Oakland, the Twins were more productive. After losing the series opener Friday, Minnesota scored 22 times in getting two victories over Texas.We havent had a lot of highlights here, Twins manager Paul Molitor said to reporters.One of the recent highlights for Minnesota has been Brian Doziers performances. Dozier drove in two runs and scored twice during Sundays 5-4 win and has reached base safely in his 25th straight game, which is the longest active streak in the majors.Miguel Sano was injured during Minnesotas second loss in Oakland on May 31 but has recovered from missing more than a month with a hamstring injury by driving in three runs and scoring four times against Texas.Oakland had a 25-29 record after completing its sweep of Minnesota on June 1. Since then, the Athletics have lost 18 of their last 28 games.The Athletics had a frustrating weekend against the Pittsburgh Pirates by going 3-for-23 with runners in scoring position and stranding 22 runners.We got derailed again this series, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said to reporters after watching his team score first and wind up losing four straight games. Its frustrating, but no more for me than anyone else.Josh Reddick was on the disabled list during Oaklands sweep over Minnesota but has gone 5-for-20 in five games since returning from a broken thumb.The pitching matchup will feature pitchers with 3-6 records.Ricky Nolasco has a 5.31 ERA and will make his 17th start for Minnesota and hopes it goes better than his last appearance. On Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox, he allowed seven runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings in a 9-6 loss.Nolasco has done well in his limited experience against Oakland, going 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA in three starts against the As. He last faced Oakland on May 7, 2015, in Minnesota when he allowed four runs in five innings.Kendall Graveman has lowered his ERA to 4.84 by going 2-1 with a 3.98 ERA in his last eight starts. He has given up two home runs in that stretch after allowing 10 in his first seven starts.Gravemans 3.83 run-support average is among the lowest in the AL, but Tuesday he took a no-decision after allowing four runs and nine hits in five innings at San Francisco, and Oakland posted a 13-11 victory in that game.Gravemans lone appearance against Minnesota was in a 3-2 win on May 30 when he allowed two runs and six hits in six innings.Minnesota scored 28 runs and took three of four home meetings with Oakland last season. http://www.bearsrookiestore.com/Hoodie/ . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. http://www.bearsrookiestore.com/Bears-Kyle-Fuller-Jersey/ . 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Kell Brook has defended trainer Dominic Ingle amid criticism of his decision to throw in the towel during his WBC and IBF middleweight title defeat by Gennady Golovkin.With Brook under intense pressure from the champions latest assault, already appearing tired and his right eye cut and swollen, Ingle ended the fight to conclude a resilient performance.The challenger was taken to hospital with a broken eye socket before being released in the early hours of Sunday morning. He is to be operated on in the coming week, before preparing for an eventual return to the ring at light-middleweight.I came back after the second round and said I cant see out of the right eye, Dominic, Brook, 30, told Sky Sports. I was talking to him, and he knows me, he saw me growing up as a kid.Hes like a father figure. It was the right decision and I can fight another day. I was getting caught, and getting caught. It could have ended up seriously bad.As much as the loss has been gutting and upsetting, Im excited and happy the fans have seen a great battle against a great fighter, a throwback fighter.Im looking forward to getting straight back in the top boys. Ive had a taste of this magnitude of fight and I want this again. Ill be back and Ill be twice as strong and twice as fast.Brook had been the significant underdog having stepped up from welterweight against one of the worlds leading and most destructive fighters.dddddddddddd Few observers believed him capable of winning, but his promoter Eddie Hearn regardless maintained fighting Golovkin was the right thing to do.Peter Nelson [executive president of American television network HBO] has already come up to me and said: We need to talk about Kell Brook, said Hearn. That was part of the plan: to broaden the brand. So actually, it was a very smart move.Brooks domestic rival Amir Khan last fought at 155lbs when losing to Mexicos Saul Alvarez in May but is expected to return at welterweight in 2017.The weight Brook gained to challenge Golovkin, combined with his previous, intense struggles to make the 147lb limit means he is likely incapable of returning there. Hearn, however, again spoke of his desire to match the two together.As a promoter there is nothing better in a build-up than two fighters who dont particularly like each other, the 37-year-old said.For now its about getting that eye socket tidied up, having some rest and hell probably be returning in the spring, summer next year. 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