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Week 11 sees Minnesota breaking out for a 5-1 week, sweeping Pittsburgh to drop them into a three-way tie for last and taking 2 of 3 from the Giants to knock them from a tie for first to third place. Manager J.S. was booed heartily, however, when he removed pitcher Jason Marquis for a pinch hitter in the 9th inning against Pittsburgh when Marquis had a no-hitter through 8. Closer Joe Nathan gave up a pitcher's card single in the 9th to lose the combined no-hitter. The irony... the roll would have been a groundout to second on Marquis's card.
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