...to Toledo of the International League. KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Signed RHP Kyle Snyder. MINNESOTA TWINS--Placed OF Matt Lawton on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled OF Jacque Jones from Salt Lake of the PCL. Sent RHP Hector Carrasco to extended...

...to give Toronto a 1-0 lead. The Twins countered with two in the bottom of the first on run-scoring groundouts by Matt Lawton and Ron Coomer. Fletcher, who also had a two-run single in the fifth, gave Toronto a 3-2 lead with a two-run...

...RHP Douglas Walls and INF Giomar Guevara on minor-league contracts. MINNESOTA TWINS--Agreed to terms with OF Matt Lawton, 1B Mario Valdez and RHP Johan Santana on one-year contracts. Signed LHP Todd Rizzo. NEW YORK YANKEES--Agreed...

...County Sports Complex to take part in the day's drills that included batting practice and other fundamentals. Only Matt Lawton, Robin Jennings and Cleatus Davidson were left to report. ''The guys got lots of swings in, and we did some one-on-one...

...Red Sox and Mariners -- but there isn't a Twins player who will challenge for the home run lead. Two years ago, Matt Lawton led the team with 21 homers -- the first time a Twin hit 20 in a season since 1995. Last season, Ron Coomer led the...

...Bergman, 1-0. L--Wasdin, 0-1. HRs--Boston, Nixon, (1). Minnesota, Lawton (1), Ortiz (1). Matt Lawton went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and an RBI double and Cristian Guzman hit two triples for Minnesota. Through...

...2). Joe Mays had his strongest outing of the spring for Minnesota, allowing one run and six hits in six innings. Matt Lawton homered for Minnesota and Corey Koskie went 2-for-2 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Baltimore's Harold...

MINNEAPOLIS -- While catcher John Flaherty and reliever Rick White were conferring on the mound, Matt Lawton was talking to home plate umpire Al Clark. ''We had a nice conversation while they were out there talking amongst themselves...

...ahead 6-5 in the seventh when Ron Coomer singled to left off Jim Mecir (1-0), driving in Cristian Guzman and Matt Lawton. The Twins won the previous two games on their final at bat, something that was clearly on the minds of the Devil...

...Royals in the eighth -- two off Eddie Guardado and one off Hector Carrasco. Coomer homered twice and Butch Huskey and Matt Lawton also connected. ''The ball was carrying pretty good. We had a lot of guys swinging the bats real well, and so did...