Twins 9-4 loss at Oakland that he was headed home

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Minnesota Twins traded veteran right-hander Kevin Correia to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night for a player to be named or cash. Correia was told late Saturday after the Twins 9-4 loss at Oakland that he was headed home to Southern California to be part of a pennant race in the familiar NL West. Minnesota will call up left-hander Tommy Milone from Triple-A Rochester to start Monday at Houston. Milone was acquired from the Athletics on the July 31 trade deadline after he requested to be moved following a demotion to the minors. Minnesota sent outfielder Sam Fuld back to Oakland in the swap. A fourth-round draft pick by San Francisco in 2002, Correia (5-13, 4.94 ERA) has pitched for the Giants and San Diego Padres. "Its nice to be able to go somewhere and play some important baseball games at the end of this year and its a place Im very familiar with, so its exciting," Correia said after saying his goodbyes to Twins teammates at his locker. "Its why we play this game. "Im getting toward the end of my career and you want to play in some meaningful games and Ill have the opportunity to do that over there." The NL West-leading Dodgers, who lost earlier Saturday at Milwaukee, were looking to boost the back end of their rotation. This past week, they acquired veteran right-hander Roberto Hernandez from the Phillies to fill Josh Becketts spot. Beckett went on the 15-day disabled list for the third time this season Friday. Beckett, who is 6-6 with a 2.88 ERA in 20 starts for the Dodgers this season, has a left hip impingement. The move is retroactive to Aug. 4. He is expected to be out about two weeks. The 14-year veteran made three starts since being reinstated on July 22 from the same injury, which occurred on July 8. His first time on the disabled list was March 22 when he had a right-thumb contusion. Correia has ties to general manager Ned Colletti, the former Giants assistant GM, and medical director Stan Conte. "Its a division Im familiar with and theres a couple of familiar faces from when I was with the Giants: Ned Colletti and Stan Conte, the trainer," Correia said. "So its not going to be a completely foreign situation for me and I think thatll help." Twins manager Ron Gardenhire praised Correia for his work with the club over two seasons in spite of his struggles with a career-high losses this year. "Hes been nothing but a pleasure. Last year he was our best pitcher, most consistent pitcher," Gardenhire said. "This year I know he had some ups and downs but he always seemed to give us a chance. A great guy in the clubhouse. ... Its a good situation. Hes going to a team in the pennant race. He deserves it." Milone went 6-0 with a 2.62 ERA over 11 starts with the As when he was sent down July 5 following the trade for Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Cubs. The 27-year-old Milone made one start at Triple-A on Aug. 5, allowing one run on six hits in seven innings. 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He guided Red Bull Salzburg to the Austrian championship this season.MIAMI - Chris Paul had 26 points and 12 assists, Blake Griffin added 26 points and the Los Angeles Clippers wasted no time in taking control on the way to a 110-93 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.DeAndre Jordan scored 12 points — on six shots, all dunks — and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Clippers (7-4), who led 39-15 after one quarter.Chris Bosh scored 28 for Miami (6-6), which has dropped three straight home games for the first time since March 3-8, 2011. Rookie reserve Shabazz Napier had a season-high 17 points.Dwyane Wade missed his fourth consecutive game with a strained left hamstring. The Heat are 5-3 when Wade plays this season, 1-3 when he doesnt.The Clippers had 31 assists to Miamis 11; Paul doled out more by himself than all 12 Heat players who logged action did combined.It was over early. The Clippers had 39 points with 30 seconds left in the first quarter; the Heat didnt cross the 39-point threshold until 30 seconds remained in the second quarter.Miami held Los Angeles scoreless on the Clippers first possession, which ordinarily would be in no way notable in an NBA game. Not in this case — considering the Clippers would score each of the next 11 times they had the basketball, running out to a 34-11 lead and never letting Miami make it a game again.Jammal Crawford had nine assists and J.ddddddddddddJ. Redick scored 14 points for the Clippers, who shot 56 per cent — and that was after the percentage plummeted once coach Doc Rivers emptied his bench for good midway through the fourth quarter.Mario Chalmers and Luol Deng each scored 13 for Miami.TIP-INSClippers: This marked the 15th time that the Clippers had played at Orlando and at Miami on back-to-back nights — and the first time they won both of those games. ... Heres a balanced first half: The Clippers had seven dunks and seven 3-pointers in the first 24 minutes. ... It was Pauls seventh double-double of the season. ... The Clippers will take a layover in Miami before heading to Memphis this weekend.Heat: Miami missed its first 11 3-point attempts. ... Udonis Haslem again didnt play for Miami. Danny Granger didnt check in for the first time until late in the third, and Justin Hamilton got his first action of the night late in the fourth. ... Shannon Brown started the second half after Norris Cole dislocated a finger on his left (non-shooting) hand midway through the second quarter. ... It was the 22nd time Bosh scored at least 28 points in a Heat uniform. Miami is 18-4 in those games.UP NEXTClippers: At Memphis on Sunday.Heat: At Orlando on Saturday. ' ' '