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MINNEAPOLIS -- Danny Valencias questionable decision wound up leading to a loss for Minnesota.Thats the way this woeful season has been playing out for the Twins. Even their former teammates have been taking advantage of them.Coco Crisp snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single after Valencia started the decisive rally, and the Oakland Athletics ended a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over Minnesota on Monday.Kendall Graveman (4-6) stopped a recent slide by the As rotation, allowing three hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings. Twins starter Ricky Nolasco (3-7) was on track to top him, but the momentum shifted in the seventh.Valencias leadoff double halted his 0-for-17 slump, and he aggressively reached third on a grounder to shortstop when Eduardo Nunezs high throw after a slight hesitation was a hair late. Valencia was called out on the field, but the replay challenge by As manager Bob Melvin brought a reversal after review.I think that a good throw, Twins manager Paul Molitor said, and hes probably out by a fair margin.Valencias foot hit the base barely before Miguel Sanos tag on the back.I felt I was safe the whole time. Just trying to be aggressive out there, said Valencia, a 19th-round draft pick by the Twins in 2006 who played for them in parts of three seasons. The As are his fifth team since Minnesota traded him in 2012.Suddenly, the roll that Nolasco was on screeched to a stop. Stephen Vogts single drove in Valencia to tie the game, and Nolasco was removed for Taylor Rogers. With two outs, Crisp smacked a single up the middle on the fourth two-strike pitch he faced. Second baseman Brian Dozier made a diving attempt but just missed.Just tried to get deep in the game, said Nolasco, who has lasted at least five innings in 16 of his 17 starts this season.The Twins, after totaling 24 hits in their previous two games, managed only four. That included a two-out triple by Eddie Rosario in the ninth, but Ryan Madson recovered from that hit and a walk to earn his 16th save in 19 attempts.Not enough offense, Molitor said, repeating a lament hes expressed many times this year.Rookie reliever Ryan Dull was the bridge between Graveman and Madson, and the right-hander breezed through four batters.Dull retired Nunez on a fielders choice after a slick play by shortstop Marcus Semien. That stretched Dulls record streak of inherited runners stranded to 36 since the start of the season. Thats the longest in major league history since the expansion era began in 1961, according to the As. Opponents have one hit in 47 at-bats with runners in scoring position against Dull this year.MAUER POWER?Joe Mauer, who entered in a 4-for-36 slump, had two hits and a walk for the Twins in his first multihit game in almost two weeks. The double was only his eighth of the season.BULLPEN SHUFFLEThe Twins optioned LHP Buddy Boshers to Triple-A Rochester after the game to make room for RHP Trevor May, who will be reinstated from the DL before Tuesdays game. May has missed 23 games with a lower-back injury and started a rehab assignment a week ago.TRAINERS ROOMBackup INF Eduardo Escobars sore hamstring will likely keep him out until Thursday, but he is expected to avoid the DL.UP NEXTOakland rookie left-hander Sean Manaea (3-4, 5.40 ERA) takes the mound Tuesday in the middle game of the series, opposite Minnesota LHP Tommy Milone (0-2, 6.23). Manaea beat the Twins last month with eight strikeouts in six innings and only one run allowed. 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HOOVER, Alabama -- New?Georgia?coach Kirby Smart?anticipated not having one of his star running backs available at the start of preseason camp, but he didnt expect both to be sidelined.Star tailbacks Nick Chubb and Sony Michel will be limited when the Bulldogs begin full-contact drills in preseason camp next month, Smart said Tuesday.The coach isnt sure how much either one of them will be available for the Sept. 3 opener against?North Carolina?in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at?the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.It makes it tough, said Smart, who was speaking at his first SEC Media Days as Georgias head coach on Tuesday. I think its a little more stressful for the coaches, especially the offensive coaches, on how we handle those first two scrimmages. Our identity is being big and physical and we want to run the ball. Well, our two backs that are best at doing that have two question marks by them.Chubb, who ran for 1,547 yards as a freshman in 2014 and had 745 yards in the first five games last season, is still recovering from torn knee ligaments and cartilage damage in his left knee. He underwent surgery on Oct. 23, after injuring his knee on his only carry in a 38-31 loss at Tennessee on Oct. 10.Chubb, a junior from Cedartown, Georgia, was able to participate in spring practice, but was held out of all drills involving full contact.The big thing with Nick is going to be live, full-contact tackling, Smart said. Hell do pretty much everything in the first part of camp. Hell catch the ball and do drills and a llot of the thud work.dddddddddddd The psychological part of going through the first tackling is going to be a big thing for him. We have people working with him on that aspect of it.Michel, a junior from Plantation, Florida, underwent surgery on July 4 after breaking his left forearm in an ATV accident a day earlier. Smart said Michel suffered an open wound and wasnt released from the hospital until Friday.Michel ran for 1,161 yards with eight touchdowns last season, with much of his production coming after Chubbs injury.Although doctors initially projected Michels recovery would take six to eight weeks, Smart said he isnt sure when hell be back.We dont know, Smart said. Its an injury they dont have a lot of experience with because its a non-football injury.Last season, Smart was Alabamas defensive coordinator when running back Kenyan Drake broke his left arm in a 31-6 win at Mississippi State on Nov. 14. Drake didnt suffer a compound fracture and was able to return to action three weeks later in the Tides 29-15 victory over Alabama in the SEC championship game.People say it [will take Michel] six to eight weeks, Smart said. Kenyans was less than that, but his injury was less than that.Until Chubb and Michel are available, senior Brendan Douglas,?sophomore Shaquery Wilson and freshmen Tae Crowder,?Brian Herrien and Elijah Holyfield?figure to share carries in preseason camp. ' ' '