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HAMBURG, Germany -- German media reports say Hamburger SV has fired Thorsten Fink as coach following the teams disappointing start to the Bundesliga. Bild is reporting that Hamburg sports director Oliver Kreuzer informed the 45-year-old Fink he was being fired late on Monday. The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper reports on its website that Hamburg is already in talks with former Hertha Berlin and Hoffenheim coach Markus Babbel as a successor. There was no official confirmation from the club. Hamburg was routed 6-2 by Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and was humbled 5-1 at home by Hoffenheim earlier in the season. The team has conceded 15 goals and secured just four points from five matches. Seahawks Sherman Jersey . Brayden McNabb made it 3-0 late in the second period, and Nick Tarnasky and Luke Adam completed the scoring in the third. David Leggio made 44 shots for the shutout. 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Also, with that in mind, the term "Potential Sleepers" is used in this series to describe players who could sneak into the earlier rounds of the draft, as opposed to the traditional reference to a lesser known or lower ranked prospect.MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has watched Joe Mauer chew up opposing pitchers for so long that sometimes he has to remind himself that hitting isnt as easy as Mauer makes it look. Now is one of those times. Mauer had another four hits and three RBIs to lead the Twins to an 8-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. "Ive seen him hit his whole career," Gardenhire said. "Weve seen him do this. I keep saying its incredible, and it is. At this level, to keep swinging and get those hits and rack them up like that, it is incredible. That will never change. Hes just an amazing hitter." Mauer sprayed four singles into the Target Field outfield, making him 8 for 10 in the series through two games and raising his average to .386. Brian Dozier added two hits and two RBIs in his first career game batting leadoff for the Twins. Left-hander Jason Vargas (0-2) gave up five runs and nine hits with two walks in just 3 1-3 innings for the Angels, who are off to another slow start after spending big in the winter to chase a championship. They have lost 10 of their first 14 games thanks in large part to poor starting pitching. Mike Trout had two hits and three RBIs, including a two-run double in the ninth off Glen Perkins. But shortstop Pedro Florimon grabbed a ricochet off third baseman Trevor Plouffes glove to get Albert Pujols to end the game and give Perkins his third save. Mike Pelfrey (2-1) gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings for the Twins. He was shaky again in his first season back from Tommy John surgery, but Mauer took care of the offence. One night after the star catcher homered among his four hits to help the Twins break out of a season-long offensive funk, they hurt Vargas with long at-bats. Mauer picked up a pair of two-strike singles up the middle in the first two innings, the last of which scored two to give Minnesota a 3-0 lead. He singled again in the fourth inning, giving him six straight hits in the series. Even his lone out of the night was a loud one, a screaming line drive at left fielder Trouts knees in the fifth inniing.dddddddddddd He came back with one more RBI single in the seventh to make it 8-4. "When he gets hot," Dozier said, "nobody can really stop him." It was the second time in his career that the three-time AL batting champion has had at least four hits in back-to-back games. He also did it June 26-27, 2006, against the Dodgers. "Im seeing the ball pretty well," Mauer said with typical understatement. "Im just trying to hold on to that feeling." The last thing the beleaguered Angels pitching staff needed was another short outing from the starting pitcher. But thats exactly what they got from Vargas, who needed 90 pitches to get 10 outs. Trout picked up just his third RBI of the season on a hard-hit single and Pujols followed with one of his own to tie the score 3-3. Vargas left with one out in the fourth after Justin Morneau scorched a base hit that took a wicked hop off first baseman Mark Trumbos shoulder and gave the Twins a 5-4 lead. "Theres not one magic cure for all the guys that are struggling right now," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Everybody has their own unique set of circumstances and theyre going to have to make adjustments according to their own game on what they need to do. I think we have some really good pitchers that just arent throwing the ball well right now." Twins outfielder Wilkin Ramirez left the game in the fifth inning after being hit in the back with a pickoff attempt by Williams. Ramirez is listed day to day. NOTES: Angels RHP Ryan Madson threw 40 pitches off the mound before the game as he gets closer to a return from Tommy John surgery. Manager Mike Scioscia said everything went well and the next step is for Madson to throw a simulated game, most likely when the Angels return home on Friday. ... Twins CF Darin Mastroianni was a late scratch because of a sore left ankle. ... Twins slugger Josh Willingham missed his second straight game due to illness. ... RHP Vance Worley (0-2, 10.50) will pitch for the Twins against RHP Tommy Hanson (1-1, 6.55) in the season finale on Wednesday night. ' ' '