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NEW YORK -- Brian Dozier remains the brightest light in yet another dismal season for the Minnesota Twins.Dozier extended his career-best hitting streak to 20 games with an infield single in Friday nights 3-0 loss to the New York Mets and Bartolo Colon.At the end of the day, kind of doesnt mean anything, to be honest with you, Dozier said.Minnesota is a major league-worst 55-93, losing 92 games or more for the fifth time in six seasons. Dozier, whose 41 home runs rank second in the majors behind Mark Trumbos 42 for Baltimore, watched across the field with envy as the Mets pursued an NL wild card.The opportunity to kind of learn these last couple of weeks, to see these teams and how they play when they are in the running for something special, thats what you have to take from these games right now, he said.The 43-year-old Colon (14-7) won for the fourth time in five decisions, allowing three singles in seven innings. Rookie pitcher Jose Berrios singled softly to right in the third in his first big league plate appearance, and Dozier reached on a slow bouncer to third that left Jose Reyes with no throw. Colon then retired Jorge Polanco on a flyout to escape a bases-loaded jam.Polanco singled in the sixth for the Twins last hit. Jeurys Familia worked around a pair of walks in the ninth to complete the three-hitter, retiring pinch-hitter Kennys Vargas on a flyout to deep left for his 49th save in 53 chances.Really, we hit one ball hard, said Minnesotas Paul Molitor, managing on the 20th anniversary of his 3,000th hit.Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera hit consecutive home runs against Berrios in the third, and Yoenis Cespedes added an RBI single in the seventh off Pat Light.The 22-year-old Berrios (2-7) was 2 when Colon made his big league debut in April 1997. Berrios allowed two runs and four hits in four innings and has given up 12 home runs in 48 2/3 innings. He dropped to 0-6 in seven starts since beating Cleveland on Aug. 1 in his return from the minors.After walking the bases loaded in the first, Berrios retired T.J. Rivera on an inning-ending flyout.I went over and I told him it might not be the prettiest zero youve ever put up, but it was a zero and regroup and get yourself back out there, Molitor said.WAY BACK WHENBerrios said the hit was his first since high school.It was a beautiful moment, he added. It was something that you sometimes dream about.DIFFERENT TYPE OF JAMMinnesotas second bus from its hotel arrived at Citi Field about 2 hours, 40 minutes ahead of game time after getting stuck in traffic.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: Joe Mauer, a DH on Thursday after missing four games due to a sore quadriceps, started at first base and went 0 for 1 with three walks. ... C Kurt Suzuki took a foul ball to the mask with Curtis Granderson batting in the seventh. 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As the winner of three of the big four races on the Australian racing calendar, former jockey Greg Hall now faces his biggest challenge.Homeless and on a disability pension, Hall has gone public after booking himself into a rehabilitation centre to fight his battle against alcohol.Hall, who won the Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate and Golden Slipper, said it was hard to admit he was an alcoholic but added it was therapeutic for him to go public with his story.He entered rehabilitation after former jockey, racing commentator Simon Marshall, contacted him to be interviewed at a recent Friday night Moonee Valley meeting.I told him I wouldnt be any good to you as the alcohol is starting to get the better of me, Hall told RSN927Its no secret that Ive had a problem with it for a long time and I made a decision, an overnight decision, and Ive come to get help.Hall sayss his alcoholism has destroyed his life and hes estranged from his family, having not seen his 18-year-old daughter Cassie for 14 years.ddddddddddddHe has also lost contact with his jockey son Nick who during this years spring carnival won a second Caulfield Cup aboard Jameka.Nicky is the most dearest thing to my heart, Hall said.Im not there for him and weve lost contact and I understand why.Thats what alcohol does. Alcohol doesnt just hurt me, its the ones around you, that love you and care about you.Hall stays in rehabilitation for three months and then goes to a transition house for another two months which he says is a stepping stone to getting out into the world again.I like a challenge and I know I can do it, he said. ' ' '