After winning just one series over the span of six weeks, the Seattle Mariners will try to notch their second series victory in a row when they face the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Mariners began their current nine-game road trip by taking two out of three against the Los Angeles Angels. […]
Late miscues costly for Twins in loss to M’s
MARINERS 9, TWINS 6, 10 INNINGS Dee Gordon scored for Seattle on one of Minnesota’s three errors in the 10th inning. Gordon opened the 10th with a ground-rule double off Tyler Duffey (1-1). Shed Long walked before the runners advanced on Dylan Moore’s sacrifice. Mallex Smith followed with a grounder to first baseman C.J. Cron, […]
Vikings great Steve Jordan to Ring of Honor
The Minnesota Vikings will make former tight end Steve Jordan the 25th member of their Ring of Honor this season. The ceremony will be Oct. 24, at halftime of Minnesota’s game against Washington. Jordan, a seventh-round draft pick out of Brown who played all 13 of his NFL seasons with the Vikings from 1982-94, is […]
Game two: Mariners at Twins
Minnesota right-hander Jose Berrios has pitched at least 5 2/3 innings in all but one of his 13 starts during a consistent 8-2 season so far. The one blemish during that span came against the Seattle Mariners. Berrios gets another chance against the Mariners on Wednesday night when the Twins host Seattle in the second […]
Twins Take Mariners To Start Homestand
(Minneapolis, MN) — The Twins rallied a couple of times to beat the Mariners 6-5 to start their homestand with a victory on Tuesday night at Target Field. The Mariners lead 3-0 early and 5-3 after seven innings before the Twins put three on the board in the eighth. Marwin Gonzalez drove in the winning […]
Vikings Lock Up Rudolph
>>Vikings, TE Rudolph Reach Four-Year Deal (Eagan, MN) — The Minnesota Vikings are locking up tight end Kyle Rudolph on the eve of mandatory minicamp. Multiple outlets report the two sides agreed to a four-year, 36-million-dollar contract extension late Monday. The deal will keep him in Minnesota through the 2023 season. Rudolph has spent his […]
Twins and Mariners Could Be Explosive
The two best home run hitting teams in major league baseball square off when the Seattle Mariners open a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis. The Mariners, coming off Sunday’s six-homer effort in a 9-3 road victory over the Los Angeles Angels, leapfrogged the Twins for the major league lead […]
Twins tame Tigers
TWINS 12, TIGERS 2 Nelson Cruz homered for the fourth straight game and Miguel Sano, Byron Buxton and Eddie Rosario also connected. Jake Odorizzi (9-2) allowed one run on five hits and one walk in six innings. He has given up just one run in his past 22 1/3 innings. Ryan Carpenter (1-3) was tagged […]
Former Twin and Red Sox legend Ortiz shot
Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at close range Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said Ortiz was at the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo […]
Twins open series in Detroit against Tigers
The Detroit Tigers gave Miguel Cabrera the day off on Thursday. With the powerful Minnesota Twins coming to town, Cabrera will be back in the lineup on Friday for the series opener. Manager Ron Gardenhire didn’t play Cabrera on Thursday afternoon following a night game. Cabrera has been dealing with a chronic right knee pain […]