TWINS 5, TIGERS 3 Chris Gimenez homered and Tyler Austin drove in three runs to lead the Twins. The Twins have won three straight, while the Tigers have lost seven of nine. Mikie Mahtook drove in all of Detroit’s runs. Jake Odorizzi (7-10) allowed two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked […]
Patton recovering from surgery
Minnesota Timberwolves center Justin Patton has had surgery for a broken foot for the second straight year and is out indefinitely. The team said Tuesday that Patton’s operation on his right foot in New York went as planned. Patton sustained the same injury, a fractured fifth metatarsal, on his left loot last year after he […]
As expected, Vikes add Bailey
The Minnesota Vikings have signed kicker Dan Bailey, owner of the second-best field goal percentage in NFL history and replacement for rookie Daniel Carlson. Bailey’s deal was done on Tuesday, after the Vikings waived Carlson fresh from his 0-for-3 game at Green Bay. The fifth-round draft pick from Auburn missed field goals of 48, 49 […]
Twins stay in Motor City for game two of series
Jake Odorizzi flirted with a no-hitter in his last start. The Minnesota Twins right-hander will be looking to follow that up with another sharp performance in Detroit on Tuesday night. Odorizzi kept the powerful New York Yankees’ lineup off-balance last Wednesday. Greg Bird ended the no-hit bid with a run-scoring double with one out in […]
Vikings cut rookie kicker Carlson
With a roster built for the Super Bowl, the Minnesota Vikings were in no position to practice patience with a struggling kicker. Rather than hoping Daniel Carlson could refocus after missing all three of his field goal attempts in the tie game at Green Bay, the Vikings waived the rookie on Monday and punted on […]
Twins get a pair of homers in win over Tigers
TWINS 6, TIGERS 1 Kohl Stewart pitched six solid innings and Eddie Rosario homered for Minnesota before leaving with an injury in a victory over Detroit. Gabriel Moya pitched the opening inning for the Twins before Stewart (2-1) took over and worked through the seventh. He allowed an unearned run and three hits with five […]
Twins season continues in Motown
Christin Stewart, a September call-up, is getting a chance to play regularly as the Detroit Tigers’ season winds down. The rookie left fielder has started six consecutive games and enjoyed the best day in his brief career on Sunday, collecting three hits and the first RBI of his career in a 6-4 win over Cleveland. […]
Vikings and Packers tie
A tie felt odd to Kirk Cousins. On one hand, the Minnesota Vikings quarterback threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to help rally his team from a 20-7 deficit against the Green Bay Packers. But three missed field goals, including two in overtime, by rookie Daniel Carlson hurt. So did a pass from […]
Twins salvage final game in Kansas City
TWINS 9, ROYALS 6 Tyler Austin hit one of Minnesota’s four home runs and made a spectacular catch while flipping into the dugout down the first-base line as Minnesota avoided a four-game sweep. Max Kepler, Johnny Field and Jorge Polanco also went deep for the Twins, who had a season-high 18 hits. Kyle Gibson (8-13) […]
Young Viking DBs getting better
For all the heads Mike Hughes has turned in practice with Minnesota since the Vikings picked him in the first round of the draft , they certainly harbored no plan to play him on 79 percent of the snaps on defense in his first real NFL game. That’s what happened in his debut, though, thanks […]