Toronto right-hander Clay Buchholz will make his second start of the season as the Blue Jays aim for their first series victory of the year when they play the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis. Buchholz (0-0, 1.50 ERA), who signed a free agent contract with the Blue Jays in early March, began the […]
Twins get by Blue Jays
TWINS 4, BLUE JAYS 1 Nelson Cruz had two hits and two RBIs, helping Jake Odorizzi and Minnesota beat Toronto following a 54-minute rain delay. Odorizzi (1-2) won for the first time in four starts this season, striking out six in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed six hits, one run and one walk. Blake Parker […]
Making NFL schedule is like putting a puzzle together
Howard Katz has the most unenviable task in the National Football League. As the league’s senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations, he is the point person for formulating the schedule and trying to make the executives of the league’s four broadcast partners happy. Before the public got a look at the upcoming regular-season […]
Twins-Jays game three of series tonight
First-year Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli will try to put an end to the first losing streak of his managing career on Wednesday night when the Twins host Toronto at Target Field in Minneapolis. Jake Odorizzi (0-2, 6.35 ERA), who pitched six one-hit innings with 11 strikeouts in his only previous start at Target Field on […]
Twins lose to Toronto again
BLUE JAYS 6, TWINS 5 Teoscar Hernandez and Justin Smoak hit two-run singles as Toronto rallied past Minnesota. Hernandez singled off Twins reliever Trevor Hildenberger in the top of the seventh to give Toronto a 6-4 lead. Hernandez had capitalized against Minnesota’s bullpen a day earlier, too, hitting a home run in the eighth inning […]
Twins and Jays back at it again tonight at Target Field
After rallying for four runs in the eighth inning to pull out a 5-3 victory in Monday’s series opener, the Toronto Blue Jays will try to win back-to-back games for only the second time this season on Tuesday night when they play the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis. Aaron Sanchez (1-1, 1.69 ERA) […]
Twins fall late to Blue Jays
BLUE JAYS 5, TWINS 3 Teoscar Hernandez hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning, giving Toronto a badly needed offensive boost with three hits in a victory over Minnesota. After Martin Perez finished six innings in his first start for the Twins with only one run allowed and Ryne Harper struck out two […]
Vikings add QB, WR
The Minnesota Vikings have signed former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Sean Mannion and ex-Denver Broncos wide receiver Jordan Taylor. Mannion will likely replace Trevor Siemian, who joined the New York Jets, as the primary backup to Kirk Cousins. Kyle Sloter will also be in the second-string mix. Mannion was a third-round draft pick by the […]
Twins host Toronto at Target Field
It took almost three weeks, but No. 5 starter Martin Perez will finally make his first start of the season for the Minnesota Twins on Monday night when they open a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays in Minneapolis. It will be the 129th career start for the 28-year-old left-hander, who signed a one-year […]
Twins tame Tigers
TWINS 6, TIGERS 4 Jose Berrios (2-1) pitched into the seventh inning for his first win since opening day, Trevor Hildenberger struck out two with the bases loaded for his first save and Minnesota beat Detroit to complete a two-game sweep. C.J. Cron homered and drove in three, and Eddie Rosario was a triple short […]