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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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) […]

Minnesota Twins catcher Mitch Garver will miss a few more games after taking a foul ball to his facemask Wednesday against the Yankees. Garver passed baseball’s concussion protocol but was not in the lineup Thursday night when the Twins opened a four-game series against the Royals in Kansas City. Manager Paul Molitor said Garver was […]

ROYALS 6, TWINS 4 Salvador Perez and Jorge Bonifacio hit back-to-back homers during a four-run sixth inning, Heath Fillmyer pitched into the eighth and Kansas City beat Minnesota. The Royals were hitless until Hunter Dozier greeted Alan Busenitz, the Twins’ third pitcher in the game, with a leadoff double to leftfield in the sixth. Perez […]

Joe Mauer has been the face of the Minnesota Twins for most of the century. Mauer, a native of St. Paul who attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School, was the No. 1 overall pick of the 2001 draft and made his big league debut three years later, quickly establishing himself as the hometown hero and one […]

TWINS 3, YANKEES 1 Jake Odorizzi’s no-hit bid was broken up when Greg Bird hit a run-scoring double with one out in the eighth inning, and Minnesota beat the Yankees to take two of three from New York. The Yankees’ lead over Oakland for the AL’s top wild card was cut to one game. Odorizzi […]

YANKEES 7, TWINS 2 Gary Sanchez had three hits, including a mammoth home run, J.A. Happ tossed six shutout innings and New York extended its mastery of Minnesota. The Yankees increased their lead over idle Oakland to three games for the first AL wild card. New York has beaten Minnesota nine straight times, including last […]