After their four-game winning streak was snapped by the Chicago White Sox in the series opener Monday, the American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins will turn to right-hander Michael Pineda in Game 2 of the three-game series on Tuesday night in Minneapolis. Pineda (8-5, 4.20 ERA), who missed the entire 2018 season following Tommy John surgery, […]
Twins lose at home to White Sox
WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 4 Jose Abreu hit a three-run homer in a four-run third inning, helping Ivan Nova and Chicago beat Minnesota. Nova (9-9) allowed 10 hits and two runs in 5 1/3 innings, with both runs scoring among Minnesota’s first three batters of the game. Alex Colome worked a rocky ninth for his […]
First-place Twins entertain White Sox at Target Field
Right-hander Kyle Gibson gets the start Monday night as the Minnesota Twins open a six-game homestand against the Chicago White Sox at Target Field in Minneapolis. The Twins finished a productive 5-1 road trip to Milwaukee and Texas with the team’s first-ever four-game sweep of the Rangers in Arlington. Jorge Polanco’s three-run triple with two […]
Twins sweep Rangers behind Polanco
TWINS 6, RANGERS 3 Jorge Polanco cleared the bases with a tiebreaking triple in the eighth inning, helping Minnesota to its first-ever four-game sweep of Texas. Polanco hit a two-out liner to the gap in right-center field off Emmanuel Clase (0-2). Minnesota maintained a 2+-game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central. Reliever Sam Dyson […]
Two All-Stars set for game two of series
The Texas Rangers have allowed 38 runs in their last four games, including 10 in the first four innings on Thursday night in an eventual 13-6 loss to the American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins in the opener of their four-game series in Arlington, Texas. The good news for Chris Woodward’s club is that All-Star left-hander […]
Twins Topple Texas
TWINS 13, RANGERS 6 Luis Arraez hit the first of three more homers by Minnesota in a win over Texas. Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario also went deep for Minnesota (73-48), which maintained a half-game lead over Cleveland for the AL Central lead. Marwin Gonzalez had a pair of RBI singles among his four hits. […]
Twins open four-game series in Texas tonight
The Texas Rangers find themselves 10 games out of an American League wild-card spot with just 42 games remaining as they open a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night in Arlington, Texas. Even so, the Rangers have a lot to play for, according to shortstop Elvis Andrus. “I think the next six […]
Twins lose late in Milwaukee
(Milwaukee, WI) — Rookie Trent Grisham belted a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth to lift the Brewers past the Twins 6-5 in Milwaukee. Eric Thames had three hits and two RBI for the Crew, who split the two-game set. Junior Guerra got the win and Matt Albers his fourth save. Mitch Garver homered to […]
Twins play Brewers again today
Right-hander Kyle Gibson will try for his 12th win of the season as the visiting Minnesota Twins attempt to sweep their two-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon. Gibson (11-5, 4.24 ERA) has won two of his past three starts but comes in off a 7-5 loss to Cleveland on Thursday when he […]
Twins back in first place
TWINS 7, BREWERS 5 Christian Yelich returned to the starting lineup and sparked a late rally, but it wasn’t enough for the Milwaukee as Marwin Gonzalez hit a three-run home run off of Josh Hader to propel Minnesota to a come-from-behind win. With Milwaukee trailing 4-1 in the seventh inning, Yelich hit an RBI double […]