After leading the American League Central for 104 consecutive days, the Minnesota Twins have some company in the top spot heading into their Saturday night game against the Cleveland Indians in Minneapolis. Cleveland, which trailed the Twins by 11 1/2 games on June 2, moved into a tie for first place with Minnesota thanks to […]

INDIANS 7, TWINS 5 Jose Ramirez drove in three runs, Mike Clevinger kept Minnesota quiet with nine strikeouts in seven innings, and Cleveland struck first in this four-game series between the AL Central front-runners to pull within a game of the Twins. Indians closer Brad Hand ended the game by retiring Eddie Rosario on a […]

After trailing the Minnesota Twins by as many as 11 1/2 games on June 3, the three-time defending American League Central-champion Cleveland Indians open a four-game series in Minneapolis on Thursday night just two games out of first place. The Indians, who have gone 39-16 in their last 55 games and come in off a […]

BRAVES 11, TWINS 7 Ozzie Albies homered twice in his second straight four-hit game, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Freddie Freeman both went deep, and Atlanta beat Minnesota. Max Fried (13-4) used a season-high 10 strikeouts to win his fourth consecutive start, pitching into the sixth inning. The terrific trio at the top of the lineup […]

Left-hander Max Fried, who has won three consecutive starts, will try to cool the red-hot bat of Nelson Cruz when he takes the mound for the Atlanta Braves in the rubber match with the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis. Fried (12-4, 4.07 ERA) is 5-1 with a 3.99 ERA in his past seven […]

(Minneapolis, MN) — Ronald Acuna Jr. homered on the first pitch of the game and the Braves went on to beat the Twins 12-7 in Minnesota. Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer for Atlanta, which led 11-0 in the sixth. Freeman drove in four, and Acuna had two RBI and scored four runs. Mike Foltynewicz […]

Right-hander Mike Foltynewicz returns to the majors following a six-start stint in Triple-A and will start Tuesday night’s game for the Atlanta Braves against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis. Foltynewicz (2-5, 6.37 ERA), a member of the 2018 National League All-Star team during a season that saw him go 13-10 with a […]

TWINS 5, BRAVES 3 Miguel Sano’s pinch-hit, two-run homer in the ninth inning gave Minnesota a victory over Atlanta. Sano’s 19th home run of the season went an estimated 443 feet off reliever Chris Martin, hitting high off the wall in center field. Martin (0-3) was making his second appearance for Atlanta since being acquired […]

The Minnesota Twins started their 10-game homestand with a three-game sweep of the struggling Kansas City Royals. Now comes the tough part. Minnesota leads the American League’s Central Division by three games over the three-time defending champion Cleveland Indians, who will visit Target Field for a key four-game series starting Thursday night. But first is […]

TWINS 3, ROYALS 0 Devin Smeltzer pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning for his first major league win, and Minnesota finished off a three-game sweep. Jason Castro homered and Eddie Rosario drove in two runs for the Twins, who maintained their three-game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central. Smeltzer (1-1) struck out four […]