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Twins top White Sox, halting Davis Martin's win streak at 6
Tristan Gray went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Luke Keaschall added a pair of hits and drove in two runs for Minnesota, which secured a series victory. Alex Jackson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.,...
Twins prevail over White Sox; halt Davis Martin's 6-game win streak
Tristan Gray went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Luke Keaschall added a pair of hits and drove in two runs for Minnesota, which secured a series victory. Alex Jackson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI....
White Sox turn to Davis Martin in bid to even series vs. Twins
The Chicago White Sox need someone to help them bounce back from a series-opening loss.,Their best pitcher is ready to give it his best shot.,White Sox right-hander Davis Martin will take the mound against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday evening in the second contest of a three-game series in Minneap...
Twins acquire RHP Justin Lawrence from Pirates in cash deal
Right-hander Justin Lawrence, designated for assignment by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, was traded to the Minnesota Twins in a cash transaction on Monday.,Lawrence, 31, went 0-2 with a 5.32 ERA in 23 relief appearances for Pittsburgh this year. He struck out 25 and walked 12 in 22 innings.,He p...
Tristan Gray's slam leads Twins to skid-ending win over White Sox
Tristan Gray belted a grand slam and finished with five RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 9-6 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Josh Bell went 2-for-4 with a double for Minnesota, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Trevor Larnach finished 2-for-3 with an ...
Twins hope homestand starting vs. White Sox can help halt skid
A fresh start at home cannot come soon enough for the Minnesota Twins.,The Twins, who are reeling from a five-game losing streak to finish their recent road trip, will return to familiar surroundings when they open a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox on Monday evening in Minneapolis.,M...
Pirates rout Twins to complete three-game sweep
Ryan O'Hearn and Nick Gonzales each homered to highlight another strong offensive output for the host Pittsburgh Pirates in a 9-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.,The Pirates scored a combined 25 runs on 31 hits to complete a three-game sweep over the reeling Twins, who lost their f...
Twins place RHP Bailey Ober (elbow) on 15-day injured list
The Minnesota Twins placed right-hander Bailey Ober on the 15-day injured list on Sunday with inflammation in his right elbow.,Ober, 30, is 6-3 with a 4.59 ERA in 12 starts this season. He was shelled for eight runs (seven earned) on 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's 10-9 loss at Pittsburgh.,Ob...
Offense keeping Pirates above .500 as they go for sweep of Twins
The Pirates opened the month of May with a three-game sweep and could close it with another if they beat the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh.,A big reason the Pirates have kept themselves at or above .500 since April 1 has been an improved offense backing up their talented rotation...
Jake Mangum, Nick Gonzales help Pirates outlast Twins
Jake Mangum and Nick Gonzales each totaled three hits and two RBIs to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a wild 10-9 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon.,Mangum's second-inning solo home run to right center off Twins starter Bailey Ober (6-3) was his first as a Pirate, and ignited a ...
Twins DFA P Simeon Woods Richardson after 0-7 start
The Minnesota Twins designated right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment Saturday after a disastrous 0-7 start to the season.,Richardson, 25, leads the major leagues in losses and leads the American League in earned runs allowed (41).,His ERA swelled to 7.74 in Thursday's 6-2 road loss to ...
Pirates' Bryan Reynolds aims to stay hot in rematch vs. Twins
Bryan Reynolds is on a torrid hitting stretch as the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon.,Reynolds' two-run walk-off homer on Friday extended his hitting streak to seven games and spared the Pirates from a three-game losing streak. ,The Twins, who have dropped three in ...
Bryan Reynolds' walk-off blast lifts Pirates past Twins
Bryan Reynolds' two-run walk-off home run lifted the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.,Reynolds' sixth home run of the season came with one out in the ninth off Twins reliever Taylor Rogers (1-2) and represented his second career walk-off home run and fou...
Twins place LHP Kendry Rojas (elbow) on 15-day IL
The Minnesota Twins placed left-hander Kendry Rojas on the 15-day injured list on Friday, one day after he was scratched from his scheduled start due to inflammation in his pitching elbow.,The move is retroactive to Tuesday.,Rojas, 23, is 1-0 with a 1.26 ERA in five games (one start) since making hi...
Pirates RHP Jared Jones returns after 20-month absence to face Twins
It will be a night of returns when the Minnesota Twins take on the host Pittsburgh Pirates to open a three-game series on Friday night.,For the Pirates, who are coming off consecutive losses and a series split with the Chicago Cubs, electric right-hander Jared Jones will make his return from right e...
White Sox ride lineup momentum into series finale against Twins
Chicago White Sox ace Davis Martin admits, "I don't like talking about myself.",The Minnesota Twins can relate.,After absorbing a 15-2 defeat on Wednesday, the visiting Twins will aim to move on against Martin on Thursday afternoon as they try to split the four-game series.,"There's not much we did ...
David Sandlin dazzles in debut as White Sox smash Twins
David Sandlin pitched six innings of one-run ball in his major league debut and Munetaka Murakami homered for the third straight game as the host Chicago White Sox blasted the Minnesota Twins 15-2 on Wednesday.,Chicago secured at least a split of the four-game series behind a sterling outing from Sa...
Rookie pitchers duel in AL Central showdown between White Sox, Twins
Chicago White Sox right-hander David Sandlin expects his major league debut Wednesday to be "surreal" no matter the result.,White Sox fans likely would relish it more if Sandlin helps the club get back into the win column against the visiting Minnesota Twins.,After losing 5-3 in 11 innings on Tuesda...
Brooks Lee's 3-run, 11th-inning doubles lifts Twins past White Sox
Brooks Lee delivered a go-ahead, bases-clearing double in the 11th inning among his two hits, boosting the visiting Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,Kody Clemens and Austin Martin also drove in runs for Minnesota, which won for the fifth time in six games wh...
Twins tasked with slowing White Sox's Japanese rookies
Only three Japanese-born players had appeared for the Chicago White Sox before this season.,Now Chicago can put two Japanese countrymen in the same starting lineup as recent call-up Rikuu Nishida joins slugging rookie first baseman Munetaka Murakami.,After connecting for a solo shot in the first inn...