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Mike Yastrzemski triples, scores on error as Giants walk off Twins
A throwing error by second baseman Brooks Lee turned Mike Yastrzemski's ninth-inning triple into a San Francisco Giants walk-off win in a 3-2 decision over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.,In the final game of the first half for both teams, the Giants took a 2-0 lead into the ninth ...
Twins place INF Jose Miranda (back) on 10-day IL
The Minnesota Twins placed infielder Jose Miranda on the 10-day injured list on Sunday because of a low back strain.,The move is retroactive to Thursday.,Miranda, 26, is in his third season with the Twins. He is batting .325 with 21 doubles, nine home runs, 43 RBIs and 35 runs in 76 games.,On July 6...
Old teammates square off as Giants, Twins finish series
Chris Paddack will reunite with a former teammate and the manager who traded him when the Minnesota Twins and San Francisco Giants wrap up the unofficial first half of the season in Northern California on Sunday afternoon.,The clubs split the first two games of the series.,Minnesota's Paddack pitche...
Twins take lead in 6th, then 'pen stifles Giants
Carlos Santana broke a sixth-inning tie with a home run and the Minnesota Twins won a battle of bullpens for a 4-2 victory over the host San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon.,Santana's homer, his 13th of the season, came off the Giants' second pitcher, Taylor Rogers (1-3), after a pair of rook...
Twins take early lead, then 'pen shuts down Giants
Carlos Santana broke a sixth-inning tie with a home run and the Minnesota Twins won a battle of bullpens for a 4-2 victory over the host San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon.,Santana's homer, his 13th of the season, came off the Giants' second pitcher, Taylor Rogers (1-3), after a pair of rook...
Twins' Carlos Correa wants play to do talking vs. Giants
Carlos Correa will get an opportunity to show San Francisco Giants fans what might have been when he and the visiting Minnesota Twins continue a three-game interleague series Saturday afternoon.,The Giants opened the set with a 7-1 triumph Friday night, winning a battle of shortstops when Brett Wise...
Brett Wisely's single, double, triple lift Giants past Twins
Kyle Harrison ended a personal five-game winless streak, Brett Wisely collected a triple, a double and a single, and the San Francisco Giants opened a three-game home interleague series against the Minnesota Twins with a 7-1 victory on Friday.,Jorge Soler had a triple among his two hits for the Gian...
Twins place INF Kyle Farmer (shoulder) on 10-day IL
Minnesota Twins infielder Kyle Farmer was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain, the team announced Friday.,The move is retroactive to July 11.,In 63 games this season, Farmer is hitting .189 with a .291 on-base percentage. He drove in 15 runs and scored another 15 while wal...
Local high school products meet as Twins visit Giants
Pitching products of San Francisco Bay Area high schools go head-to-head for the first time Friday night when the Minnesota Twins visit the Giants for the start of a three-game interleague series.,The clubs haven't met in San Francisco since 2017. The Giants took two of three in Minnesota last May a...
Twins slip past White Sox for split of twin bill
Brooks Lee and Carlos Correa hit back-to-back solo homers in the sixth inning, and Ryan Jeffers drove in the go-head run in the seventh as the Minnesota Twins edged the host Chicago White Sox 3-2 to split a doubleheader on Wednesday.,Chicago took the first game 3-1 as the teams made up a rainout on ...
Luis Robert's two-run shot lifts White Sox over Twins in Game 1
Luis Robert smacked a two-run home run and Erick Fedde pitched five shutout innings to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 win against the visiting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday in the opener of a doubleheader.,Chicago made the most of four hits to stop a three-game losing streak and defeat Minnesota...
Hard-hitting Matt Wallner, Twins ready for twin bill vs. White Sox
Advanced metrics show that Minnesota Twins outfielder Matt Wallner smacked his team's two hardest-hit balls of the season over the past two games.,"He's a large man with a good swing," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said of Wallner.,However, Mother Nature kept Wallner, his teammates and the host White...
Twins-White Sox postponed; doubleheader Wednesday
Tuesday's matchup between the Minnesota Twins and host Chicago White Sox was postponed due to ongoing rain in the area.,Instead, the teams will play a straight doubleheader on Wednesday beginning at 1:10 p.m. local time, which is when their series finale was originally scheduled. Game 2 will begin 3...
Surging Twins hope to keep rolling against White Sox
Five players had multi-hit games for the Minnesota Twins in their latest victory, an 8-6, 11-inning road win against the Chicago White Sox on Monday.,"We have a lot of depth in our lineup," Twins shortstop Carlos Correa said. "A lot of guys that can get the job done on any given night. ... That's wh...
Twins pile up 15 hits, top White Sox in 11 innings
Brooks Lee delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the 11th inning and Byron Buxton had three hits to boost the Minnesota Twins to an 8-6 victory against the host Chicago White Sox on Monday.,Matt Wallner, Carlos Correa and Trevor Larnach homered as Minnesota improved to 8-0 against Chicago this season w...
Twins reinstate RHP Chris Paddack from IL to start Monday
The Minnesota Twins reinstated Chris Paddack from the 15-day injured list Monday, and the right-hander is scheduled to start for the team Monday night against the Chicago White Sox. ,In a corresponding move, the Twins optioned RHP Josh Winder to Triple-A St. Paul. ,Paddack, 28, landed on the IL Jun...
Twins' Christian Vazquez aims to ride momentum into matchup vs. White Sox
Minnesota Twins catcher Christian Vazquez is batting just .204 entering Monday night's three-game series opener against the host Chicago White Sox, but recent success has brightened his spirits.,Vazquez hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning against Houston Astros closer Josh Hader on Sunday an...
Twins SS Carlos Correa (hand) avoids serious injury
Minnesota Twins All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa departed Sunday's game against the Houston Astros after being hit on the right hand by a pitch from Spencer Arrighetti.,X-rays taken during the game were negative and didn't reveal any fractures. The Twins said Correa had a right finger contusion.,Cor...
Twins walk off against Astros on Christian Vazquez's HR
Christian Vazquez's walk-off home run to open the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins over the Houston Astros 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Vazquez finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Minnesota, which took the rubber match of the three-game series and have won six of t...
Twins place utility player Austin Martin (oblique) on IL
The Minnesota Twins placed utility player Austin Martin on the 10-day injured list on Sunday because of right oblique strain.,In a corresponding move, the Twins recalled outfielder Matt Wallner from Triple-A St. Paul.,Martin, 25, has not played since Friday. The move is retroactive to Saturday.,He m...