Diamond Backed By 4 HRs, Twins Rout Mariners
Scott Diamond pitched six shutout innings and Josh Willingham hit one of Minnesota's four home runs as the Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 10-0 Sunday.
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Scott Diamond pitched six shutout innings and Josh Willingham hit one of Minnesota's four home runs as the Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 10-0 Sunday.
Maya Moore scored 26 points and Seimone Augustus added 20 as the Minnesota Lynx opened the season with a 90-74 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Saturday night. Moore and Augustus combined to shoot 20 for 32 from the floor for the Lynx (1-0), who shot 50 percent. Kara Lawson made five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points for the Sun (1-2).
It is a river city and that means it's been around for a while. It also means it's probably seen its share of baseball in some form. Cedar Rapids' latest chapter involves the Twins. The Kernels moved to Iowa from Beloit, Wis. - taking the place of an Angels' affiliate. Kernels fan David Nelson says its minor league baseball, complete with the minor league feel.
Frank Kimmel moved within of victory of tying Iggy Katona's ARCA Racing Series record Saturday, winning the Akona 250 at Elko Speedway for his 78th win. The 51-year-old Kimmel led the last 50 laps en route to his second victory of the season. "Feels great," Kimmel said. "I love this place." Tom Hessert was second, followed by Jonathan Eilen, Justin Boston and Ken Schrader.
Defending series champion Ryan Dungey won the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships' inaugural Tennessee National on Saturday, finishing third in the first 450 Class moto and winning the second at Muddy Creek Raceway. "It's good to get the first win so early in the season," said Dungey, the Red Bull KTM rider from Belle Plaine, Minn.
The Lynx open their season Saturday night. Finally. By a quirk in the schedule, they're the last to get going. Half the teams in the WNBA have already played twice, including Saturday's opponent – Connecticut. No matter how many games you play, there's nothing like an opening night, says Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen.
Ryan Doumit's two-run triple off Tom Wilhelmsen with one out in the ninth inning sent the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday afternoon. This was the third blown save of the season for Wilhelmsen (0-1), all in his last four tries.
Organizers of Grandma's Marathon have extended registration for this year's race by an extra week. The extension gives runners through Friday, June 7, to join the field for Grandma's 37th running.
We all know high schools are in a constant fund-raiser mode and that creativity is more welcome than ever.
Minnehaha Academy's John Pryor is a pitcher's pitcher. He attacks the strike zone, he's careful with the meat of the order, and he goes after the bottom of it.
In baseball, there's nothing we value more than perfection. We celebrate perfect games, no-hitters, and 4-for-4 days at the plate because they are so rare. But perfection is equally rare in the classroom.
Hisashi Iwakuma struck out five in 7 2-3 innings and Kendrys Morales homered to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
Now that the Wild's season is over, the players assumably have a lot of time on their hands. They took a few weeks off and are back in the grind of working out and preparing to condition for the next season.
How in the world does a college rookie hit .462 at the plate -- nearly 50 points above his closest conference competitor? Not even the man who posted the gaudy Ted Williams-esque figures can quite figure it out.
Tara Lipinsky brings you some of the most interesting sports stories you may not have heard about in That Thing You Missed.
