Alex Kirilloff's Hot Streak With Saints Could See Him Called Up
He earlier struggled with the big league club, largely because his surgically-repaired right wrist was causing swing problems.
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He earlier struggled with the big league club, largely because his surgically-repaired right wrist was causing swing problems.
Minnesota Aurora FC, the state's newest sports team, kicked off their inaugural season Thursday night before a sold-out crowd at TCO Stadium.
Whit Merrifield drove in two runs with a double and scored on Bobby Witt Jr.'s double, as the Kansas City Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning and beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Thursday night.
Byron Buxton ran down a fly to right-center at the warning track looking to make the type of tricky catch that's routine for him. This time, there was a twist.
Minnesota Aurora FC's season officially begins with a sold-out home opener Thursday evening. And if you can't cheer for the team in person this summer, you can stream the gameday experience on CBS News Minnesota.
"We go into the locker room and my locker is next to K.J. Choi and Darren Clarke. It's like wow. that's pretty cool," Chiles said.
Jeimer Candelario hit the tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning after Harold Castro went deep twice earlier, and the Detroit Tigers dodged another sweep in Minnesota by coming back to beat the Twins 4-2 on Wednesday.
Joe Ryan, who has been the ace of the Twins' pitching lineup so far this season, has been placed on the COVID Injured List.
Karl-Anthony Towns has earned All-NBA honors for the second time in his career, and the award puts him in line for a big payday.
Gray struck out a season-high 10 over seven sharp innings, carrying the Twins past the Detroit Tigers 2-0 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory.
Aerial Powers scored 12 of her 18 points on free throws and the Minnesota Lynx held off the New York Liberty 84-78 on Tuesday night.
"I wasn't really supposed to get that opportunity," Royce Lewis said. "And at the end of the day, everyone just wants an opportunity to show what they got. And so it was so much fun for me to go up there and kind of prove myself a little bit and just enjoy that time."
Excitement is high for Minnesota's newest sports team.
Two Lynx legends will have their jerseys retired by the team this summer.
Max Kepler hit an early grand slam, and Gio Urshela's infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.
