Polanco's Double Leads Twins Past Tigers 3-2
Jorge Polanco hit a two-run double in the sixth inning and the Minnesota Twins held off Akil Baddoo and the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.
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Jorge Polanco hit a two-run double in the sixth inning and the Minnesota Twins held off Akil Baddoo and the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.
On Thursday, 10,000 fans return to Target Field for the first time in over a year. On Monday night, Target Center welcomed 3,000 fans back.
Minnesota is just two days away from the first Twins home game with fans in the stands in two seasons -- not since October 2019.
Akil Baddoo added another big hit in this charmed start to his big league career, lining an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.
Cruz added a solo homer and a double after his grand slam, and Matt Shoemaker held Detroit hitless into the fifth inning.
Jose Berríos and three relievers combined on a one-hitter with 17 strikeouts as Minnesota beat Corbin Burnes and the Brewers 2-0 on Saturday in the season's best pitchers' duel so far.
The move comes two days after Donaldson appeared to hurt himself running the bases on a double in the first inning of the Twins' season-opening 6-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Lorenzo Cain scored the winning run in the 10th to give the Brewers a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday after Shaw's two-out double capped a three-run rally in the ninth.
The trade that sent Kenta Maeda to the Minnesota Twins last year gave the right-hander a dose of excitement from the elimination of doubt about whether he would be a full-time starter.
Because of current COVID-19 restrictions, only 10,000 people are going to be allowed to attend the Thursday, April 8 matchup between the Twins and the Seattle Mariners.
Randy Dobnak went 6-4 with a 4.05 ERA in 10 starts last season, before hitting a slump and being sent to the team's alternate training site.
The Twins' bench coach Mike Bell died on Friday due to cancer. He was 46 years old.
Infielder Andrew Romine has been released from his minor league contract by the Minnesota Twins.
The Minnesota Twins optioned prized prospect Alex Kirilloff to their alternate training site on Tuesday, leaving a wide-open competition for playing time in left field while giving the 2016 first-round draft pick more time to develop.
Fans of the Minnesota Twins should know soon whether or not they can attend the team's Opening Day game in April.
90-year-old Twins fanatic Carol Wegner wasn't able to make a spring training trip to Florida this year -- but her one-of-a-kind collection helps keep baseball close to home.
"As tough as it is for me to kind of say this, you know, I wish I was a robot and I wish I could be 100% and tell you that I'm great, but at the end of the day, it's a sport and it's a pretty fast sport," Josh Donaldson said, "and sometimes things happen."
Believe it or not, we're about six weeks away from Twins opening day. After a 2020 season with no fans allowed, this year the team hopes to have 10,000 fans in stadium.
Stan Williams, the fearsome All-Star pitcher who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the 1959 World Series, has died. He was 84.
Shoemaker will start his ninth major league season, after spending two injury-dominated years with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Though Kenta Maeda's first season with Minnesota was abbreviated by the pandemic, the Japanese right-hander's debut was a runaway success.
Former Minnesota Twins infielder Brian Dozier says he's retiring from baseball after nine years in the major leagues.
The deal, which was agreed to last week, will pay Colomé a $5 million base salary for 2021 and includes a $5.5 million option for 2022.
The Minnesota Twins finalized their $13 million, one-year contract with designated hitter Nelson Cruz on Wednesday, retaining the most valuable player from the AL Central champion teams of the last two seasons.
The San Francisco Giants added outfield depth by acquiring LaMonte Wade Jr. from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday for right-hander Shaun Anderson.
