Jorge Polanco and Josh Donaldson hit back-to-back homers to lead off the bottom of the first inning, and Randy Dobnak bounced back with five scoreless innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in the first game of Friday's doubleheader.
Twins outfielder Max Kepler went on the IL for the first time in his career with an adductor strain.
Jesse Rogers joins Buster Olney to discuss the evolution of Yu Darvish since arriving in Chicago, how he’s come out of his shell and concerns for the Cubs as October looms (4:55). Plus, the guys get into the Yankees’ pitching woes, the Phillies honoring Dick Allen, Bert Blyleven exiting the Twins TV booth and why they feel the baseball has been bad this season. Later, Todd Radom talks about Angel Stadium of Anaheim and administers the weekly quiz (30:54).
Which stars will take home hardware at the end of the 60-game season? We break down the races.
Josh Donaldson returned from the injured list with two hits and two RBI for the Minnesota Twins, who backed Jose Berrios with three home runs and beat the Chicago White Sox 8-1 on Wednesday night.
Karl Ravech joins Sarah Langs to discuss psychological edge the Rays have on the Yankees and the postgame bench-clearing on Tuesday night, the Phillies pulling it together and making a run at the NL East crown, and the NL MVP race between Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto (6:17). Later, MLB.com’s Mandy Bell hops on to talk about Cleveland’s return for Mike Clevinger and how organization is always striving to keep the farm system stocked, the team’s offensive struggles, the tight race in the AL Central, and if Shane Bieber has any challengers for the Cy Young (30:14).
Can anyone stop the Dodgers? Will Fernando Tatis Jr. and Shane Bieber win MVP? Our experts weigh in.
Byron Buxton returned with a bang and so did Michael Pineda, rallying the Minnesota Twins past the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.
From the rising Rays to the also-rans, our rankings changed a lot for the stretch run.
Luis Robert hit a tying homer in the seventh inning and the go-ahead double in the ninth, and the Chicago White Sox took the AL Central lead into September by rallying past the skidding Minnesota Twins 8-5 on Monday night.
Here's what to know about every completed deal now that MLB's trade deadline has passed.
Eric and Tristan evaluate the recent trades, the best bets to get September saves and the upcoming schedule.
Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning, and the Detroit Tigers finished off a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 3-2 victory Sunday.
Matthew Boyd pitched six solid innings for his first victory of the season, and Victor Reyes had four hits to lift the Detroit Tigers to an 8-2 win over the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday.
Matthew Boyd pitched six solid innings for his first victory of the season, and Victor Reyes had four hits to lift the Detroit Tigers to an 8-2 win over the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday.
Well... well... Hello AL Central! How about that 20-12 logjam?!?
Friday's doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins was postponed because of bad weather.
After three MLB games were not played Wednesday, the Red Sox-Blue Jays, A's-Rangers and Phillies-Nationals were among seven to be postponed Thursday.
Mike Clevinger pitched effectively in his first start since breaking COVID-19 protocols and his teammates' trust, and Tyler Naquin doubled home the go-ahead run in Cleveland's three-run eighth inning as the Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 on...
We're not getting an All-Star Game this year, but that won't stop us from picking. Here's who makes our squads.
We're a month in ... and we're halfway to the end. Here's who is dominating so far, how the pennant races are shaping up and which trends are defining baseball in 2020.
Shane Bieber corrected some unusual early control issues to strike out 10 and Francisco Lindor hit a two-run homer to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night, evening the three-game series between the AL...
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 23 | 14 | .622 | - | W2 |
| Chicago | 23 | 15 | .605 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 24 | 16 | .600 | 0.5 | W4 |
| Detroit | 17 | 19 | .472 | 5.5 | L3 |
| Kansas City | 14 | 24 | .368 | 9.5 | L3 |
