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Devin Smeltzer's strong start lifts Twins to 8-2 victory over Tigers in Game 1

DETROIT — Devin Smeltzer pitched 6 2⁄3 strong innings and Max Kepler had three hits and drove in three runs as the Twins won the opener of a doubleheader by beating the Tigers 8-2 on Tuesday at Comerica Park.

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Jim Souhan: Twins’ anti-vaxxers putting team in bind

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Falvey, the Twins' president of baseball operations, said he won't pass judgment on his unvaccinated players.

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Baseball by the numbers: Inefficient defense stings White Sox

The Cubs aren’t much better in DefEff, and both are below the major-league average.

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Lewis lasted three innings in center field, but could return there

DETROIT — Royce Lewis' triumphant return to the big leagues didn't even last a full game.

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Tigers cash in on Twins' mistake en route to victory in series opener

DETROIT — The Tigers kept finding ways to push runs across the plate Monday.

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Injuries to Lewis, Gray, Buxton mar Twins’ 7-3 victory over Royals

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins salvaged a series split with the Royals and a winning homestand with a 7-3 victory on Sunday. And all it cost them was their best pitcher, their best hitter and their top prospect.

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Chris Archer's struggles continue as Twins fall to Royals, 7-3

MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Archer made his major league debut six days after Bobby Witt Jr.'s 12th birthday. Who could have imagined the current rookie would celebrate at the former rookie's expense a decade later?

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Twins break open game with four-run eighth, stomp Royals, 10-7

MINNEAPOLIS — In this season of warning-track fly balls and frustrated sluggers, two home runs are usually enough to win. The Twins relied on that Friday.

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Checking in on the superstar shortstops the Yankees passed on during the offseason

NEW YORK — It was not long ago that the baseball world cast an eye of confused suspicion on the Yankees.

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Mike Trout, Baseball’s Best Hitter (Again)

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…

Sports Illustrated

Chip Scoggins: 100-mph club ‘a life goal’ among baseball’s exclusive places

MINNEAPOLIS — Trevor Megill threw the hardest pitch of his major league career in his Twins debut on Sunday. The official reading on the radar gun: 99.8 mph.

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Whit Merrifield, Bobby Witt Jr. deliver late clutch hits as Royals rally to beat Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — Bobby Witt Jr.’s two-out, two-strike RBI double in the eighth put the Kansas City Royals ahead for the first time and capped a three-run inning.

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Jeimer Candelario's late blast pushes Tigers past Twins in extras

MINNEAPOLIS — Harold Castro hit a pair of solo home runs Wednesday, the second a 423-foot blast into the upper tank in right-center field that tied the game at 2 in the top of the eighth inning.

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Twins place starter Joe Ryan on COVID injured list

MINNEAPOLIS — Twins pitcher Joe Ryan was placed on the COVID injured list before Wednesday's game against the Tigers at Target Field.

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Sonny Gray's dominant outing leads Twins to 2-0 shutout of Tigers

MINNEAPOLIS — Twins starter Sonny Gray went seven scoreless innings as the Twins beat Detroit, 2-0, on Tuesday.

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The Twins Are Teaching MLB Teams How to Avoid a Teardown

Most clubs would’ve gutted their roster and started anew. Minnesota got creative and is now in first place.

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Twins top Tigers 5-4 on Max Kepler grand slam, Gio Urshela walkoff infield single

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins offense couldn't have been much better to start Monday's game.

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Jim Souhan: By pumping brakes on Buxton and Lewis, Twins avoid downside risk

The Twins didn't have Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa or Royce Lewis in their starting lineup on Sunday. They overcame a six-run deficit to win 7-6 at Kansas City, putting them on pace to win 99 games and enrage 1 million fans.

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Blowing a late 6-0 lead, KC Royals suffer devastating home loss to Minnesota Twins

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After right-hander Brady Singer turned in another dazzling performance on the mound and his teammates put together a five-run inning to stake him to a six-run lead, the Kansas City Royals appeared set to cruise to victory as they closed out their homestand.

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Gary Sanchez stays hot, Twins wallop Royals, 9-2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Maybe Gary Sanchez is too shy to chat with first basemen. Maybe he's annoyed by first-base coach Hank Conger. Maybe 90 feet just strikes him as too short a workout.

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Twins jump out to early lead, take series opener, 6-4, over Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This Buxton-and-Correa Reunion Tour is off to a great start. Two great starts, in fact.

Sports Illustrated

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Week 7 Pickups

Gary Sanchez is one of four Minnesota Twins on this week’s list of players who can add value.

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Chip Scoggins: Charge Twins with error for sending Royce Lewis back to minors

A team that sits in first place in its division demoted its hottest hitter and one of its most exciting players Tuesday night after watching him smash a double and a home run and make another defensive highlight play at shortstop.

Sports Illustrated

Twins Pitcher Chris Paddack Undergoes Tommy John Surgery

The 26-year-old is expected to miss the rest of the season.

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Twins cap off series in Oakland with 14-4 rout of A's

OAKLAND, Calif. — As he defended the Twins' demotion of Royce Lewis to the minors on Wednesday, Rocco Baldelli felt the need to throw in a timely reminder.

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