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The Twins, Timberwolves and Wild all postponed games on Monday following the police shooting of Daunte Wright on Sunday night.
— Kyle Seager hit his second homer of the game, a three-run drive in the ninth inning to complete the Seattle Mariners' rally from a six-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 8-6 Sunday.
— Mitch Haniger homered and hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, giving the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
— The Minnesota Twins welcomed their fans back to the ballpark by hitting like they wanted to give them all souvenirs.
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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.
— 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.
— Nelson Cruz hit a grand slam after a near miss and added a solo homer and a double, Matt Shoemaker held Detroit hitless into the fifth inning and the Minnesota Twins rolled past the Tigers 15-6 on Monday.
— Miguel Sanó and Mitch Garver homered to back up Michael Pineda, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 Sunday to win the season-opening series.
— José BerrÃos and three relievers combined on a one-hitter with 17 strikeouts, and the Minnesota Twins beat Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Saturday night.
Two days after third baseman Josh Donaldson appeared to hurt himself running the bases on a double, the Minnesota Twins placed the veteran on the 10-day injured list with a hamstring issue.
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— Lorenzo Cain scored the winning run in the 10th after Travis Shaw sparked a ninth-inning comeback and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Thursday in the season opener for both teams.
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Randy Dobnak and the Twins agreed to a five-year, $9.25 million extension that could be worth up to $29.75 million based on three club options and escalators, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Mike Bell, the Minnesota Twins' bench coach and the younger brother of Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell, died Friday of kidney cancer. He was 46.
Twins prospect Alex Kirilloff will not make the major league roster to start the season, leaving Jake Cave, Kyle Garlick, Brent Rooker and Luis Arraez to compete for the starting left-field job.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 5 | 4 | .556 | - | L1 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 4 | .556 | - | L2 |
| Chicago | 5 | 5 | .500 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Kansas City | 4 | 4 | .500 | 0.5 | L1 |
| Detroit | 4 | 6 | .400 | 1.5 | W1 |
