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Twins
September 25, 2020
Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda wiped his brow during a conference at the pitcher's mound on Wednesday.

Playoff-bound Twins comfortable in quarantine but 'so bored'

No face-to-face contact is allowed with people outside the quarantine, so it's up to the roughly 130 members of the Twins' traveling party to occupy themselves. It's not always easy.
Twins
September 24, 2020

Twins at the wire: three games left to decide postseason seeding

The Twins are a game ahead of the White Sox heading into the final weekend of the regular season.
Twins
September 24, 2020

Series preview: Twins vs. Cincinnati

Cincinnati has the lowest team batting average (.211) in baseball, but at 29-28 it is in a dogfight for a playoff spot.
Twins
September 24, 2020
Podcast: What a difference a week makes for Josh Donaldson, Twins

Podcast: What a difference a week makes for Josh Donaldson, Twins

Josh Donaldson took a lot of heat for his ejection last week in Chicago. But, as the twins fortunes have changed, he's become a bathrobe-buying hero.
Twins
September 24, 2020

Watch: The Twins get ready for the postseason on StribSports Live

Columnist Chip Scoggins joins Michael Rand to talk about what's at stake for the final week of the regular season and what's ahead for the twins in the MLB playoffs.
Twins
September 24, 2020
Minnesota Twins Jake Cave (60) celebrated with Eddie Rosario (20) after hitting a home run in the fourth inning.

Twins take over first place, hold off Tigers 7-6 on Cave's two-homer night

Jake Cave put on the "Rally Robe" twice Wednesday thanks to the third multihomer game of his career, and he made a diving catch of a Victor Reyes liner in the sixth.
Twins
September 24, 2020
Minnesota Twins Jake Cave (60) celebrated with Eddie Rosario (20) after hitting a home run in the fourth inning.

Don't expect Twins lineup juggling to stop in the postseason

Because of injuries, the Twins have put their first-choice lineup on the field in only two of 57 games this season.
Twins
September 24, 2020
Twins slugger Miguel Sano does everything -- the good and the bad -- in a big way.

Reusse: The many swings of Sano — big hits, lots of misses

There have been position changes, piles of strikeouts and legal entanglements, but there's always the chance he could become the most prodigious power hitter in the game.
Twins
September 24, 2020

Twins defeat Detroit 7-6 at Target Field

Jake Cave hit two homers to help the Twins overtake the White Sox, who lost to Cleveland, for the AL Central lead.
Twins
September 24, 2020

Twins' possibilities, with three games to go

The White Sox's loss to Cleveland on Wednesday helped the Twins take a half-game lead in the Central, but Chicago owns a tiebreaker over the Twins. The division champion will begin the playoffs at home.
Twins
September 23, 2020
Minnesota Twins' Jake Cave prepares to bat during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Wednesday's Twins-Detroit game recap

Twins outfielder Jake Cave was 2-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI and made a diving catch in the sixth inning.
Vikings
September 23, 2020
Local teams, media outlets launch Home Teams vs. Hunger

Local teams, media outlets launch Home Teams vs. Hunger

One in eight Minnesotans do not know where their next meal is coming from.
Twins
September 23, 2020
Twins designated hitter Nelson Cruz put his Twins-embroidered bath robe on right fielder Max Kepler after Kepler's late-inning heroics Tuesday night a

Tenth-inning rally pushes Twins past Tigers, within half-game of first place

First, Cleveland rallied past the first-place White Sox with a 10th-inning walk off home run. Then, Max Kepler smashed the Twins into a 3-3 and then blooped a single for the 5-4 victory.
Twins
September 23, 2020

Follow Twins vs. Tigers tonight here on Gameview

Twins righthander Kenta Maeda will make his final start of the regular season.
Twins
September 23, 2020
Eddie Rosario tossed his helmet as he scored the winning run on a Max Kepler single off Tigers reliever Bryan Garcia during the 10th inning Tuesday ni

Maeda starts, Cruz sits as Twins scramble for playoff seeding

With four games remaining in the regular season, the Twins are vying for a home playoff berth.
Twins
September 23, 2020
Minnesota Twins' Luis Arraez fields a ball hit by Cleveland Indians' Jose Ramirez in the first inning in a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Cl

New ankle injury keeps Arraez from returning to Twins lineup

Luis Arraez was playing in an intrasquad game at the Twins' alternative training site in St. Paul when he sprained his ankle during a rundown.
Twins
September 23, 2020
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi is sidelined because of a finger injury.

Twins set postseason roster, taxi squad; Donaldson fined

The Twins have released their 40-man roster for the postseason, which consists of the current 28-man roster plus a 12-man taxi squad.
Twins
September 23, 2020
Those glorious Twins bathrobes: A gimmick worth cheering for

Those glorious Twins bathrobes: A gimmick worth cheering for

Josh Donaldson gave custom robes to his teammates — casual elegance as they enter quarantine heading into the postseason. One of the robes caused quite a stir during Tuesday's game.
Twins
September 23, 2020

Twins-Detroit game recap

Max Kepler's run-scoring single in the 10th scored Eddie Rosario with the winning run.
Twins
September 22, 2020
Twins pitcher Homer Bailey

Homer Bailey will start tonight for Twins; Luis Arraez injured again

The former Reds standout has been out because of a biceps injury since his opening start of the season.