Minnesota Twins News

Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez vents after giving up a hit in the ninth inning tonight at Comerica Park.

Joe Mauer broke up the no-hit bid with a clean single up the middle with one out in the ninth DETROIT - Last Saturday night in Texas, Anibal Sanchez gave up a hit to the first batter he faced, Elvis Andrus.

Armed with strong numbers at Comerica Park, journeyman right-hander P.J. Walters is being promoted from Triple-A Rochester to start Saturday afternoon's game for the Twins against the Detroit Tigers.

Samuel Deduno makes his 2013 debut for the Twins against the Tigers, meanwhile Anibal Sanchez is trying to pick up his first win of the year against his Minnesota rivals.

Chris Colabello never thought it would be easy. Not after all the hard work he put in playing seven years in the independent Canadian-American League without any clear path to the big leagues.

I understand about loyalty and riding through the rough times, but again here we are contending, with the Astros for the worst record.

When the Twins chose to send Pedro Hernadez to Triple-A, the debate was as to whether Kyle Gibson would be the pitcher to replace him and, to some, whether it was the right time to make that move.

Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera hits a two-run home run during the first inning against the Minnesota Twins in Detroit on May 23, 2013.

Prince Fielder bounced a tiebreaking single off Jared Burton's glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Evan Gattis no longer seems amazed by his improbable rookie season. Yet, there are still times when it's a bit of an adjustment for the Braves catcher.

Twins rookie Oswaldo Arcia was left out of the starting lineup Thursday for the fourth straight game, even after producing the club's first pinch-hit homer in almost three full years a day earlier.

Detroit Tigers' Avisail Garcia runs to the dugout after their 6-2 win over the Houston Astros in Detroit on May 14.

The Twins farm system is rich in hitting prospects: Miguel Sano, Byron Buxton, Oswaldo Arcia, Aaron Hicks, and several others.

The Detroit Tigers ended their road trip with two big victories over the first-place Cleveland Indians and their reward is 12 of the next 17 at home.

The University of Minnesota provided a stylish opening for the 2013 Big Ten baseball tournament Wednesday at Target Field in the conference's first tourney to be held at a Major League ballpark.

"I decided to just compete with my other pitches," he said. "I know my fastball is good, my two-seamer, so I just tried to command my curve and my slider." Teheran pitched 8 1-3 strong innings, Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer and the Atlanta Braves won their fourth straight game with a 5-1 victory over the struggling Minnesota Twins on Monday.

At this point, the Twins are so close to the Super Two cutoff, that it might actually make sense to wait.

Gattis did it again Wednesday, hitting his first career grand slam. B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena also homered for the Braves, who finished off a sweep of the woeful Minnesota Twins with an 8-3 rout.

A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.

The Minnesota Twins placed third baseman Trevor Plouffe on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion Wednesday after he was struck in the head by Dan Uggla's shin while breaking up an attempted double play.