Homers help Twins sink Royals
The Twins erased a four-run deficit in the sixth inning when Bruce Chen, who had been cruising along, served up booming homers to Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe.
The Twins erased a four-run deficit in the sixth inning when Bruce Chen, who had been cruising along, served up booming homers to Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe.
The framework deal includes spending on education, health care, human services and public safety, as well as tax cuts.
River levels are expected to rise through the week.
It emerged that the church leader was a registered sex offender.
The girl was found by a concerned citizen around 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Around 1,000 goats and a litter of puppies were killed when a barn caught fire on Friday.
The suspect fled police in Osseo and was going south on County Road 81.
The individual's name has not yet been released.
Police say a large fight was happening on the ferris wheel before kids fled into the mall.
Jensen beat to multiple other hopefuls for the endorsement at Saturday's convention.
Monday-Wednesday should be fantastic weather in Minnesota.
A canoer found the body in a swamp near Eagle Lake Friday.
Josh Willingham, Justin Morneau and Trevor Plouffe each homered to lead the Twins over the Royals, 10-7 last night in Kansas City. Ben Revere added three hits and a couple of RBI as well. The Twins are playing their best baseball of the season, having won six of their last seven games.
The Twins pushed their winning streak to five games last night with an 8-6 victory in Detroit. For the sixth time this season Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe homered in the same game, and Joe Mauer added his fifth home run of the season.
The Twins took two from the Kansas City Royals Saturday in a doubleheader at Target Field. Solid pitching by Scott Diamond and a home run by Trevor Plouffe helped the Twins beat the Royals 7-2 in the daytime opener, while Cole De Vries scattered five hits over six innings and Josh Willingham hit a homer in the Twins' 5-1 win the nightcap.
Jim Thome's three-run homer in the third inning lifted the Phillies over the Twins, 6-1 Thursday night at Target Field. The game was tied, 1-1 before Thome's second homer in as many days. Trevor Plouffe homered for a third straight game for the Twins.
The Twins' bats came alive in a 11-7 win over the Tigers Wednesday night in Detroit. Brian Dozier and Trevor Plouffe homered and Josh Willingham drove in three-runs with a pair of doubles. Nick Blackburn's ERA blossomed to 8.37 after he allowed six runs in just two innings.
Denard Span's leadoff homer was the first of three Minnesota long balls as the Twins pounded the Phillies, 11-7 Tuesday night at Target Field. Trevor Plouffe and Josh Willingham also homered for the Twins, who have won 10 of 13 games.
Trevor Plouffe homered twice but the Twins lost to the Brewers, 5-3 at Target Field Friday night. The game was tied tied, 3-3 in the ninth before Martin Maldonado hit a two-run homer to give Milwaukee the win.
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