Baseball / MLB May 21, 2019
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani was struck on the right hand while swinging at a 151-kph Taylor Rogers fastball in the eighth inning of Monday's game against the Minnesota Twins. The pitch went for strike three in the Angels' 3-1 loss. Ohtani left the ...
Baseball / MLB May 15, 2019
Shohei Ohtani reaches 100th MLB hit with three-hit day in Angels loss
Shohei Ohtani notched his 100th major league hit in a 3-for-4 effort Tuesday but was tagged out in pivotal innings as the Los Angeles Angels were unable to overcome an early deficit and fell 4-3 to the Minnesota Twins. Batting third as the Angels' designated ...
Baseball / MLB May 14, 2019
Angels' Shohei Ohtani bashes first homer of season in victory over Twins
One week into Shohei Ohtani's return to the Los Angeles Angels, the lineup is looking sharp. Minnesota ace Jose Berrios bore the brunt of their batting success on Monday night. Ohtani hit his first home run of the season, a towering two-run shot in the third ...
Baseball / MLB Nov 10, 2018
Retiring Twins standout Joe Mauer leaves impressive legacy as iconic catcher
by Jason Coskrey
Before J.T. Realmuto became an All-Star catcher for the Miami Marlins, he was playing shortstop for the baseball team at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma. But one of his favorite big league players at the time wasn't a shortstop. It was ...
Baseball / MLB Oct 3, 2018
Two years ago, the Minnesota Twins made Derek Falvey their chief baseball officer with the precondition that Paul Molitor remain as manager. Molitor presided over a playoff team and won the American League Manager of the Year award in 2017, but the Twins slipped backward ...
Baseball / MLB Aug 7, 2018
Trevor Bauer reached a milestone Monday night. Cleveland's right-hander struck out 11 in six innings — giving him 206 for the season — and the Indians routed the Minnesota Twins 10-0. Bauer (11-6) is one strikeout behind Boston's Chris Sale for the AL lead. After striking ...
Baseball / MLB May 14, 2018
Shohei Ohtani strikes out 11 as Angels edge Twins on walk-off single
Shohei Ohtani had four pitches that were all doing terrible things to the Minnesota Twins. The two-way sensation got five consecutive strikeouts at one point while he pitched into the seventh inning of another dominant performance. Although the Los Angeles Angels couldn't do enough against ...
Baseball / MLB Apr 24, 2018
Masahiro Tanaka made up for last week's sloppy pitching by working 6⅔ effective innings as the New York Yankees crushed the Minnesota Twins 14-1 on a chilly Monday evening. Tanaka (3-2), who allowed seven runs in five innings in his previous start last Tuesday, limited ...