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BALTIMORE – Jhoan Duran recorded his first MLB save, pitching a quick and clean ninth inning — including striking out the final batter — to preserve a slim 2-1 victory for the Twins against the Orioles.

For the first time in Mike Trout’s career, Los Angeles begins May in first place in the AL West.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The theme of the Twins' three-game series at Tampa Bay was lopsided scoring. And the Twins were yet again on the winning side of that Sunday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kyle Garlick is almost always a sure bat against left-handed pitchers, and he proved that yet again in the Twins' 9-1 victory Saturday at Tampa Bay.

They also bring rainouts, which we saw a lot of this month. We also saw too many injuries. But we never see too many questions.

Bet on it: Blackhawks knock hockey upstarts out of the playoffs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Twins rolled into Tropicana Field Friday with a seven-game winning streak and a handful of familiar faces, including former Rays such as manager Rocco Baldelli and pitchers Chris Archer, Emilio Pagan and Joe Ryan.

MLB announced this afternoon that it has suspended Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer 324 games, or the length of two full regular seasons, for violating its domestic violence policy. This is the biggest story in baseball today, so I’ll use the beginning of this newsletter to share Stephanie ...

MINNEAPOLIS — New-age manager Rocco Baldelli went old-school on Throwback Thursday: For the first time in his career, he called for two sacrifice bunts — in one inning, no less. And they wound up fueling the put-away inning in the Twins' seventh consecutive victory, 7-1 over the Tigers at Target…

MINNEAPOLIS — Oh, so that's why Joe Ryan is in the Twins' starting rotation and Michael Pineda isn't.

Three Minnesota baserunning mistakes were sprinkled throughout the wildest final play of the MLB season. And the team still won.