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The Twins have plenty to build on — and must get better if they want to beat the Astros
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa was blunt, disappointed and optimistic when he spoke to his Minnesota Twins teammates following their elimination from the playoffs. Harbor the bitter feeling as fuel for improvement when spring training starts next year, he told them, and remember...
Twins whiff their way to ALDS loss to Astros with 14 more strikeouts by MLB record holders
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa waited on deck with two outs in the ninth inning and the Minnesota Twins trailing by one run, eager for another at-bat against his former team. Tied for the third-most RBIs in postseason history, Correa has occasionally pointed to his wrist after...
José Abreu homers again to power the Astros past the Twins 3-2 and into their 7th straight ALCS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — José Abreu homered for the third time in two games, a two-run rocket in the fourth inning that launched the Houston Astros to their seventh straight AL Championship Series appearance with a 3-2 win that eliminated the Minnesota Twins in Game 4 of their Division Series on...
Carlos Correa stars against former team as Twins beat Astros 6-2 in Game 2 to tie ALDS
HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa was back at Minute Maid Park, starring in the playoffs like he had so many times before. Only this time he was wearing a different uniform. Correa had three hits and three RBIs and Pablo López pitched seven shutout innings, helping the...
Verlander holds Twins scoreless, Alvarez and Altuve power Astros to 6-4 victory in ALDS opener
HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander was wearing a New York Mets uniform when the season began. But on Saturday night, he was right back where he's been so many times before, on the mound for the Houston Astros helping them to another playoff win. Verlander pitched six...
Correa where he's supposed to be, leading Twins against Astros in ALDS
HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa’s path to a second season with the Minnesota Twins was a circuitous one that included him almost signing with both the Giants and the Mets. As the star shortstop prepared to lead the Twins in the AL Division Series against his former team the Houston...
Correa leads Twins in ALDS against his former team the Houston Astros
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston manager Dusty Baker admitted this week that Carlos Correa is one of his favorite players. That goodwill toward the former Astros star turned Minnesota mainstay won’t extend into this weekend, when Houston hosts the Twins in the AL Division Series. ...
Twins advance for 1st time in 21 years with 2-0 win to sweep Blue Jays behind Gray, Correa
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa endured the worst hitting season of his career after signing the richest contract in Minnesota Twins history, playing through a painful bout of plantar fasciitis in his left foot. The defense, intelligence and leadership were always there, though....
Lorenzen, Buxton, Hernández, Cueto out for Wild Card Series; Correa, Siri, Bush on rosters
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Lorenzen, Byron Buxton, Johnny Cueto and Jonathan Hernández were among the players left off rosters for Wild Card Series that started Tuesday, while the Texas Rangers made the surprise inclusion of former top draft pick Matt Bush. Minnesota included...
MLB game time drops 24 minutes to 2:40 with pitch clock. Players steal most bases since 1987
NEW YORK (AP) — The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped to 2 hours, 40 minutes in the first year of the pitch clock, a 24-minute decrease in a season of change that resulted in a spike in batting average and the most stolen bases in nearly 40 years. Left-handed...
