(KWNO)-The Twins head into baseball’s all-star break on a high note. They swept a 4-game series against the Detroit Tigers, winning the finale 12-9 in 10 innings yesterday at Target Field. Twins gave up 4 runs in the ninth and were able to plate one run to force it to extras. Jorge Polanco walked it off in the bottom of the 10th, nabbing 3 of the 5 runs batted in he had during the day. Twins enter the all-start break at a record of 39-50, good for 4th in the AL Central. Nelson Cruz is the team’s lone representative at the All-star game in Denver. The Twins have Detroit on the other side of the break on Friday afternoon.
(Learfiled) The Twins selected a high school pitcher with their first-round pick in the M-L-B Draft. The team chose right-hander Chase Petty out of New Jersey with the 26th overall pick last night. The Twins then selected high school shortstop Noah Miller out of Wisconsin with the 36th pick in the competitive balance round A.
(KWNO) Baseball’s All-star celebration begins at Coors Field Denver today. It gets started with the home run Derby tonight at 7 on ESPN. The mid-summer classic begins at 7 on Fox Tuesday.
(KWNO) The Bucks are back in the NBA Finals, after beating the Pheonix Suns 120-100 in game 3 last night. The win pulls the Bucks to a 2-1 series deficit. Giannis Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 41 points and 13 boards. Chris Paul had the team-high for the Suns with 19. The series stays in Milwaukee for Game 4 on Wednesday. The tip-off is 8 pm.
(Learfied) Novak Djokovic is tying two of men’s tennis best with his 20th Grand Slam victory after claiming the Wimbledon title Sunday. Djokovic defeated Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in four sets to tie Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in Grand Slam wins.
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