Matt Capps

|TODAY| |COLLEGE BASEBALL| Presentation at Concordia-Moorhead, 2:30 p.m. doubleheader   |TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, Noon (ESPN); Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:30 p.m. (WGN); San...

Never underestimate Mike Ilitch's appetite for a championship. While the Tigers loved what they got from Anibal Sanchez a year ago, they didn't have $80 million budgeted to keep him off the free-agent market. But that's what Dave Dombrowski persuaded...

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Miami Heat at Indiana Pacers, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Men’s College Basketball--Manhattan at Siena, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Youngstown State at Detroit, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|  Aberdeen Central at Mitchell, 7 p.m.  Aberdeen Christian at Warner, 7 p.m.  Aberdeen Roncalli at Langford, 8 p.m.  Bison at Lemmon  Chamberlain at Miller  De Smet vs. Clark-Willow Lake at Willow Lake...

MINNEAPOLIS — With the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline approaching, Twins General Manager Terry Ryan wasn’t ready to announce any clearance sales Wednesday. The Twins climbed within 71 ⁄ 2 games of first place before losing to the...

DETROIT — Ron Gardenhire deflected credit on the night the Minnesota Twins gave their manager his 900th career victory. Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run single, one of six singles during Minnesota’s four-run fourth inning, to help the Twins...

It was a pretty typical Friday for Twins relief pitcher Matt Capps since he went on the disabled list a week and a half ago: A morning workout at Target Field, with a throwing session from the mound. The scene around Capps was anything but typical,...

MINNEAPOLIS — Scott Diamond has been with the Minnesota Twins for less than a week, and he already has accounted for one-fifth of the team’s wins. Diamond pitched seven shutout innings, Brian Dozier hit his first career homer and the...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Detroit Tigers were supposed to be scoring a lot more runs than they have so far this season. They nearly cost themselves this three-game sweep at Minnesota by leaving eight runners in scoring position. But Miguel Cabrera and...

MINNEAPOLIS — Matt Capps came to the mound for Minnesota with the familiar soundtrack of Metallica music and a round of boos. Nobody at Target Field was cheering louder at the end than his teammates. Justin Morneau’s tying double in the...

CLEVELAND - Joe Mauer broke out of a slump with three hits and three RBIs, including a two-run homer, to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night. Mauer entered the game in an 0-for-10 skid, but had an RBI single...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Justin Morneau and Josh Willingham each hit tworun homers, Trevor Plouffe also went deep and the Minnesota Twins held off the Kansas City Royals 10-7 on Monday night. Cole De Vries (1-1) lasted five shaky innings to pick up his...