By Dave Campbell AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have chosen Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback over J.J. McCarthy, the widely expected conclusion to what coach Kevin O'Connell pledged was a true competition. O'Connell made the announcement before ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Martin had four hits including a home run, Josh Bell also homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-5 on Monday night. Dean Kremer (2-4), in his second start with Minnesota since being brought over from Baltimore at the trade deadline, allowed one run and one hit in seven innings against his former team. He struck out seven. Martin led off the third with his homer to left-center field to open the scoring. He singled in the first and reached on a bunt single in the seventh, part of a five-run inning for the Twins. He added another single ...
Courtesy of Arlington Raceway ARLINGTON — A beautiful night for racing action found lots of happy kids for the Back-to-School Kids Night, as backpacks and school items were dispersed throughout the night to over 140 kids. There were three different leaders in the 12-lap Jerry’s HQ Foods Auto Cross feature with Riley Bussler taking the lead. Soon Mitchel Boese was on his tail and the two raced around lapped traffic but by Lap 5 Bussler got caught up in a caution flag and ended his night. Then Boese was the new leader but Colten Landwer was making strides behind him and staying out ...
The New Ulm Brewers won twice in the elimination bracket of the Section 1A Amateur Baseball Tournament this weekend, taking down Dundas 3-0 on Saturday, then defeating Hastings 3-1 in a rematch on Sunday. With the wins, New Ulm now travels to play Faribault on Friday, with the winner punching a ticket to the state tournament. NEW ULM 3, DUNDAS 0 DUNDAS — Mitch Bockenstedt pitched nine scoreless innings to lead the New Ulm Brewers to a 3-0 win over the Dundas Dukes on Saturday. Bockenstedt struck out four batters and allowed nine hits to earn the win. At the plate for the ...
SLEEPY EYE — After losing his no-hitter in the sixth inning and seeing the Lamberton Long Sox start to rally late, Leavenworth Orioles right-hander Mark Anderson’s game plan changed to simply buying his team enough time. Anderson surrendered three runs during his final two innings ...
SLEEPY EYE — Jon Kopacek never considered himself a strikeout pitcher, and with his experience and location on Sunday afternoon, he didn’t need to be. The righty fanned three and held the fourth-seeded Milroy Yankees to six hits as he pitched the eighth-seeded Stark Longhorns to a 4-0 ...
