By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The chaos at the start of the Kentucky Derby sometimes decides the most exciting two minutes in sports in a matter of seconds. Twenty horses bursting out of the starting gate to varying degrees of success makes it a mad dash to the ...
PREP BASEBALL MVL 9, ST. MARY’S 7 (8 INNINGS) SLEEPY EYE — Minnesota Valley Lutheran topped Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 9-7 in eight innings in a nonconference baseball game on Friday. Rogan Scriver earned the win for the Chargers, striking out two while allowing no runs on two hits in 2 ...
NEW ULM — New Ulm Cathedral struggled to keep pace with Mankato Loyola on Friday night as the Crusaders outhit the Greyhounds 13-5 on the way to a 10-1 win in a Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover baseball game at Johnson Park. Evan Blekestad got the start on the mound for Cathedral (7-4) and was jumped on right away for two runs in the first inning. The right-hander ended up taking the loss in 3 1/3 innings, allowing nine hits and a walk for six runs, five earned, while striking out one. He also hit a batter with a pitch. Alex Portner led the Greyhounds at the plate, going 2 for ...
NEW ULM — Zach Hubbard’s two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Dirk Haynes from third and lifted the New Ulm Eagles to a 2-1 win over Holy Family Catholic Friday afternoon at Mueller Park in a nonconference baseball game. Tanner Backer got the win for the Eagles ...
PREP BASEBALL SLEEPY EYE 3, WABASSO 1 WABASSO — Sleepy Eye downed Wabasso 3-1 in a Tomahawk Division baseball game on Thursday. Karter Haala was the winning pitcher for the Indians, striking out six while allowing one run on five hits. At the plate, Kayden Klein was 2 for 4 with an RBI, ...
By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Byron Buxton homered for the third time in four games and Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead, two-run drive that led the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 7- 1 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Daulton Varsho homered off Bailey Ober (3-1) in the fourth and Jeffers put the Twins ahead to stay at 2-1 in the bottom half against Kevin Gausman (2-2). Buxton homered two innings later, his team-leading eighth, and Austin Martin added an RBI single later in the sixth. Buxton was 3 for 4 in his third three-hit game this ...
