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Braves bash Twins starter Bailey Ober before storm delay and then breeze to 10-6 victory
After severe weather warning sirens started wailing in the middle of the first inning, the Braves managed to squeeze in five more runs before the downpour began, the napkins and wrappers swirled down from the upper deck, and the grounds crew hustled the tarp onto the infield in the middle of the second.
St. Louis Cardinals rally past the Minnesota Twins 3-2
Willi Castro went deep and Royce Lewis hit an RBI double for Minnesota, which lost for the first time in 60 games this season when leading after the eighth inning. The Twins trail AL Central-leading Cleveland by three games.
Seattle Sounders beat Minnesota United 3-2
The Sounders held off Minnesota United 3-2 despite a two-goal debut effort from Kelvin Yeboah on Saturday night.
On the night Lynx retire Maya Moore Irons' jersey, Minnesota clinches playoff berth
Maya Moore Irons already had several banners hung up in Target Center — banners from four WNBA championships she led the Minnesota Lynx to in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Saturday night, the Lynx added one more to those rafters — 23 — her jersey number.
Napheesa Collier scores 27, grabs career-high 18 rebounds as Lynx beat Aces 87-74
Napheesa Collier scored 27 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Las Vegas Aces 87-74 on Friday night. Minnesota has won five straight games and sits atop the Western Conference standings, two games ahead of the Seattle Storm.