Riley Greene had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Kevin McGonigle added a solo shot to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Tigers starter Troy Melton gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, and four relievers held the Twins to one hit the rest of the way.
Colson Montgomery hit a two-run homer and Erick Fedde pitched five sparkling innings, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1. Miguel Vargas and Braden Montgomery also went deep for AL Central-leading Chicago, which had lost four of five.
Ryan Jeffers had two homers, Walker Jenkins went deep for the first time in his major league career, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 11-1.
After five shutout innings Friday, the White Sox bullpen added four more as division-leading Chicago won its fourth straight game and improved to a season-high nine games over .500.
The Minnesota Twins fell 7-4 to the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox despite early home runs and a major league debut from top prospect Walker Jenkins.
Lawrence Butler homered, Alika Williams hit a two-run triple and the Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 to win the three-game series. Minnesota fell four games behind Cleveland for the final American League playoff spot.
Carlos Cortes homered and Gage Jump struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings as the Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. Jump pitched into the seventh for the first time since June 18 against the Angels, when he allowed one hit in seven innings. Cortes launched a two-run homer in the second.
Ty France homered and drove in three runs and Randy Vásquez and two relievers combined on a two-hitter as the San Diego Padres beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 in the opener of a three-game series between teams fighting for wild-card berths.
Josh Bell hit a two-run homer, Ryan Jeffers drove in Minnesota’s other two runs, and the Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1. Bell hit his 17th home run of the year over the right-center field wall in the first inning to give the Twins a 2-0 lead.
Tommy John, the pitching great known for the surgery that bears his name, has died at 83. According to agent Mike Maguire, John died at his home in Bradenton, Florida, on Saturday night.
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