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Santana's sacrifice fly in 9th off All-Star closer Yates sends Twins past Rangers 3-2

Carlos Santana hit a sacrifice fly off All-Star closer Kirby Yates in the ninth inning and the playoff-contending Minnesota Twins beat Texas 3-2

6 HOURS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twins aim to sweep 3-game series against the Royals

The Minnesota Twins will aim to sweep a three-game series with a win against the Kansas City Royals

2 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Willi Castro, Royce Lewis homers lead Twins 8-3 over Royals Willi Castro hit a three-run homer, Royce Lewis hit a two-run shot, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for an 8-3 win over the Kansas City...

3 DAYS AGO • SACBEE.COM

Slugs ninth homer Castro went 1-for-5 with a three-run homer in Monday's 8-3 win versus Kansas City.

Impact The 27-year-old drew his fourth consecutive start in the leadoff spot and cracked a 386-foot, three-run blast off Brady Singer in the second inning to give the Twins a 4-2 lead. Castro has now equaled his career high in long balls with nine, also achieved in 2021 and 2023. The utility man continues to find plenty of playing time in Minnesota thanks to his versatility and is now slashing .259/.342/.407 with 12 steals, 68 runs scored and 44 RBI across 480 plate appearances.

3 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Twins beat Royals 8-3 with home runs by Castro and Lewis in 6-run 2nd inning off Singer

Willi Castro had a three-run home run and Royce Lewis hit a two-run shot in a six-run second inning for the Minnesota Twins on the way to an 8-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals

3 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fry and Ramírez go deep, Guardians beat Twins 5-3 to earn split of four-game series

David Fry and José Ramírez homered, and the Cleveland Guardians held on to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-3 to earn a split of the four-game series between the top two teams in the AL...

4 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gavin Williams K's Willi Castro | 08/10/2024 The Official Site of Major League Baseball

5 DAYS AGO • MLB.COM

Twins take win streak into game against the Cubs

The Minnesota Twins will attempt to continue a five-game win streak with a victory over the Chicago Cubs

AUGUST 6 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Drives in three runs Castro went 3-for-5 with a double, three RBI, a run scored and a walk in Sunday's win over the White Sox.

Impact Castro knocked an RBI double during Minnesota's six-run second inning. He later drove in two more in the eighth. He's collected multiple hits in three of his last six games, going 9-for-25 (.360) during that span. Castro is slashing .265/.351/.415 with 38 extra-base hits and 63 runs scored through 109 games.

AUGUST 5 • ROTOWIRE

Cubs take on the Twins in first of 3-game series

The Chicago Cubs start a three-game series at home against the Minnesota Twins on Monday

AUGUST 5 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

White Sox losing streak reaches 19 as Kepler hits go-ahead, 7th-inning homer in Twins' 6-2 win

The Chicago White Sox extended their team-record losing streak to 19, giving up Max Kepler’s tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning that lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 6-2 win

AUGUST 4 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Royce Lewis has 4 RBIs, Twins send White Sox to 18th straight loss with 10-2 romp

Royce Lewis homered and had a season-high four RBIs and the Minnesota Twins sent the Chicago White Sox to their 18th straight loss, romping to a 10-2 victory Friday night

AUGUST 3 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Idle Wednesday Castro is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.

Impact Castro will exit the starting nine for the first time since July 10, breaking a streak of 13 consecutive starts. The versatile 27-year-old has picked up 10-plus starts at five different positions this season, but he's been seeing most of his action at second base of late following Edouard Julien's demotion to Triple-A St. Paul last week.

JULY 31 • ROTOWIRE

Reaches base four times Castro went 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored Sunday against the Tigers.

Impact Castro entered Sunday's contest mired in a 7-for-45 slump but broke out to help spark the Twins offense during their 5-0 win. His slash line now stands at .263/.353/.411 with 24 doubles, five triples, seven homers, 34 RBI, 60 runs and 10 steals in 17 attempts over 425 plate appearances.

JULY 28 • ROTOWIRE

Bailey Ober allows 1 hit in 8 innings to lead the Tigers past the Twins 5-0

Bailey Ober allowed one hit in eight scoreless innings, and the Minnesota Twins beat Detroit 5-0 to win the weekend and season series against the Tigers

JULY 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twins top Phillies 7-2, after Ober rebounds from Harper's early 2-run homer to finish 7 innings

Minnesota starter Bailey Ober rebounded from Bryce Harper’s two-run homer for Philadelphia in the first to settle in for seven innings, and the Twins beat the Phillies 7-2

JULY 23 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Adames leads Brewers against the Twins after 4-hit performance

The Milwaukee Brewers play the Minnesota Twins after Willy Adames had four hits against the Nationals on Sunday

JULY 20 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twins' Willi Castro collects duffel bag of memories at first All-Star Game Along with an assortment of placards and other memorabilia, Willi Castro also takes away personal connections made before, during and after...

JULY 17 • STARTRIBUNE.COM

Seattle reliever Andrés Muñoz replaces teammate Logan Gilbert on the AL roster for All-Star Game

Seattle reliever Andrés Muñoz replaced teammate Logan Gilbert on the AL roster for Tuesday’s All-Star Game

JULY 13 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Santander, W. Castro slide in for Tucker, Altuve on AL All-Star squad Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander and Twins infielder Willi Castro have been named to the American League All-Star team. Santander replac...

JULY 11 • MLB.COM

Twins utilityman Willi Castro named to American League All-Star team Castro will join teammate Carlos Correa after being named an injury replacement for Jose Altuve.

JULY 11 • STARTRIBUNE.COM

José Altuve will skip All-Star Game; Marcus Semien to start at 2B for AL

Houston's José Altuve will skip the MLB All-Star Game, the team announced Thursday. Rangers 2B Marcus Semien will start for the AL in Texas.

JULY 11

Semien replaces Altuve as AL All-Star starting second baseman, Santander and Castro added to roster

Marcus Semien of the host Texas Rangers will replace Houston’s Jose Altuve as the American League’s starting second baseman for the All-Star Game on Tuesday night

JULY 11 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Resting for second leg of twin bill Castro is out of the lineup for the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the White Sox.

Impact Kyle Farmer will get the nod at second base in the nightcap after Castro manned the keystone in the Twins' 3-1 loss in Game 1, going 0-for-3 with a walk. Castro is on the bench for the first time since June 20, ending a streak of 17 consecutive starts.

JULY 10 • ROTOWIRE