Jay Caldwell
The Twins declined to pick up the $9.25 Million team option on Scott Baker's contract making him eligible from free agency.
A full line-up of results from this weekend's crucial games.
The St. John's football team got back to 500 overall with a win at home over Gustavus. QB Nick Martin threw for an amazing 121 yards and ran for 103 yards with a with TD for the Johnnies.
The Ice Huskies opened the WCHA schedule with a big win over the Mavs Friday night.
The Timberwolves closed the pre-season schedule with a road win at Milwaukee. Chase Budinger led the Wolves with 20 points and Nikola Pekovic chipped in 19 points and 9 rebounds.
The NHL Lockout has caused the cancellation of regular season game thru November 30. The Wild lose home games November 15, 17, 23 and 28. The NHL and the NHL players association have not met this week after ending talks last weekend.
The San Francisco Giants took a 2 games to none series lead with a 2-0 win over Detroit in Game 2 of the World Series Thursday night. Brandon Crawford grounded into a double play to score the first round in the 7th inning and Hunter Pence drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning for the Giants. Madison Bumgarner threw 7 shutout innings with 2 hits allowed to get the win. Doug Fister allowed 1 earned run in 6 innings to take the loss.
The St. John's Football team hosts Gustavus Saturday afternoon at 1pm in hopes of winning their 2nd straight game. St. John's was off last week and are 3-4 overall this season but just 1-4 in the MIAC. Gustavus has struggled this season and id 1-4 in the MIAC and 2-5 overall.
After their win last Sunday, a confident Vikings put their 5-2 record on the line against the 2-4 Buccaneers.
Pablo Sandoval was 4-4 with homeruns in his first 3 at bats and Justin Verlander allowed 6 hits and 5 earned runs in 4 innings to take the loss.
The Timberwolves won 95-76 in Winnipeg Wednesday night against Detroit. Chase Budinger led the Wolves with 21 points off the bench, Derrick Williams added 18 points and Nikola Pekovic added 14 points and 9 rebounds. Minnesota shot 46 percent from the field while Detroit was held to 32 percent.
The St. Cloud State Football team will play at home Saturday against Bemidji State at 1pm at Husky Stadium. St. Cloud State is 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the North Division of the NSIC.