Baseball

St. Cloud State's Dominic Austing picked up the win for St. Cloud. Austing pitched five innings and allowed no runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

The Twins will begin a series with the Giants in San Francisco Friday night. First pitch is scheduled for 9:15 on AM 1240 WJON.

The owners of "Acceleration Baseball Center" are planning to move their business from St. Cloud to Sauk Rapids. Co-owner Gary Posch says they want to build an 18,500 square foot facility in the Industrial Park, just east of Highway 10.

The Rox will host La Crosse again Thursday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 on AM 1390 Granite City Sports.

The Mariners will host Minnesota again late Thursday night to wrap up the three-game series. First pitch is slated for 9:10 on AM 1240 WJON.

The St. Cloud Rox dropped their home-opener 5-2 to the Rochester Honkers Friday night at Joe Faber Field.

A little bit of Twins history was made in the bottom of the fourth inning when the team pulled off a rare 5-4-3 triple play. Miguel Sano fielded Jefry Marte's ground ball, stepped on the third base bag to retire Albert Pujols, then fired to second baseman Brian Dozier to get Yunel Escobar before Dozier's relay to first to complete the play.

The Twins fall to 26-23 on the season with the loss. Minnesota will begin a series in Los Angeles Thursday night on WJON, with first pitch slated for 9:07.

The Rox will wrap up their season-opening three game road trip with a game at Rochester Thursday night. The game can be heard on 1390 Granite City Sports beginning with the pregame show at 6:35.

Not even a Little Leaguer would swing at this.

The Twins will host the Astros again Wednesday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 12:10 on AM 1240 WJON.

The Rox will play at Waterloo again on Wednesday night at 6:35. The game can be heard on AM 1390 KXSS beginning with the pregame show at 6:05.