MLB

The Minnesota Twins have beaten up on left-handed pitching and former Cy Young award winners in their rise to the American League's best record and majors' top offense.

Indians manager Terry Francona doesn't need any reminders about how well the Minnesota Twins have played this season. The numbers are in front of him every day.

Jake Odorizzi was at 93 pitches, had struck out the last four batters he faced and retired eight in a row when Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli surprisingly emerged from the dugout to pull his starter one out into the sixth inning.

Kyle Gibson knew he didn't have to do too much to give his slugging teammates a chance to win on Saturday, but the Minnesota Twins starting pitcher went out and threw a gem anyway.

Though they're not yet one-third of the way through the season, the Minnesota Twins have been putting on quite the show.

Very little has slowed the Minnesota Twins of late. A rare Southern California rain shower did the trick Wednesday night.

Marwin Gonzalez keeps coming through for the Minnesota Twins.

Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano is quickly getting back into the swing of things.

The Minnesota Twins overpowered the Seattle Mariners in the third game of the series on Saturday night. They extended their winning streak to five games and have now hit five or more home runs in five games this season.

The Minnesota Twins extended their win streak to four games by taking the second game of the series against the Mariners in Seattle on Friday.

Mitch Garver demonstrated his value to the Minnesota Twins again Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels. Now, Minnesota is hoping it hasn't lost its surprisingly productive catcher for an extended period.

One week into Shohei Ohtani's return to the Los Angeles Angels, the lineup is looking sharp.

Daniel Norris rediscovered his rhythm, Nicholas Castellanos maintained his and the Detroit Tigers left Minnesota with a series split.

C.J. Cron's second home run on a long day turned out to be the bigger one.