sports blast

The Minnesota Twins returned from the All-Star break with a road series opener win over Oakland and the St. Cloud Rox won game two to split the series with Mankato Friday.

The St. John's University hockey team made a thrilling Hockey Day Minnesota debut with a come-from-behind overtime win, the St. Cloud State University women's hockey team and Gopher men's hockey teams notched shutout wins, and the Gopher women's hockey team, St. Cloud Norsemen, and Granite City Lumberjacks all kicked off the weekend with a win Friday. Meanwhile, the St. Cloud State men's hockey team fell in Duluth and Augustana proved to be too much for the SCSU basketball teams. On Saturday, the St. John's and St. Ben's basketball teams will host St. Olaf, the CSB hockey team will close out the series against Augsburg, the Gopher men's basketball team will face Northwestern on the road, and the Minnesota Wild will host Buffalo as part of the Hockey Day Minnesota celebration.

The Minnesota Twins rallied late and went on to beat San Francisco in extra innings, and the Vikings, who continued resting most of their starters, dropped their third and final preseason game to Denver Saturday.

After losing six straight, the Minnesota Twins got back in the win column with a shutout victory over San Francisco Friday night. On Saturday, the Minnesota Vikings will hit the road for their final preseason matchup against the Broncos.