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The Twins won both halves of the day/night doubleheader Thursday at Target Field against the Blue Jays. Kyle Gibson threw 8 shutout innings with 4 hits and 1 walk allowed with 4 strikeouts to get the win and improve to 3-0.

After being swept by Oakland, the Minnesota Twins picked up a big 10-1 bounce-back win over Kansas City on Friday night.

Derek Norris hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning, and the Oakland Athletics bounced back from another blown save by new closer Jim Johnson to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Wednesday.

Yoenis Cespedes proved he can play through a hurting right heel, giving Scott Kazmir and the Oakland Athletics a spark with a pair of RBIs that helped spoil the Minnesota Twins' home opener with an 8-3 victory on Monday.

The Twins offense continued its hot start this season, carrying Minnesota to a 10-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.

The Minnesota Twins ran out of steam down the stretch, falling 7-2 to the Cleveland Indians on Friday.

The Minnesota Twins have started the season on the road, playing against the White Sox in Chicago. They also travel to Cleveland to take on the Indians this weekend, before coming home on Monday for their Home Opener. Twins spokesman Chris Iles was on the News @ Noon show on WJON today (Thursday) talking about their big plans for the home opener at Target Field.

Alejandro De Aza hit two homers, and Jose Abreu had two hits in his major league debut to back Chris Sale and lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 season-opening victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday.

The Minnesota Twins battled to a 2-2 tie against the Baltimore Orioles in spring training action on Friday afternoon.

The Minnesota Twins have signed closer Glen Perkins to a new extension through the 2017 season.