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The White Sox beat the Twins 11-8 Wednesday night in the rubber game of the 3-game series. Alejandro De Aza hit a grand slam homerun off Brian Duensing to break the game wide open. Justin Morneau was 3-5 with 2 homeruns and 3 RBIs and Joe Mauer went 2-4 with a homerun and 2 runs scored. Morneau has 8 homeruns and Mauer has 2 homeruns this season. Brian Dozier hit a 2-run single for Minnesota.

The Minnesota Lynx downed the L.A. Sparks 92-84 to improve to 3-0. Seimone Augustus led the Lynx with 25 points, Rebekkah Brunson added 17 points and 7 rebounds, and Lindsay Whalen chipped in 14 points. Minnesota shot 53 percent from the field while L.A. shot 49 percent.

Today marks the 29th Annual National Missing Children’s Day. Former President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25th as National Missing Children’s Day in honor of the 1979 abduction of six year-old Ethan Patz whom went missing on his way to school in New York.

Timberwolves forward Kevin Love has been named to the All NBA 2nd team. Love averaged 26 points and 13.3 rebounds a game in 2011-2012. Love led the NBA in double-doubles (48), finished 2nd in minutes played (39.0 mpg) and was fourth in free-throws made (379). Love is joined on the 2nd team by guards Russell Westbrook and Tony Parker, center Andrew Bynum and forward Blake Griffin.

The Twins lost 6-0 at Chicago against the White Sox Wednesday night. Chris Sale threw 7 shutout innings with 2 hits allowed and 6 strikeouts for the White Sox. Alex Rios and Paul Konerko each hit homeruns for the White Sox. Scott Diamond allowed 9 hits and 5 runs (2 earned) in 6 innings to take the loss and drop to 3-1. The Twins committed 3 errors behind Diamond. Joe Mauer was 1-2 with 2 walks for the Twins.

Former Major League Baseball star pitcher Bret Saberhagen will be the guest of the St. Cloud Rox for their home opener on June 2. Saberhagen will throw out the first pitch at Joe Faber Field against Mankato at 7:05 on June 2. He pitched 16 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox. Saberhagen won a Cy Young Award in the American League while with the Royals in 1985. He was 20-6 with a 2.87 ERA in 1985 and helped the Royals win a World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals.

It's graduation season for our area high schools. Do you know a graduate this year? Give them your best wishes on our story.

The Minnesota Wild have signed top prospect Mikael Granlund to a 3-year $2.7 Million contract. The contract includes $90,000 in bonus money annually. He is ranked as the #2 overall prospect in the Hockey News Future Watch. Granlund scored 40 points in 43 games as a 17-year old in the Finnish Elite League. As a 19-year old last season he led the HIFK in regular season scoring.

Meet Max and Belle. Two friendly and child loving pets patiently awaiting for their fur-ever homes.

The Twins defeated the White Sox 9-2 in Chicago Tuesday night to begin a 3-game series. P.J. Walters threw all 9 innings with 5 hits and 2 earned runs allowed with 8 strikeouts to get the win. The complete-game for Walters was the first of his career and first for a Twins' pitcher this season. Minnesota jumped on White Sox starter Gavin Floyd for 4 runs in the 2nd inning and 5 more in the 4th inning. Justin Morneau hit a 3-run homerun, Denard Span was 2-5 with a run and 1 RBI and Josh Willingham had 2 RBIs for the Twins.