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The St. Cloud State baseball team defeated Winona State 12-7 Thursday in the NCAA Division II Central Regional in Mankato. SCSU broke the 7-all tie with 5 runs in the 8th inning led by Mike Jurgella's bases clearing double. Garrett Fischer was 3-3 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI and Chris Kubitz threw 2 scoreless innings to get the win in relief for the Huskies.

The Twins downed the Tigers 4-3 in Detroit Thursday to complete a 2-game sweep. Justin Morneau went 2-4 with a 2-run homerun and 3 RBIs and Trevor Plouffe had a solo homerun for Minnesota. Drew Butera added 3 hits for the Twins. P.J. Walters started the game and allowed 6 1/3 innings with 4 hits and 3 earned runs allowed to get the win and improve to 1-1. Matt Capps threw a scoreless 9th inning to grab his 8th save.

The St. John's baseball team lost 7-2 to Coe College of Iowa in an elimination game in McMinnville, Oregon in the NCAA Division III tournament Thursday. Max Forster hit a 2-run homerun for the Johnnies and Ryan Spengler allowed 8 hits and 4 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings but takes the loss and drops to 6-4 on the season.

Authorities are looking for a woman who robbed a north St. Cloud bank today.

The Twins outscored the Tigers 11-7 in Detroit Wednesday night. Brian Dozier hit a 3-run homerun and Trevor Plouffe added a 2-run homerun for Minnesota. Josh Willingham had 3 hits, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI and Jamey Carroll was 2-5 with a run scored and 2 RBIs for the Twins. Nick Blackburn started the game and struggled. He allowed 6 hits and 6 earned runs in 2 innings and left in the game in part because of pain in his left leg. Five relief pitcher combined to throw 7 innings with 1 earned run allowed. Alex Burnett earned the win in relief.

The St. John's baseball team lost 6-3 to Concordia of Texas in McMinnville, Oregon in the NCAA Division III tournament on Wednesday. Justin Thompson went 2-3 with a RBI and Dylan Graves was 1-3 with 1 RBI for the Johnnies. Hayden Zimmerman threw 6 1/3 innings with 5 hits and 4 earned runs allowed to take the loss.

The St. Paul Saints held a "Name the Pig" contest to select the names of their two pig mascots. The names that were chosen are Kim Lardashian and Kim Hamphries. The two pigs will spend the season at Midway Stadium in St. Paul in wedded bliss. The names make fun of Minnesota basketball star and Nets' NBA player Kris Humphries short marriage to reality star Kim Kardashian.

Meet Mack and Striper. Two friendly pets waiting to call your laps their new homes.

The Twins are expected to activate first baseman Justin Morneau from the 15-day disabled list today in time for him to play tonight at Detroit. Morneau has been on the disabled list for the past 15 days with a sore left wrist. He's been taking batting practice the last couple of days and is reporting no problems. Morneau in 20 games was batting .230 with 4 homeruns and 9 RBIs this season.

The Twins lost 5-0 at home against Cleveland Tuesday afternoon. Derek Lowe threw a complete-game 6-hit shutout with 4 walks allowed and no strikeouts. It's Lowe's first shutout in nearly 7 years. Brian Dozier had 3 hits for the Twins and Jason Marquis allowed 9 hits and 5 earned runs in 5 innings to take the loss and drop to 2-3. His ERA swells to 6.68.