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The Twins lost 2-1 at home to Toronto Saturday night despite a solid Twins' debut for P.J. Walters. Walters threw 6 innings with 2 earned runs allowed but takes the loss for Minnesota. Drew Hutchinson threw 6 innings with 1 earned run allowed to get the win for the Blue Jays. Joe Mauer and Brian Dozier were each 2-4 at the plate for Minnesota. The Twins managed just 5 hits.

The Twins outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 Friday night in a game that didn't start until almost 9pm. The two teams endoured a 1 hour and 51 minute rain delay. Darin Mastroianni had 2 hits and 3 RBIs playing in just his 2nd game as a Twin. Ryan Doumit had a 2-run single and Denard Span had 2 hits and 2 runs scored for Minnesota. Nick Blackburn allowed 5 earned runs in 5 innings to get the win and improve to 1-4. Matt Capps threw a scoreless 9th inning to get the save, his 6th.

The St. John's baseball team defeated Bethel 7-3 in their opening game of the MIAC tournament in Minnetonka. Dylan Graves had 2 hits, 2 runs scored a homerun and 4 RBIs for the Johnnies. Hayden Zimmerman threw 8 innings with 3 earned runs allowed to get the win for St. John's.

The St. Cloud State baseball team defeated Minnesota State-Mankato 3-2 Friday to advance to the NSIC championship. SCSU scored 2 first inning runs and held on to win. Mike Jurgella was 2-3 with 1 RBI and both Joey Benke and Brian Hansen had 2 hits apiece and 1 run scored. Scott Leiser threw 7 innings with 6 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. MSU-Mankato defeated Augustana 10-1 to advance to the championship to play SCSU again.

In this last installment of our three-part series on sucker smoking, Charlie and Jerry smoke - and sample - their catch.  

The Twins lost 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays Thursday night in the first game of a 4-game series at Target Field. Jason Marquis allowed 7 hits and 5 earned runs in 4 innings to take the loss and drop to 2-2. Manager Ron Gardenhire wasn't happy with Marquis' strike to ball ratio. Marquis threw 86 pitches, 46 strikes and 40 balls. Josh Willingham hit a solo homerun, his 7th and Erik Komatsu had 2 hits for the Twins. Henderson Alvarez allowed 1 earned run in 7 innings to get the win for the Blue Jays.

Minnesota Viking owner Zigi Wilf arrived in Minnesota Thursday afternoon after the Minnesota Senate passed the Stadium bill 36-30. The passage means the bill needs only to be signed by supportive Governor Mark Dayton and by needs to be approved by the Minneapolis City Council. The Governor has been a long-time supporter of the Stadium and the Minneapolis City Council has already voted in favor of the stadium 7-6. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak says he has the votes.

The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Clayton Stoner to a 2-year contract extension worth $2.1 Million. The 27-year old had 1 goal and 4 assists in 51 games with the Wild in 2011-2012. Stoner was a 3rd round pick by the Wild in 2004.

The St. Cloud State baseball team is 2-0 in the NSIC tournament after beating Winona State 3-2 Thursday night. Shawn Riesgraf threw 8 innings with 8 hits and 2 earned runs allowed to get the win and improve to 9-1 this season. Joey Benke was 3-4 with 2 RBIs and Garrett Fischer was 3-4 with a run scored and 1 RBI for the Huskies.

The Vikings Stadium bill passed 36-30 in the State Senate Thursday afternoon and now the bill goes to the Governor and he's expected to sign it. The $975 Million stadium will be built with $477 Million from the Vikings and a combined $498 Million from the state at the city of Minneapolis. The Vikings are expected to continue to play at the Metrdome through the 2014 season and won't move into the new stadium until 2016.