MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 23 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his third straight triple-double as the Milwaukee Bucks erased a 24-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103 on Tuesday. The Bucks won their fifth straight and snapped Minnesota’s five-game winning streak. Milwaukee trailed 95-71 with less than 10 minutes left before scoring 23 straight points. Milwaukee’s Kevin Porter Jr. had 21 points. Portis had 18 points and 10 rebounds in his return from a 25-game suspension. Anthony Edwards scored 25 points for Minnesota.
DENVER (AP) — Brice Turang, Christian Yelich and William Contreras hit seventh-inning home runs, Jackson Churio doubled and tripled, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1. Freddy Peralta (1-1) struck out six in five solid innings for Milwaukee, which has won six of seven after starting the season with four straight losses. The Brewers’ win spoiled the major league debut of Colorado outfielder Zac Veen. Veen was called up from Triple-A Albuquerque, hit seventh and started in right field. He hit a bunt single in the sixth inning. The Brewers jumped ahead with a four-run third inning against Kyle Freeland (0-2) that included three straight RBI singles.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Ragans struck out 11 in six crisp innings, and the Kansas City Royals beat the sloppy Minnesota Twins 2-1. Kansas City won for the fourth time in five games despite managing just two unearned runs and three hits. Bobby Witt Jr. scored the go-ahead run on Vinnie Pasquantino’s soft grounder in the eighth. Witt reached when he went all the way to third on a throwing error on Griffin Jax. Ragans was charged with one run and four hits. John Schreiber escaped a jam in the eighth, and Daniel Lynch IV got one out for his first save.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pablo López left Tuesday’s start against the Kansas City Royals in the bottom of the fifth inning due to right hamstring tightness, according to the Minnesota Twins medical staff. López grabbed the back of his leg after walking Jonathan India. Manager Rocco Baldelli and trainer Nick Paparesta visited the mound and took López out after a short discussion. López threw 78 pitches in 4 2/3 innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Cole Sands came on in relief for the Twins.
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