MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brice Turang dropped a perfect bunt to score Oliver Dunn in the 11th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2. Pinch-runner Dunn advanced from second base on Garett Mitchell’s groundout off Sam Long. Joey Ortiz walked. Turang, who was 0 for 5 for the game, placed a bunt in front of the plate and raced to first as Dunn scored. Jared Koenig picked up the win with a scoreless 11th.
Tonight the Brewers continue their homestand when they open a 4-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. Pregame at 6:40p. First pitch at 7pm on AM1240 & 96.5FM
CHICAGO (AP) — Harrison Bader and Byron Buxton hit home runs to back Pablo López’s solid start and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 after rain delayed the start by nearly 3 1/2 hours. Buxton, Carlos Correa and Ty France had two hits apiece for the Twins, who took the rubber match of the three-game series. Lopez pitched seven innings, giving up four hits and one run with a walk and five strikeouts. Jhoan Duran and Danny Coulombe each threw a scoreless inning to complete the win. Chicago’s lone run came on Brooks Baldwin’s home run to center in the seventh.
The yearslong quest by Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez to acquire control of the Minnesota Timberwolves seems to finally be in the home stretch, after current owner Glen Taylor opted not to appeal an arbitration panel’s ruling that he must go forward with the $1.5 billion sale. A person with knowledge of Taylor’s decision confirmed it to The Associated Press on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the Timberwolves had not offered any public comment. ESPN first reported the decision. All that appears to be left is final approval by the NBA’s board of governors, which is the last step before any sale of a team can be completed.
NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Trocheck scored at 24 seconds of overtime to give the New York Rangers a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night. Trocheck slid the puck past goalie Filip Gustavsson to help the Rangers keep pace with Montreal in the Eastern Conference wild-card race. Both teams have 79 points. Artemi Panarin scored his team-leading 34th goal and Braden Schneider, K’Andre Miller and Chris Kreider added goals for New York. Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves. Minnesota’s Marco Rossi tied it at 4 early in the third. Gustav Nyqvist, Brock Faber and Marcus Johansson also scored, and Gustavsson made 34 saves. The Wild are in wild-card position in the Western Conference with 89 points.