Major League Baseball is now less than a month away from the All-Star break. If your team is above, at, or close to .500 this season, you may be wondering where their odds are for a division crown or World Series title this season.
Willi Castro had the game-ending sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the ninth, lifting the Twins to a 7-6 comeback victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday night.
Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer as part of a seven-run third inning, Sonny Gray kept rolling with six strong innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Sunday.
Ryan (5-0) joined Jerry Koosman in 1979 as the only Twins pitchers to win their first five starts since the franchise moved to Minnesota for the 1961 season.
The Minnesota Twins avoided a sweep after fending off a Texas Ranger rally to take a 4.5-game lead in the American League Central Division Sunday afternoon in Arlington.