Justin Morneau

Ryan Doumit’s two-run triple off Tom Wilhelmsen with one out in the ninth inning sent the Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday, and gave former South Dakota State star Caleb Thielbar his first major league win.

Joe Mauer wound up with a home run instead of a double after umpires went to video replay, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 Monday.

Last in the American League in hitting and scoring, the Chicago White Sox started to find some offense this week in Minnesota. Adam Dunn homered twice, doubled and drove in five runs, powering the White Sox past the Twins 9-4 on Wednesday.

Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo hit consecutive homers to back another strong start from Jake Peavy and lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

Brian Duensing pitched two innings of scoreless relief, Casey Fien got two outs and Jared Burton earned his first save with a perfect ninth as the Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 Saturday night. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau each had three hits for the Twins.

Thanks to another strong outing from Kevin Correia, the Minnesota Twins are ahead of where they were at this point last season. Way ahead. Correia pitched eight sharp innings, Justin Morneau homered and the Twins beat Texas 5-0 Sunday.

Scott Diamond matched Matt Harvey for four innings. Not good enough. “I was hoping for better,” Diamond said after his , a 4-2 loss to the New York Mets on Saturday.

Justin Morneau singled in the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning after Chris Davis botched a grounder, and the Minnesota Twins got a home run from Chris Parmalee in a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles. It was the Twins first win in Baltimore since April 21, 2011.

Justin Verlander won on opening day for the first time in six tries, striking out seven over five shutout innings at frosty Target Field, sending the defending American League champions past the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Monday.

Justin Morneau homered in his final game with Minnesota before leaving for the World Baseball Classic, but the Twins lost to the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday.