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PITTSBURGH (AP) — By his own admission, J.A. Happ can get inside his head too much sometimes, particularly when the St. Louis Cardinals left-hander faces the same team over and over. Taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates for the third time in 17 days, the 38-year-old took a deep breath, relaxed and let the guys behind him do most of the hard work.

Salvador Pérez became only the fourth Kansas City player with consecutive multi-homer games and Jarrod Dyson scored the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning when centerfielder Gilberto Celestino made a pair of errors on a simple fly ball, helping the Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Thursday night. Pérez hit a 456-foot solo homer in the first and another solo drive that just cleared the wall in the fifth off JA Happ. Pérez has 14 home runs this season and joined Ed Kirkpatri...

Boston Red Sox (6-3) vs. Minnesota Twins (5-4) Minneapolis; Monday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: TBD Twins: J.A. Happ (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 4 strikeouts)

Twins newcomer Happ back on mound after positive virus test By The Associated PressMarch 3, 2021 GMT The left-hander tested positive for COVID-19 upon reporting to spring training, putting his practice schedule on hold. Happ cleared virus protocols on Tuesday and took part in team workouts for the first time at camp in Fort Myers, Florida. The rest of the Twins played an exhibition game against Atlanta in North Port. The 38-year-old Happ, who left the New York Yankees and signed in January with...

AL Central teams at the start of spring training By The Associated PressFebruary 11, 2021 GMT ___ 2020: 36-24, first place, lost to Houston in first round of playoffs. Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida. Park: Hammond Stadium at CenturyLink Sports Complex. First Workout: Feb. 19/23. He’s Here: SS Andrelton Simmons, RHP Alex Colomé, LHP J.A. Happ, RHP Hansel Robles, RHP Shaun Anderson, RHP Ian Hamilton, OF Keon Broxton, LHP Andrew Albers. ADVERTISEMENT He’s Outta Here: LF Eddie Rosario, RHP...

HIBBING — It’s time to say goodbye to January, which means we’re one month closer to spring.

Veteran left-hander J.A. Happ has signed a one-year, $8 million deal with the Minnesota Twins, joining a rotation that includes Kenta Maeda, Jose Berrios and Michael Pineda.

The Minnesota Twins and veteran starting pitcher J.A. Happ agreed Wednesday to an $8 million, one-year contract, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The 38-year-old Happ spent the past 2 1/3 seasons with the New York Yankees. Acquired from Toronto at the 2018 trade deadline, the left-hander went 7-0 with a 2.69 ERA in 11 starts down the stretch to finish 17-6.

Industry that -- injury, that happened over the weekend. a pitcher for the tampa bay rays hit in the head by a ball. now it appears he is going to be okay. the incident renews questions about safety for players of all ages. here is abcs gio benitez. >> look out. shot right back at cobb. >> reporter: it took just a split second for a ball traveling at 102 miles per hour to hit tampa bay rays pitcher alex cobb right behind the ear. >> shot back at cobb -- >> reporter: cobb is already tweeting. wan...

Now to baseball, a really scary moment in the toronto-tampa bay game last night. >> its hit down low. hits the plate to 1st. he is down on the mound. two runs have scored. jennings goes to 3rd. >> a brutal comeback a. toronto pitcher j.a.happ hit in the head with a line drive off the bat of desmond jennings. unfortunately, we can tell you he was awake and alert and taken off the field in a stretcher to the hospital. we hope he is okay. a lot of twitter support out there for mr. happ. talk abou...