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A pitch clearly deflected off Byron Buxton's bat, but umpires didn't see it that way, enabling Max Kepler to score from third.

Alex Kirilloff grew up about 20 miles from Pittsburgh in Plum and would attend a handful of Pirates games a year.

Mets return home to host Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.

TRANSACTIONS We heard about it more than 24 hours earlier, but officially Kody Funderburk was optioned to the Saints. The Twins selected the contract of veteran RHP Diego Castillo from the Saints. Josh Winder was reinstated from the 60-Day IL and optioned to St. Paul. RHP Jay Jackson cleared waiv...

Game three of the seven-game series in Rochester will be tonight at 5:05 p.m.

Oh, and Luke Keaschall and Emmanuel Rodriguez went deep, but you probably already knew that. Image courtesy of Ed Bailey, Wichita Wind Surge TRANSACTIONS RHP Jay Jackson clears waivers, likely to report to AAA St. Paul soon. Saints Sentinel St. Paul 3, Buffalo 8 Box Score Louie Varland: 5 IP, 8 H...

The big news for the farm system on Friday was that Twins star Royce Lewis would be joining the St. Paul Saints on Saturday to kick off a rehab assignment, Wichita starter Marco Raya twirled a gem though, and recently signed prospect Kevin Maitan went yard for a big one with the Kernels. Check in...

It was a busy day on the farm for the Minnesota Twins. With a near-perfect game taking place for the Kernels, and more than a handful of key prospects launching the ball, something was happening at each level. The Saints took a ridiculous number of walks and won in their resumed game. Image court...

Monday brought great news for top prospects with both Brooks Lee and Walker Jenkins returning to action. There were more than a few impressive performances last week, but it was the team results for the Cedar Rapids Kernels that paced the Minnesota Twins farm system. A perfect 6-0 was the opposit...

Carlos Correa says equipping umpires with a PitchCom "would make calls so much better"; Rocco Baldelli voices support for automated strike zone.