Kirby Puckett had four hits in his MLB debut as the Twins beat the first-place Angels 5-0 in Anaheim on this date in 1984.
Puckett, hitting leadoff, grounded out to short to start the game. He collected singles in his next four at-bats, becoming the sixth player in American League history to...
Tail of the tape points out, just like the game scores, that the Wild lost the series but didn’t get beat.
This was a very competitive series, but the Wild really need to solve the same problems as last year, the PP and PK.
Defending NHL Champions will retain their title for another series.
Bolts simply could not play the same hard, grinding, winning style that the Bolts use to employ...and that the Panthers now employ.
Caps move on as do the Canes who will play the Caps next. Home ice goes to the Caps
21-year-old Devil Ray's rookie phenom Rocco Baldelli hit his first major league home run off the Twins' Brad Radke on this date in 2003.
It was his 40th hit in the month of April, breaking the rookie record set by Ichiro two years earlier.
Rocco finished third in AL Rookie of the Year...
They have been playing hard. And that's the reason the series has been as close as it has been. But Nyquist drags his leg a bit...Hartman's goal counts and the Wild are likely up 3-2 in this series.
Merrill lost his coverage and Howden's goal was so much like the Rossi goals he's had with...