Blackburn pitches Twins past Rockies, 4-2

Ryan Spilborghs hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Colorado Rockies overcame Livan Hernandez's strong outing to end a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Hernandez (6-2) retired ...

Rookie Nick Blackburn limited Colorado to two runs on six hits over seven innings Friday, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over Colorado. Blackburn (4-2) struck out five and did not walk a batter in helping the Twins halt a three-game losing ...

Twins center fielder Carlos Gomez had both wrists wrapped, a sore lip because he had just bit it and a slight headache. But his tremendous running catch to end the Twins' 4-2 win over the Rockies on Friday saved Joe Nathan's save, locked up Nick ...

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire called off pitchers’ batting practice on Wednesday, which bummed out righthander Nick Blackburn. He wanted every opportunity to improve his swing from hopeless to simply embarrassing. Who really cares what an American ...

Nick Blackburn (4-2) allowed two runs on six hits over seven strong innings for the Twins, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Joe Nathan put two men on in the ninth but escaped with his 13th save. Adam Everett drove in two runs for Minnesota, ...

Nick Blackburn pitched seven strong innings and Delmon Young doubled twice and scored two runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Clint Barmes had three hits for the Rockies, who have lost six ...

Nick Blackburn allowed only two runs in seven inningsas the Twins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory against Colorado. The Twins grabbed a 2-0 lead and scored single runs in the sixth and eighth innings after the Rockies rallied ...