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The Twins didn't fare well on offense or from the mound in the season debut of starter Samuel Deduno on Friday night.

Any players not appearing on these lists are presumed to be below "don't bother" status and are obvious sits in Fantasy.

With the 2013 Major League Baseball season in full swing, now is the perfect time to take a look at the current odds for the home run title from the LVH SuperBook here in sunny Sin City.

La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 . Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs.

Prince Fielder bounced a tiebreaking single off Jared Burton's glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Detroit Tigers' Avisail Garcia runs to the dugout after their 6-2 win over the Houston Astros in Detroit on May 14.

The season always feels a little better after a sweep. Even if it's only a two game series, getting out of a city without a loss always puts a hitch in your giddy-up. Doing it against a division opponent, especially one that's had your number lately, is fantastic, and though the wins weren't the prettiest, I'm almost positive nobody will complain.

A major key to any team's success over the course of a long season is winning within the division.

In what is becoming a frustrating trend, pitcher Vance Worley lasted just 3 2/3 innings today, giving up a 8 earned runs in that time.

There is no doubt that Alex Avila has been in an offensive funk this season. So far, there have been no answers for how to get him out of it.

MINNEAPOLIS David Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to torment his former team once again, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.

The Twins-Red Sox series was as ugly a weekend of baseball as has been played so far this season by the home team.

Target Field, let there be no doubt, is a great place to watch baseball. Boston's three-game series there to open the place in 2010 proved to be my last road trip as a full-timer at the S-T, and it made for a great high to go out on.

David Ortiz smacked a pair of homers against his former team and accounted for six RBI, as the Boston Red Sox topped the Minnesota Twins, 12-5, at Target Field.

Twins pitcher Mike Pelfrey was leafing through the team's media guide during spring training when he came upon a disturbing entry under Vance Worley's bio.

Ortiz homered twice and drove in six runs to hammer his former team once again, leading Boston to a 12-5 victory over the Twins.

He wasn't sharp, but Vance Worley gave up only 1 run in 6 innings in yesterday's game.

Good afternoon Here are the lineups: RED SOX Ellsbury CF Gomes LF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Nava RF Middlebrooks 3B Lavarnway C Ciriaco SS Pitching: RHP Ryan Dempster .

The Red Sox have won three straight after losing 10 of their previous 14 games, while the Twins have lost three in a row after winning six of nine.

It was an honor again for my band, The 4onthefloor , to play Target Field during a Twins game, this year as the inaugural band of the brand new Midwest Music Showcase series.