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Twins pitcher Devin Smeltzer’s 90 mph pitch appeared to go quite a bit below Eric Haase’s knees, but was still called a strike.

DETROIT — Devin Smeltzer pitched 6 2⁄3 strong innings and Max Kepler had three hits and drove in three runs as the Twins won the opener of a doubleheader by beating the Tigers 8-2 on Tuesday at Comerica Park.

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Falvey, the Twins' president of baseball operations, said he won't pass judgment on his unvaccinated players.

The Cubs aren’t much better in DefEff, and both are below the major-league average.

DETROIT — Royce Lewis' triumphant return to the big leagues didn't even last a full game.

DETROIT — The Tigers kept finding ways to push runs across the plate Monday.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins salvaged a series split with the Royals and a winning homestand with a 7-3 victory on Sunday. And all it cost them was their best pitcher, their best hitter and their top prospect.

MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Archer made his major league debut six days after Bobby Witt Jr.'s 12th birthday. Who could have imagined the current rookie would celebrate at the former rookie's expense a decade later?

MINNEAPOLIS — In this season of warning-track fly balls and frustrated sluggers, two home runs are usually enough to win. The Twins relied on that Friday.

NEW YORK — It was not long ago that the baseball world cast an eye of confused suspicion on the Yankees.

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…