Faced with a one- and two-run deficits, the Twins were able to battle back twice against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon. Faced with a three-run deficit in the 10th inning, they were unable to pull off another rally.

After Harrison Bader’s game-tying, two-run home run in the eighth inning electrified the Target Field crowd and eventually forced extra innings, reliever Justin Topa gave up three runs in the top of the 10th inning. The Twins’ response wasn’t enough, and they dropped the series finale against the Rays, 7-5, on Sunday afternoon.

Minnesota Twins’ Harrison Bader gestures after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

After a trio of the Twins’ top bullpen arms had already been used, Topa allowed a go-ahead double to Yandy Diaz, which scored the automatic runner. A second run scored on a sacrifice bunt, and Topa himself threw the ball away trying to nab the runner at first. That runner, Jose Caballero, would score the Rays’ third run of the inning.

All of that came after some eighth-inning drama in which the Rays scored a pair of runs on two batted balls that didn’t leave the infield and Bader, fresh off the bench, tied it the with his third home run of the weekend.

The Twins had jumped ahead in the first inning when Byron Buxton hit a home run to get things going. They held that lead until the third, when starter Joe Ryan allowed a solo shot to Taylor Walls, but they wouldn’t lead again after that. An inning later, the Rays took a lead on a Jonathan Aranda RBI single.

That was all the Rays would manage against Ryan, who threw six innings of two-run ball, walking one and striking out eight as he recorded yet another quality start. The Twins came back for the first time in the sixth, using a great slide by Trevor Larnach to help him evade a tag at the plate to tie the game up.

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Police in Apple Valley are asking people who live near where a man was found covered in blood on a sidewalk early Sunday to check their cameras for suspicious activity.

At about 3:12 a.m., Sunday, July 6, police were called to the intersection of Pennock Avenue and 138th Street on reports of a man on the sidewalk. When they arrived they found the man was covered in blood and had an injury to his chest. Despite lifesaving measures, the man was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

The death is under investigation and the man’s identity will be released at a later date by the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office. Detectives ask anyone who lives near the intersection who has exterior cameras to review them for any activity between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Sunday morning.

Anyone who sees any activity on their camera footage is asked to contact the Apple Valley Police Department at (952) 322-2323.

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A scientific illustrator, a mapmaker and a storyteller are among the artists selected to be the Artists at Pine Needles this summer.

Since 2002, the Artist at Pine Needles program has hosted more than 75 artists and writers in the historic Pine Needles cabin on the St. Croix River in Marine on St. Croix as part of a program to broaden scientific understanding through art.

Artist Natalie Deam says she is inspired by the local flora, fauna and fungi of the Midwest; this watercolor painting is called “Zea Drain.” Deam is one of five artists selected to develop new works this summer at the St. Croix Watershed Research Station in Marine on St. Croix through the 2025 Artist at Pine Needles program. (Courtesy of Natalie Deam)

Greg Seitz of Marine on St. Croix is working on a “deep map” book of the St. Croix River that “blends science, history and storytelling while elevating overlooked narratives, particularly Indigenous voices, and exploring how ecological processes impact human life,” a news release says.

For more than 15 years, Seitz has focused on the St. Croix River watershed, using writing, photography and mapping — primarily through his website St. Croix 360 — to communicate the region’s natural complexity and beauty to wide audiences, according to the news release.

The four other artists are Kristine Murphy, a scientific illustrator from Lino Lakes; Natalie Deam and Zoë Fay Stindt, a collaborative artist duo who explore the intimate relationships among humans, nonhumans and ecosystems through interdisciplinary practices; and Haley Prochnow, an artist who explores the intersections of local culture, social history and the natural environment by amplifying overlooked stories of women and underrepresented communities in the St. Croix River Valley through archival research, writing and photography.

The residency program includes a weekly stipend, travel support and the residency at the cabin, which is on St. Croix Watershed Research Station property. Artists also have access to the researchers who work at the station and at the Science Museum of Minnesota, as well as the J.W.D. Dunn Research Library and the collections vault at the Science Museum.

As part of the residency, the artists each donate an original work developed from their experience to the museum. Donated works from 2003 through 2024 are on display at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

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The St. Croix County sheriff’s office has released the identity of two men killed in an early morning Fourth of July crash.

St. Croix County authorities received a call about 4:04 a.m. Friday from a cellphone’s automatic collision notification. Police tracked the phone and located a two-vehicle crash near the 2200 block of Highway DD in Baldwin Township.

According to a press release from the St. Croix County sheriff’s office, Cody W. Klasse, 18, from Emerald, Wis., was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze traveling westbound on the highway and collided with Maxwell L. Krueger, 24, of Baldwin, Wisc. who was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox traveling eastbound.

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. No passengers were involved.

This incident represents the fourth and fifth traffic fatalities recorded by St. Croix County in 2025.
This crash remains under investigation.

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