The historic Stillwater Lift Bridge will close from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday so an electrical cable used to operate the lift mechanism can be replaced, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

MnDOT said Friday that all pedestrian and bicycle traffic will be suspended during that time. The lift span of the bridge will remain down so smaller boats on the St. Croix River will still be able to pass underneath. If there is inclement weather, the repairs will be postponed until Wednesday during the same hours.

On Thursday, the bridge got stuck in the down position for nearly six hours before MnDOT restored operations. It wasn’t clear whether the planned cable replacement was related to Thursday’s problem.

The historic bridge, which was closed to car traffic when the new St. Croix River bridge was built, is a key part of the Loop Trail, a 4.7-mile interstate trail between Houlton, Wis., and Stillwater that also crosses the new bridge south of Stillwater.

The old bridge lifts regularly in the summer to accommodate marine traffic.

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The Minnesota Lynx bounced back nicely for part of Friday.

Mixing success inside and outside the arc, often open shots set up by strong ball movement, and the most productive game of the season from non-starters, the Lynx opened up a 29-point first-half lead, overcame a third-quarter lull and beat Phoenix 95-71 in Target Center.

It was a balanced offensive attack.

Per usual, Napheesa Collier had another double-double this time with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and fellow starter Courtney Williams had 11 points and five assists.

But this one was about the Lynx bench production. Minnesota’s reserves outscored the starters by five points.

Alissa Pili scored 20 points to lead the non-starters, Dorka Juhász added 13, and Cecilia Zandalasini netted a dozen.

Beginning the night leading the league by shooting 45.4% from field, including 37.8% from deep, the Lynx (5-2) finished 49.3% and 40%, respectively. Minnesota shot a season-low 36.9% in Wednesday’s 14-point loss to Las Vegas.

Six players made 3-point shots, led by four from Pili and three from Williams. Collier, Zandalasini and Alanna Smith had two apiece.

“Coming off a loss it was about being aggressive. We needed to bounce back,” Juhász said in an in-arena interview. “This one was personal.”

Minnesota had a season-high 29 assists, including 19 on its 23 first-half made shots. Its previous high for a game was 27 in a double-overtime game two weeks ago.

The Lynx shot 70% in the second quarter, making five of seven shots from deep while outscoring Phoenix 34-19 for a 55-31 lead at intermission.

Minnesota’s bench scored the first 23 points of the quarter. The Lynx reserves outscored their Phoenix counterparts 50-10.

Seeing her first action in three games, Pili, the eighth overall pick in the April draft, had eight points in the rush, including a putback of her own miss and a straight-on 3-pointer that brought many of the 7,035 in attendance to their feet.

Zandalasini swished home a trey and a pair of long jumpers, and Juhász added six points. Nine Lynx players had at least three points in the first half.

Defensive rebounding issues by the Lynx gave Phoenix life in the third quarter — the Mercury had eight of their 10 offensive rebounds after just two in the first half — but the Mercury could only get within 15 points.

Kahleah Copper led Phoenix (3-5) with 21 points. The Mercury got 14 from 19-year veteran Diana Taurasi. Before the game, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve called Taurasi the “Tom Brady of the WNBA.”

HOUSTON (AP) — Pablo López pitched seven strong innings and Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 6-1 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

“He pitched great and he had a pretty good changeup today,” manager Rocco Baldelli said of López. “He attacked with his fastball really well and I think he threw enough good offspeed pitches to get what he was looking for.”

Carlos Santana added a solo home run and Willi Castro tripled to help the Twins to their fourth victory in five games.

López (5-5) allowed six hits and a run with six strikeouts as he tied his longest start of the season. He bounced back after three tough starts during which he gave up a combined 25 hits and 16 runs.

“The last couple of games were a little rough (and) the box score (said) things that you never want to see as a starting pitcher,” he said. “But it’s just a testament to staying true to the process, not wanting to change too much and simplifying things.”

Alex Bregman went deep in the third inning for his third home run in four games, but the Astros couldn’t do much else on offense in their fourth loss in five games.

Castro’s triple opened the third before Jose Miranda walked. There was one out in the inning when Carlos Correa’s double to right field scored Castro to make it 1-0. Miranda scored on a sacrifice fly by Alex Kirilloff to put Minnesota up 2-0.

Bregman cut the lead to 1 when he sent Lopez’s first pitch of the fourth inning off the foul pole in left field.

Castro walked with no outs in the fifth before Larnach made it 4-1 with his shot to left-center field off Ronel Blanco (5-1) with one out.

Max Kepler was hit by a pitch to start the sixth and moved to third on a double by Ryan Jeffers. Kepler scored on a groundout by Manuel Margot to extend the lead to 5-1.

Santana’s home run off Alex Speas made it 6-1 in the eighth.

Blanco, who threw a no-hitter in his season debut, allowed three hits and four runs while walking three in 4 2/3 innings for his first loss.

“He had the stuff to take us deep into the game,” manager Joe Espada said. “It was just one of those nights where their offense did a nice job of executing and staying in the game and getting some hits.”

Trainer’s room

Twins: 3B Royce Lewis (severe quadriceps strain) went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in his fifth rehabilitation start for Triple-A St. Paul on Friday. Baldelli wouldn’t say when he expected him to come off the injured list, but said it wouldn’t be this weekend.

Up next

Houston LHP Framber Valdez (3-3, 4.34 ERA) opposes Joe Ryan (4-3, 2.96) when the series continues Saturday.