Another day, same result for the Twins. But in this one, at the very least, they showed plenty of life before suffering the same fate.

The Twins’ comeback attempt fell short on Sunday, as they fell 9-8 to the Milwaukee Brewers at Target Field, swept in a series in which their pitchers gave up a combined 35 runs. But they sure made it interesting first, scoring five runs in innings six through eight to turn what looked like yet another blowout into a one-run loss.

The Twins were led by Byron Buxton, who hit a game-tying home run to lead off the bottom of the first inning and another home run in the sixth inning. Buxton now has six home runs in his past six games, during which his team is 1-5.

He had plenty of help offensively on Sunday, the team finishing the day with 18 hits. Brooks Lee, the day after his 19-game hitting streak was snapped, had four of them, and so, too, did Carlos Correa. Ryan Jeffers hit a home run in the fourth inning and in the eighth, Ty France brought the Twins within one with a two-run blast.

But the Twins missed an opportunity to push more runs across in the first inning. They scored two runs before loading the bases with one out and their rally halted there. That lead was short lived.

After using an opener to begin the game — reliever Danny Coulombe began the game and gave up a run in the first inning — starter David Festa entered and immediately gave up a home run to Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins to tie the game.

That was the beginning of a of a tough outing for Festa, who allowed eight runs for the second time in four starts since he was called up earlier this month to take the rotation spot of injured ace Pablo López.

In the third inning, Lee could not handle two straight balls hit his way at third base. The next batter, Christian Yelich, hit a single just over his head, giving Milwaukee the lead back. Milwaukee scored two runs in the third, another in the fourth and four more in the fifth inning against Festa before Griffin Jax eventually entered in the sixth inning to bail him out of a jam.

Strong performances from the bullpen over the next few innings gave them a chance to creep back into the game but after leaving a pair of runners on in the eighth inning, they left two more on in the ninth to drop their ninth game of their last 10.

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Sean Sweeney is changing locations, but not leaving Texas.

The St. Paul product is leaving Dallas, where he spent the last four years serving as the Mavericks’ top assistant, for San Antonio, per an ESPN report. 

Sweeney, a Cretin-Derham hall and University of St. Thomas product, will become the Spurs’ associate head coach under San Antonio head man Mitch Johnson.

NBA insider Marc Stein reported Sweeney’s contract was set to expire at the end of the month and that the Spurs were in “hot pursuit” of the coach.

Sweeney, who’s been a legitimate head coaching candidate who made a deep run in Phoenix’s head coaching search this offseason after helping guide Dallas to the 2022 West Finals and 2024 NBA Finals, now takes an elevated role on San Antonio’s staff, where he’ll work with the likes of Victor Wembanyama and the presumptive No. 2 pick in next week’s draft, incoming rookie guard Dylan Harper.

The two-time defending PWHL champion Frost re-signed a couple of their own, the Frost announced Sunday.

Minnesota re-signed Mae Batherson to a two-year deal and Claire Butorac to a one-year contract.

A sixth-round pick a year ago, Batherson played in 25 regular season games and three playoff contests for the Frost this season. Butorac has played 66 games for the Frost between regular season and postseason competition over the past two seasons.

Minnesota has also re-signed defender Natalie Buchbinder and goaltender Maddie Rooney this offseason, while adding defender Sidney Morin.

Three people were shot and injured late Saturday night at a St. Paul apartment building, police said.

At about 11:45 p.m. 911 calls reported shots fired at a rooftop pool on the 100 block of Kellogg Boulevard, said Nikki Muehlhausen, a public information officer with St. Paul police.

Officers arrived to find two people with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. They were taken to Regions Hospital.

Not long afterward, a third person with a non-life threatening wound arrived at the hospital.

Police said two of the victims are men and the third is a 16-year-old boy.

The police department’s non-fatal shooting unit is investigating.

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