Minnesota
Twins’ Gray, Royals’ Greinke both leave injured
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins’ Sonny Grey and the Royals’ Zack Greinke left Sunday’s recreation with accidents, leaving their groups to marvel how a lot time every will miss.
Grey cruised and was backed by Gio Urshela’s three-run homer earlier than leaving within the seventh inning due to proper pectoral soreness through the Twins’ 7-3 win over the Royals on Sunday.
Twins supervisor Rocco Baldelli mentioned Grey felt “minor pec tightness” for a few pitches. Grey was getting an MRI after the sport and did not communicate with reporters.
Baldelli mentioned the group will know extra within the coming days and that Grey will journey with the group to Detroit.
“It wasn’t one thing that he was pitching via, for probably the most half,” Baldelli mentioned. “At that time, he has to return out. There isn’t any method round that.
Greinke (0-4) gave up 5 runs, six hits and two walks in 4 innings.
“When he got here out, we did not know he had some problem in his forearm,” Kansas Metropolis supervisor Mike Matheny mentioned. “In order that’s in all probability one thing which will have been with him from the start that we weren’t conscious of. However sadly, the elbow space, the flexor space wasn’t feeling nice.”
Greinke has a 5.05 ERA and has allowed a minimum of 5 earned runs in three of his final 4 begins after not giving up greater than three in any of his first six.
Grey (3-1) allowed two hits and retired 14 in a row earlier than Andrew Benintendi’s single main off the seventh. With a 3-1 rely on Bobby Witt Jr. and Kansas Metropolis asking for a video evaluate to attempt to get a success batter name, Baldelli and an athletic coach got here to the mound as Grey seemed to be making an attempt to stretch a muscle close to his pitching shoulder.
“Simply over the white the entire recreation, type of took the motion to them, missed some bats, all the things you wish to see,” Baldelli mentioned. “It was one other nice begin by him. It is enjoyable. He is like slightly bulldog on the market. He goes proper at them. It was very good till we needed to take him out.”
Grey was changed by Griffin Jax, who struck out Witt and allowed MJ Melendez’s RBI double.
Grey did not stroll a batter and struck out 4 as his ERA dropped to 2.41 in his first season in Minnesota. He allowed 5 runs in 5 Might begins protecting 27⅓ innings after recovering from a hamstring pressure throughout his second begin.
A Minnesota mother spent her Mother’s Day serving other moms less fortunate than her.
On the holiday all about making her feel special, Tynika Smith was the one doing just that for people living on the street in Minneapolis.
“I want to see them smile,” she said. “I like this. Everyone is eating, everyone has a bag. This is what I strive for.”
Tynika spent her weekend at her Bloomington home cooking and putting together gift bags filled with beauty items like makeup and jewelry.
“It comes out of her own grace and her own heart,” said Monie, a woman who’s been in and out of homelessness for two years. “That’s a mom right there. She cares about people, and these aren’t even her kids.”
Smith distributed coats in the same place this past winter.
She brings her daughter along on these visits for a reason.
“I instill humanity [in her],” Smith said. “Show empathy. These people are human at the end of the day. They’re down on their luck, I get it, but it doesn’t make them any less than anybody else.”
Smith spends her own money on the food and gifts and also takes donations from the community.
“It’s really hard out here, and especially for Mother’s Day, it makes people feel a lot better,” Monie said. “Feel like you’re remembered.”
Smith’s planning a barbecue in a public park next month for Father’s Day.
Minnesota
Minnesota legislators enter final week of session without a budget deal. Here’s where things stand.
The standoff also extends to the state’s essential infrastructure projects.
Lawmakers didn’t pass legislation to authorize bonding last year. Now, they’re in agreement that the state needs to invest in its roads and bridges, repair dams, and clean up its drinking water. But with the looming deficit, they’re in stark disagreement over how much to spend.
The House GOP and DFL have agreed to a $700 million bonding target.
Sen. Sandy Pappas, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Capital Investment Committee, is urging fellow lawmakers to authorize almost twice that much. In a hearing Thursday to go over a $1.35 billion suite of potential projects, Pappas warned it would be difficult for lawmakers to pass a bonding bill two years in a row. She said the state should invest now rather than trying to pass smaller bonding packages this year and next.
“I just don’t know what will happen with interest rates; that’s another concern,” Pappas said. “Construction costs are constantly going up. And the fact that we didn’t do one last year — there’s just a lot of need out there.”
Sen. Karin Housley, the ranking Republican on the committee, emphasized that $1.35 billion is the Senate DFL’s proposal. The GOP, she said, wants to stick to $700 million.
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