Taj Bradley impressed over five innings and departed with a lead, but Mick Abel was hit hard after entering the game in relief as the game quickly got away.
In Minnesota, $800,000 in federal grants to local agencies, including the state Department of Public Safety and Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, were cut last month, undermining efforts to prevent mass violence ...
For Thielen, a Minnesota native who starred at Minnesota State before joining the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2013, the homecoming is about more than money.
Minnesota United in the Wonderwall stayed silent for the opening two minutes of Saturday night's game to honor the victims of the Annunciation Church shooting.
A service took place Saturday in the Annunciation School auditorium, just steps from where Wednesday's tragedy unfolded during a Mass attended by students during the first week of school.
The cut by the Trump administration does not appear to have affected the handling of the church shooting this week, but state leaders say it weakens efforts to identify future threats.