Vikes Edge Bears
Here are Sunday Scores:
The Minnesota Vikings outlasted the Chicago Bears in a 9-3 victory in a rain-soaked contest in the Windy City yesterday. Neither team scored a touchdown, as Vikes kicker Will Reichart was 3-for-3 on field goals. Minnesota running back Aaron Jones had 105 rushing yards, while quarterback Carson Wentz was 11-of-20 through the air for 143 yards. The Vikings’ defense limited a powerful Bears offense to just 246 yards and one field goal. Minnesota is 2-0 on the season and will visit Tampa Bay this coming Sunday. The Buccaneers are 0-2 so far this season.
The Minnesota Twins shut out the Los Angeles Angels 8-0 yesterday to split their four-game series in Anaheim. Alan Roden was 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and drove in four. D-H Josh Bell was 3-for-4 with two R-B-I. Dean Kremer worked six innings of one-hit shutout baseball to earn the win. The right-hander fanned eight Angels and walked three. Bailey Ober earned a three-inning save. L-A managed just two hits the entire game. Minnesota improved to 73-83 and has won two of its last three and will visit the San Francisco Giants to start a three-game series tonight at 8:45 P-M. Coverage begins at 8pm on KNUJ and SAM 107.3.
The Minnesota Lynx won for a second straight game by topping the Connecticut Sun 101-89 last night. Napheesa Collier led all scorers with 23 points. Olivia Miles scored 21 points to break the single-season W-N-B-A rookie scoring record. Minnesota hopes to make it two in a row when it visits the Indiana Fever tomorrow night at 7 P-M.
Tyler Pitlick got credit for the overtime game winner as the Wild beat the Blackhawks 3-2 in O-T to drop the puck on the preseason. Pitlick sent a puck through the slot and it went in off a Blackhawks defenseman to seal the win for Minnesota. Rieger Lorenz had two points including on the game tying goal by Nico Sturm with 5:54 left in regulation. Calvin Pickard got the start in his first game in a Wild uniform and made 14 saves. The two teams will face off tonight in Chicago for preseason game number two with a 7 P-M puck drop from United Center.
