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The Twins, after the White Sox lost again Thursday, control their own destiny en route to back-to-back division titles. The Twins have a one game lead in the division with three games to go. TwinsDaily.com's Ted Schwerzler joins to talk playoffs, White Sox, Yankees and Twins outlook. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins beat the Tigers 7-6 Wednesday to close their season series. In Cleveland, Jordan Luplow hit a walk-off home run to hand the White Sox their fourth straight loss. The Twins took another game in the standings and passed the White Sox for first place in the American League Central. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins beat the Tigers 4-3 in extra innings Tuesday. Max Kepler homered to tie the game at three in the eighth inning and then walked off the game with a single in the 10th. The White Sox also lost, helping the Twins pull within just a half game in the American League Central. Kenta Maeda is on the hill Wednesday for the series finale against Casey Mize and the Tigers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins watched both the White Sox and Yankees lose Monday. This was significant as the Twins look to clinch home field and perhaps steal the American League Central from Chicago. They'll host Detroit for two games at Target Field starting Tuesday night. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins went 3-4 on their road trip to Chicago but finished on a high note. Nationally televised on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, José Berríos dealt. He went six strong, allowed zero runs and lowered his ERA in his last six starts to 2.14. Facing the N.L. Cy Young favorite Yu Darvish, Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and a leadoff single in the first. The Twins tagged Darvish for four runs and won the game 4-0. They'll head into the final week of the season with a two game deficit in the A.L. Central and a one game lead on the Yankees for home field in their projected first round matchup. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins will play only eight more games in the regular season. They are currently the four seed in the American League, one game ahead of the New York Yankees for home field in the Wild Card round. Minnesota will face the Chicago Cubs on the north side this weekend with hopes of holding on to their right to host the first round at Target Field.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins lost three out of four to the White Sox in Chicago. Kenta Maeda started Wednesday and was solid for five innings, allowing only two solo home runs. The Twins' offense was once again led by Byron Buxton, who homered twice. Josh Donaldson also homered and was then ejected for kicking dirt on home plate in disdain of the home plate umpire. The Twins are three games back of the White Sox with only eight games remaining on the season.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins lost 6-2 Tuesday, marking two straight losses to the first place White Sox. Randy Dobnak had trouble getting swings and misses and throwing strikes consistently. The offense was once again brutal outside of Byron Buxton, who hit an inside the park home run and scored on a groundout after a single and two passed balls. Jake Odorizzi will be activated from the Injured list to start Wednesday's tilt against Lucas Giolito.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins left 15 runners on base in Monday's loss to the White Sox. Nelson Cruz came up twice with the bases loaded and two outs and couldn't cash anything in. Josh Donaldson grounded into a double play with runners on first and second base and no outs. Jorge Polanco cashed in the only run for the Twins with a bloop RBI single to center. The Twins will send Randy Dobnak to the mound to face Dane Dunning tonight.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins swept Cleveland this weekend at Target Field. They bashed 11 homers against a world-class pitching staff led by Shane Bieber. The Twins are one game back of the Chicago White Sox in the A.L. Central and will now head to Chicago to play them four times this week. The division could be decided in this series.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins took game one from Cleveland Friday 3-1. Byron Buxton and Ryan Jeffers homered off Shane Bieber, who became the fastest pitcher to reach 100 strikeouts in baseball history. Kenta Maeda pitched seven scoreless innings to continue his excellent 2020 campaign. The Twins will send Rich Hill to the mound Saturday to duel with Zach Plesac.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins are about to embark on their most important stretch of the regular season. Seven straight games against Cleveland and Chicago should dictate the fate of the American League Central. Who is on the hill Friday? the mythical creature that is Shane Bieber.Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins are 7-2 this month, hitting like a top-flight offense and pitching equally well. They went 15-14 in a difficult August, but it won't really matter if the Twins take their current play into the end of September and October. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins split their doubleheader Tuesday in St.Louis. They hit five homers on the day but an erratic third inning from Randy Dobnak stopped the Twins from sweeping the season series. Listen to Lucas Smith and Nash break it down on today's crossover postgame episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins won four of five at home this weekend against Detroit. Michael Pineda started Monday and went seven innings, allowing only two runs. The Twins are one game behind Chicago in the A.L. Central and will face the White Sox four times next week at Guaranteed Rate Field. First, a doubleheader awaits in St.Louis Tuesday and a big three-game series in Cleveland over the weekend. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! ROMANGo to Get Roman dot com slashLOCKEDONMLB TODAY. If approved, you’ll get fifteen dollars off your first orderof ED treatment. That’s Get Roman dot com slash LOCKEDONMLB. Get Romandot com slash LOCKEDONMLB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins improved to 24-16 Friday by sweeping the Detroit Tigers in a doubleheader. Randy Dobnak pitched five scoreless innings in the first game and the Twins' bullpen held it down in game two. Josh Donaldson hit a moonshot, Jorge Polanco went 5-for-7 on the day with a homer and a clutch RBI single, and the Twins have all-of-a-sudden won four straight games.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! IndeedRIGHT NOW, Indeed is offering our listeners a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT to boost your job post - which means more quality candidates will see it, fast. Try Indeed out with a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT at indeed.com/lockedonmlb. PostmatesFor a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. To start your free deliveries, download the app and use code LOCKEDON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Twins smashed the White Sox Wednesday and won 8-1. Josh Donaldson returned and drove in two runs on a two-out double in the second inning. Eddie Rosario, Jake Cave and Miguel Sanó homered. José Berríos started and pitched a fantastic game. He allowed only one run in six innings against the hottest offense in the American League. The Twins are now only a 1/2 game back from the White Sox and 1 1/2 games back from Cleveland in the Central.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! PostmatesFor a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. To start your free deliveries, download the app and use code LOCKEDON.IndeedRIGHT NOW, Indeed is offering our listeners a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT to boost your job post - which means more quality candidates will see it, fast. Try Indeed out with a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT at indeed.com/lockedonmlb. Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visi

The Twins beat the White Sox 3-2 Tuesday behind six strong innings from Michael Pineda, unlikely bullpen heroes, and Byron Buxton's magic. After losing six straight games, Rocco Baldelli held an impromptu team meeting after Monday's game to urge the team to move forward. The Twins' chances looked dire early again Tuesday when Eloy Jiménez ripped a two-run, first inning double into the left field gap. Those were the only runs Chicago would score all night. The Twins chipped away and benefitted from a José Abreu dropped ball at first and clutch pinch extra-base hits from Jake Cave (triple) and Luis Arráez (double). Byron Buxton kept the game in reach when he leaped and stole an Edwin Encarnación home run in centerfield. Buxton wasn't done contributing. With a tie game and two outs, Nelson Cruz stood on second in the bottom of the seventh. Buxton laced an 0-1 screamer single to left field to take the lead. Caleb Thielbar, Sergio Romo and Matt Wisler pitched scoreless frames to finish the game.Josh Donaldson is s

The Twins lost 8-5 in a blown game Monday. Lucas Giolito started for the White Sox in front of a defense that couldn't make any plays. The Twins went up 4-0 thanks to the errors, and it looked like the 5-game losing streak may end there. Not so fast, Rich Hill lost command of his curveball in the fourth inning and the White Sox stormed back. Luis Robert homered off a Trevor May hanging slider to tie the game at 5 late before Max Kepler dropped a routine fly ball in right field. The Sox capitalized on the drop and scored three runs. Dallas Keuchel will face Michael Pineda Tuesday in game two.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! PostmatesFor a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. To start your free deliveries, download the app and use code LOCKEDON.IndeedRIGHT NOW, Indeed is offering our listeners a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT to boost your job post - which means more quality candidates will see it, fast. Try Indeed out with

The Twins lost their fifth straight game Sunday in Detroit. They were swept by the Tigers, a team they beat 14 out of 19 times in 2019. Minnesota will host the co-first place Chicago White Sox at home starting Monday with Rich Hill on the mound against Lucas Giolito, who threw a no-hitter in his last start.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! PostmatesFor a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of free delivery credit for your first SEVEN days. To start your free deliveries, download the app and use code LOCKEDON.IndeedRIGHT NOW, Indeed is offering our listeners a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT to boost your job post - which means more quality candidates will see it, fast. Try Indeed out with a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT at indeed.com/lockedonmlb. Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices