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Vargas tied his career high for Minnesota with five RBIs, including a three-run homer Wednesday night off Kendall Graveman that propelled the Twins to a 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

Green has taken his trash-talking to another level this postseason along with his defense. They tend to go hand in hand, and he pushes it right to the limit with the referees — to the delight of Durant and the rest of his teammates who are fueled by his f

Brandon Belt and Gorkys Hernandez each singled in a run in the 11th inning after Jeff Samardzija's excellent start, and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Wednesday night to take two of three in the series.

Curry scored 22 points in three quarters of work and the top-seeded Warriors warmed up in a hurry after a weeklong layoff between playoff games, beating the Jazz 106-94 on Tuesday night.

The Jazz are the only team to beat Golden State in the last 20 contests, winning a mostly meaningless regular-season game on April 10 in Oakland.

Yasiel Puig drove in four runs with two singles and rookie Cody Bellinger added three more RBIs with a bases-clearing triple as Los Angeles rallied to defeat the San Francisco Giants 13-5.

Santana struck out seven in six shutout innings and Brian Dozier hit two of Minnesota's six home runs to lead the Twins to a 9-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.