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Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Michael Young went 3-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI to help the Rangers earn their first win at Target Field, 9-3, against the sneakily resurgent Twins. Texas dropped all six of its games in the 2010 inaugural season of Target Field, then lost the opener of this four-game series on Thursday. C.J. Wilson (7-3) tossed a quality outing to turn things around, allowing three runs on eight hits over seven frames. [Wilson is] a real horse. He goes out there and you can look for him to be in the game in the seventh and eighth inning, and thats what you want out of a number one guy, Rangers manager Ron Washington said. Adrian Beltre added two hits and as many RBI for the Rangers, who scored seven runs off Brian Duensing (3-6) in the second inning to take control. Drew Butera went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the Twins, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Its never fun to lose. Its fun to get hits, but Id rather for 0-for and win, Butera said. Duensings night was over after a rain-soaked second frame, though only three of the runs he allowed were earned. Jason Repkos error in center allowed the games first run to score, and Yorvit Torrealba followed with an RBI base hit. Andres Blanco reached first on Alexi Casillas fielding error, and Elvis Andrus and Craig Gentry strung together consecutive run-scoring singles for a 4-0 game. Young slapped a two-run single to right later in the frame, and Beltre capped the surge with an RBI double off the right-field wall. The teams essentially traded runs the rest of the way. Matt Tolbert got the Twins on the board in the second with a run-scoring base hit, and Beltre plated Gentry in the fourth on a single to center. Michael Cuddyer and Butera each knocked in a run in the fifth and sixth, respectively, around Youngs third RBI. GAME NOTES:Duensing allowed seven hits and a walk in his outing...Twins relievers threw seven innings -- six by Anthony Swarzak -- and have combined to allow just three earned runs since June 1...Gentry scored three times. Charlotte Bobcats Jersey UK . Tomas Vokoun made 34 saves in collecting his 300th career win Monday as the Penguins defeated the Senators 3-1 for their seventh straight victory, dropping Ottawa into eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Toronto Raptors Jersey UK . City, fielding a depleted team having already qualified, was twice pegged back by the plucky Czech champions but substitute Negredo tapped home in the 78th minute and Dzekos header made sure of victory in the 89th. The result kept City three points behind Bayern Munich ahead of their meeting in Germany in two weeks. www.nbashopofficial.co.uk/miami-heat/ . Yangs 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole at the Ocean Course in Incheon sealed the win for 24-year-old Yang, who has been a member of the tour since 2009. "Ive been waiting for this championship for a long time, and Im really happy to get it in my home country," Yang said. Dallas Mavericks Jersey UK .com) - Top seed Richard Gasquet advanced to the final of the Kremlin Cup with a semifinal win Saturday, but second-seeded Andreas Seppi came up short in defense of his title. Detroit Pistons Jersey UK . Kuroda settled in after a rocky start to pitch four-hit ball through seven innings, Travis Hafner had three RBI singles and the New York Yankees used small ball to beat the Houston Astros 7-4 on Tuesday night.The defending-champion Miami Heat hold top spot in the preseason edition of the TSN.ca NBA Power Rankings, but they have challengers lined up to knock them off their perch. Last years finalists, the San Antonio Spurs, are ranked second, ahead of the Indiana Pacers, a team that took Miami to the seventh game of the Eastern Conference Final. After those two, the Heats closest challengers last season, come the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, two teams that made notable upgrades in the offseason. In the Nets case, they plucked proven vets Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry from Boston, along with Andrei Kirilenko from Minnesota, to give them a much more formidable rotation. In addition to a new coach, Doc Rivers, the Clipperrs brought in shooters J.dddddddddddd.J. Redick and Jared Dudley to spread the floor, ideally creating more room for Blake Griffin in the low post and giving Chris Paul more options as he runs the offence. The Oklahoma City Thunder are ranked notably lower than might have been expected, at nine, because point guard Russell Westbrook is recovering from knee surgery. As for Canadas entry, the Toronto Raptors are ranked 22nd, stuck between contending for a playoff spot and being bad enough to contend for one of the top picks in the 2014 Draft Lottery. Scott Cullen can be reached at [e-mail] and followed on Twitter at twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. ' ' '