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The Minnesota Wild have won 5 games in a row and are now tied with 3 other teams with 32 points for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Twins lost 5-1 Monday night in Game 3 of the ALDS at Target Field to the Yankees. The Yankees win the series 3 games to none. The Twins become the first team to win 100-plus regular season games and to be swept in the Divisional round of the playoffs.

This week's version of the Ovie and the Franchise Podcast focuses on the Twins and the Vikings. The Twins open the playoffs Friday and are still determining who is healthy enough to play in the series and how the starting pitching rotation will set up.

The Twins open the ALDS at New York against the Yankees Friday at 6:07pm, pregame on WJON at 5:00. The Twins won just 2 of the 6 games played against the Yankees this season including winning 1 of 3 in New York this season.

The Twins lost 6-5 at Kansas City Sunday to close the season with a record of 101-61. The 101 wins are the 2nd most in Twins franchise history. The 1965 Twins won 102 games.

The Twins clinched the American League Central Wednesday night with a 5-1 with and a 8-3 Cleveland loss to the White Sox. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan was in Detroit Wednesday night to cover the clinching and talked with me this morning on WJON.

The Vikings ran the ball well and played good defense in rout to a dominating 34-14 win over the Oakland Raiders Sunday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Twins topped Kansas City 12-8 Sunday to shrink their magic number to clinch the American League Central down to 3. Miguel Sano hit a pair of home runs and drove in 4 while Nelson Cruz had 2 hits including his 40th home run of the season.

The Twins held on to defeat Kansas City 4-3 Friday night and in the process reduce their magic number to clinch the American League Central to 5.

The Twins are playing a bit short handed right now in the outfield especially because of injuries to Max Kepler, Byron Buxton, Marwin Gonzalez and Jake Cave. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.