The Golden Gophers baseball team will return to Target Field May 5 for a game against the Penn State Nittany Lions. The game marks the third straight year the Gophers will play a game at Target Field. Last year as the Metrodome roof was being restructured, the Twins opened Target Field’s doors to the Gophers, who played 12 Big Ten Conference games against Purdue, Northwestern, Iowa and Ohio State.
“The Minnesota Twins are committed to making Target Field a community asset and are proud to host our friends at the University of Minnesota for this game at Target Field,” said Dave St. Peter, president of the Minnesota Twins. “The Twins have long enjoyed a special relationship with the University of Minnesota and applaud the baseball program’s ongoing tradition of excellence.”
“We’ve had a long-term relationship with the Twins over the years and there’s been a strong connection between our baseball program, the university and the Twins organization,” head baseball coach John Anderson said. “There’s always been the discussion since the Twins built Target Field to have one Gopher event a year there. I think it’s great for amateur baseball and it’s an opportunity to celebrate it. The Twins offer their support to amateur baseball and along with it, we hope to create an amateur baseball day in the state and at Target Field. We want to showcase our program and help foster and grow the game, which I think that’s what we’ve really tried to make it about."
Further details, including ticket information, will be announced at a later date.
