Twins win with UND
Fighting Hawks’ green and white mixed nicely with the colors of Minnesota’s Major Leaguers for UND Night at Target Field
More than 2,000 University of North Dakota supporters helped spur the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball squad to victory on Friday, July 7, in Minneapolis, where the Twins hosted UND Night at Target Field.
A sea of green and white, wearing specially designed baseball caps with the Twins logo on the front and a Fighting Hawk mark on the side, helped the home team overcome a big lead by the visiting Baltimore Orioles, before settling for a 9-6 win over the visiting O’s.
UND alum and CEO of Scheels All Sports stores, Steve M. Scheel, got the night started with a ceremonial first pitch that was grooved in for a strike. Also, representatives of UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences Athletic Training Program raised the Twins Territory flag ahead of the game.
During the seventh-inning stretch, UND President Mark Kennedy led the nearly 30,000 people in attendance in a rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
Before the big game, UND alumni and friends of the University gathered at Kieran’s Irish Pub in Minneapolis for a Fighting Hawk-themed meet and greet.
Here are some images from Friday’s contest:
