GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Salvador Perez, Royals
Two hits, including a home run that struck the upper-deck facing, 422 feet away.
BY THE NUMBERS
83 Victories by the Twins this season, their highest total in five years.
27,408 Average Target Field attendance, the fifth straight year it's declined.
6.75 Ricky Nolasco's final ERA, to go with a 5-2 record that's second-best on Twins' staff.
ON DECK
Spring training starts in February, leading to Opening Day 2016: April 4 at Baltimore.
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