Statistically Speaking

Another indication of the growing prevalence of strikeouts: Eight of the longest strikeout streaks in Twins history have come in the past four seasons. Most consecutive games with at least one whiff:

21 Byron Buxton, 2015

19 ByungHo Park, 2016

18 Miguel Sano, 2015

17 Miguel Sano, 2016

17 Chris Colabello, 2014

17 George Mitterwald, 1971

16 Miguel Sano, 2016

16 Brian Dozier, 2015

16 Joe Mauer, 2013

16 Tim Laudner, 1984

Entering Saturday, Joe Mauer needed only four hits, walks or hit by pitch to become the Twins' second-most-frequent player to reach base, surpassing Kirby Puckett. The Twins' all-time leaders, with hits, walks and HBP:

3,072 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Harmon Killebrew (1,713, 475, 38)

2,810 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Kirby Puckett (2,304, 450, 56)

2,805 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Joe Mauer (right) (1,679, 867, 21)

2,718 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Rod Carew (2,085, 613, 20)

2,613 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Kent Hrbek (1,749, 838, 26)

2,424 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Tony Oliva (1,917, 448, 59)

1,856 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Justin Morneau (1,318, 501, 37)

1,784 <CHARENTITY>7</CHARENTITY>Chuck Knoblauch (1,197, 513, 74)