GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Brian Dozier, Twins
The second baseman's bases-clearing double in the fifth inning drove in the only runs the Twins would need.
BY THE NUMBERS
2 Walks for Byron Buxton, only the third time in his short career he's done that in a game.
9 Pitches thrown in the third inning by Twins starter Phil Hughes.
1-4 The Twins' record in one-run games.
ON DECK
The Twins and Ervin Santana will face their only righthanded starter this series in big-armed Andrew Cashner. The Twins are one of three major league teams Cashner has yet to face.
La VELLE E. NEAL III
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