GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Oswaldo Arcia, Twins
0-for-8 on the season coming in, the reserve outfielder drove in a run with a single, then broke an eighth-inning tie with a home run.
BY THE NUMBERS
5 Consecutive hits by Trevor Plouffe over Friday and Saturday, raising his .151 season average to .256 in just two games.
462 Estimated distance in feet of Byung Ho Park's towering home run to straightaway center field, one of the longest in Target Field history.
2 Consecutive starts of seven innings by Ricky Nolasco, the first time he's achieved that since Sept. 11-16, 2014.
ON DECK
With their first series victory now assured, the Twins go for a sweep in Sunday's finale, with Kyle Gibson (0-2) on the mound.
PHIL MILLER
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