twins/mlb

• Finally, there's Joe Nathan, who struck out the side in the ninth inning to earn his 100th save as a Twin. He has 101 in his career, with one save with the San Francisco Giants in 1999.

With everything else going on, the accomplishment almost went unnoticed, and long after most reporters had left, he dressed peacefully by his locker.

"It's never a bad thing," Nathan said, "to have a bunch of stars of the game."