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"It hit the fan in the orange and the kid right next to him and came back on the field," left fielder Delmon Young said. "So it was a dead ball [ground-rule double] right there, and I don’t think Peralta was even halfway to third base."

Said Gardenhire: "I know the ball was in the stands. I watched the ball hit a guy in the face in the stands. … I told them there’s no way that guy scores if we have a play on the ball."

Even on a day when his team played well, Gardenhire came away exasperated. It’s been that kind of year.