GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Joe Mauer, Twins
Baseball doesn't usually provide moments as perfectly scripted as Mauer's opposite-field double and return to his old position.
BY THE NUMBERS
6 Consecutive victories to close the season, their longest winning streak of the year
20 Home runs by Max Kepler, setting a new career high
26 Consecutive scoreless innings by Taylor Rogers, fifth-longest streak in Twins history
UP NEXT
The Twins open the 2019 season at home, at 3:10 p.m. March 28 against the Indians.
PHIL MILLER
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