GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Max Kepler, Twins
The rookie turned a close game into a rout with the Twins' first grand slam of the season.
BY THE NUMBERS
9 Back-to-back home runs by the Twins this season, something they accomplished only twice in 2015.
56 Losses at the All-Star break, more than any Twins season except 1982 (59).
7 Twins' seventh-inning runs, their best inning of the year.
ON DECK
Four days off before the Indians visit Target Field on Friday.
PHIL MILLER
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