SANO, 3B: It didn't take long for Miguel Sano to look at home at third base. He fielded four balls flawlessly, but really looked like a pro in the sixth inning Adrian Beltre's swinging bunt threatened to become a hit. Sano attacked the play, made a barehanded grab and fired to first base to get Beltre by a step. ``We've seen him do that," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. ``He makes that play really well. He's aggressive to the ball and he has the arm to back it up. It's a matter of slowing down when you pick the ball up so you don't bobble. It was clean, it was a tough play to end the inning."'

ROGERS LOOKING GOOD: Taylor Rogers entered the game in the eighth. While Adrian Beltre got a single, Rogers struck out the three other batters he faced to get through the inning. He even pumped a fist after striking out Rougned Odor with a nice breaking ball for the final out. That's seven straight scoreless outings for Rogers. ``He's getting better all the time. Velocity is going up. I think his confidence is going up. He hadn't pitched for a few days as well but he came in and he was sharp and got through that inning."

ONE STREAK ENDS: Brian Dozier hit a single in the seventh inning on Friday to run his career-high hitting streak to 12 games. But it was his only hit, as his run of consecutive games with an extra base hit ended at 11. But Dozier is tied with Jason Kipnis for the second longest current streak in the majors. Corey Seager ran his streak to 13 games with two hits on Friday.

LACK OF EXECUTION CAN BE DEADLY: You lose by one run, and all the little things you failed to do come back to bite you. The Twins tried to squeeze home Trevor Plouffe in the fifth inning but Kurt Suzuki popped the ball up to start a double play. Suzuki tried to bunt again in the 10th when Max Kepler led off with a single, failed and ended up striking out. The Twins had pitcher's fielding practice before Friday's game. Will they work on bunting this weekend?