game recap
IMPACT PLAYER
David Price, Detroit
Shut out Twins for 8â…” innings, allowing five hits, no walks and striking out five.
BY THE NUMBERS
20 2/3 Innings between walks by Phil Hughes before he walked Nick Castellanos in the fourth.
0 Twins hits before Kennys Vargas' one-out single in the fifth.
17 Consecutive Opening-Day starts for Torii Hunter, the longest active streak in baseball
ON DECK
The Twins are off Tuesday. On Wednesday, Ricky Nolasco faces Justin Verlander at 12:08 p.m. at Comerica Park.
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