Saturday's Twins-Tigers game recap

September 27, 2015 at 5:08AM

GAME RECAP

IMPACT PLAYER

Tyler Duffey, Twins

The rookie righthander went seven strong innings, throwing a career-high 112 pitches, to improve to 5-1.

BY THE NUMBERS

140 Batters Duffey has faced since last giving up a home run.

28 Times Trevor Plouffe has grounded into a double play, trying Harmon Killebrew for the Twins single-season record.

60 Multi-hit games for Detroit's Ian Kinsler.

ON DECK

Ervin Santana rolls into Sunday having gone 4-0 with a 1.50 ERA over his past five starts. His mound opponent in the series finale is 39-year-old lefthander Randy Wolf.

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