GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Byron Buxton, Twins
For the third time in four days, he broke a tie with an RBI hit, and this one — an eighth-inning single over a drawn-in infield — was a game-winner.
BY THE NUMBERS
3 Passed balls allowed by Chris Gimenez in the fifth inning, which fueled Detroit's three-run rally.
5 Twins pitchers who have recorded a save this season.
15 Consecutive bases stolen by Byron Buxton, just seven short of Matt Lawton's and Chuck Knoblauch's franchise record.
ON DECK
After an off day, Bartolo Colon takes the mound against his first team, the division-leading Indians.
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