GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Byron Buxton, Twins
Joins names like Killebrew, Oliva, Morneau — plus three of his teammates — as members of the Twins’ three-homer club.
BY THE NUMBERS
19 Consecutive stolen bases by Buxton, three short of Matt Lawton’s and Chuck Knoblauch’s Twins record.
.435 Joe Mauer’s batting average (30-for-69) over his past 17 games.
4-4 The Twins’ record on their eight-game road trip, enough to move from a wild-card tie to 1½ games in front.
ON DECK
After an off day, the Twins will try to avenge last week’s series loss in Chicago, with Ervin Santana starting against the White Sox.
PHIL MILLER
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