After being held out of the Twins starting lineup for two days because of a sore hamstring and a slump marked by 11 strikeouts in his last 15 at-bats, rookie Miguel Sano came to bat as a pinch hitter in the top of the 12th inning Wednesday night at Kansas City.
Here's what happened next, with additional data from MLB Statcast.
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