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"We really came alive," said Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli."Our guys just didn’t stop and it was great to see."
Springer answered by hitting his 49th career leadoff homer, moving him into fourth place on Major League Baseball's all-time list. He has 10 homers this year and leads the big leagues with six leadoff blasts., who extended his hitting streak to eight games. Guerrero cut Minnesota's lead to 4-3 with a laser of a solo shot in the third inning. The 421-foot homer, his team-leading 11th of the season, had a game-high exit velocity of 114.4 miles per hour."They had a game plan and they stuck with it," Kikuchi said via a translator."Maybe they were looking for certain pitches in certain counts. They got it and they executed."Miranda padded the Twins' lead in the sixth inning with a two-run shot off Trevor Richards.
Buxton put the game away with his homer in the ninth inning off Jeremy Beasley. The game took three hours two minutes to play.is expected to miss"multiple" weeks after an MRI exam revealed a forearm strain and elbow inflammation. Ryu was placed on the 15-day injured list Thursday.will move from the bullpen to the starting rotation while Ryu is out, manager Charlie Montoyo said before the game.
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