GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Royce Lewis, Twins
Hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score at 6-6, setting up the game-winning rally in the ninth.
BY THE NUMBERS
10 Outs recorded without allowing a run from relievers Emilio Pagan and Griffin Jax.
7 Consecutive games in which Alex Kirilloff has reached base.
1 Career walk-off at-bats from Willi Castro, whose sacrifice fly scored the winning run in the ninth.
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