IMPACT PLAYER
Hunter Renfroe, Red Sox
Matching blasts over the left-field wall gave him a five-RBI night for the first time in his six-year career.
BY THE NUMBERS
18 Twins in franchise history who have tripled as the first batter of a game, as Max Kepler did.
8 Games in which the Twins have given up four or more home runs; three such games have come since Aug. 9.
966 Career strikeouts by Miguel Sano, passing Kirby Puckett for fourth-most in Twins history.
ON DECK
Bailey Ober becomes the fifth consecutive Twins pitcher to make a start in a ballpark he has never pitched in before; he will face Boston's Nick Pivetta.
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