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Buxton, a Georgia native, will be heading home for his second All-Star Game, but the Twins' top pitchers were passed over for the AL team.
Less than a week before his second MLB All-Star Game appearance, Twins center fielder Byron Buxton left Wednesday’s game against the Cubs with a left hand contusion. Buxton led off with a hit-by-pitch that was originally ruled a foul ball but overturned after a Minnesota challenge.
A Philadelphia Phillies trade idea would land Minnesota Twins' Byron Buxton for Justin Crawford and Andrew Painter in a "Godfather" trade offer.
Simeon Woods Richardson pitched five scoreless innings for the Minnesota Twins in an 8-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs before the bullpen took over against a tough lineup.
Walk-off magic finally failed the Twins on Sunday at Target Field, where it was Tampa Bay that scored three runs in the 10th inning before hanging on for a 7-5 victory in the series finale. The first two games of this three-game series ended with ninth-inning,
The Twins deployed Joe Ryan as their starting pitcher on Sunday, and he started out strong. A Taylor Walls home run in the third inning broke the seal, and he allowed only one more run. His afternoon finished with eight strikeouts and six hits in six innings of work.
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The only yells Lee got on Saturday afternoon at Target Field were screams of jubilation from his teammates after his bunt up the first base line scored Byron Buxton and sent the Twins to a 6-5 walk-off win over the Tampa Bay Rays.